Regulating the electric power sent to an electric motor is a task performed by high-speed switching…
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In reliability engineering, it is important to be able to quantity the reliability (or conversely, the…
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Perhaps the most basic and necessary protective relay function is overcurrent: commanding a circuit breaker to…
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Although analog electronic process controllers are considered a newer technology than pneumatic process…
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This animation shows the basic operation of a gas chromatograph, showing the separation of different molecular…
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A form of protection against faults on long-distance power lines is called distance relaying, so named because…
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As we have seen, the concept of integration is finding the accumulation of one variable multiplied by another…
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Since we often use electricity to convey energy from one location to another, it is important to be able to…
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Abdelaziz, Ahmed (June 2014) Identified numerous typographical errors throughout the book, mostly repeated…
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“Feedforward” is a rather under-used control strategy capable of managing a great many types of…
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The electrical conductivity of liquids is an important analytical measurement in many industrial processes.…
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Suppose we wished to measure the rate of propane gas flow through a hose to a torch: Flowmeters appropriate…
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A very common method for directly controlling low flow rates of fluids is to use a device known as a metering…
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Some of the simplest types of digital communication networks found in industry are defined by the EIA…
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Three-phase AC is the dominant mode of electric power generation and distribution in modern societies.…
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All substances are comprised of various elements in various combinations and proportions. Elements may thus be…
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This section shows some of the many instrument symbols found in different types of technical diagrams used to…
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To understand just how different FOUNDATION Fieldbus is from other digital instrument systems, consider a…
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Hydrogen ion activity in aqueous (water-solvent) solutions is a very important parameter for a wide variety of…
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There are several different methods useful for causing an AC induction motor to brake, or slow down: DC…
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