Advanced Ph Measurement And Control

Chapter 1 - The Essentials 1-1. The Heart of the Matter 1-2. Stage Fright 1-3. Size Does Matter 1-4. One Is the Loneliest Number 1-5. Acceleration and Stagnation 1-6. Life Is a Batch 1-7. Industrial Importance 1-8. The Real Deal Chapter 2 - The Chemistry 2-1. Nearly Normal 2-2. Staying Active 2-3. Free Dissociation 2-4. A Question of Balance Chapter 3 - Titration Curves 3-1. Slippery Slopes 3-2. Laboratory Generation 3-3. Computer Generation 3-4. Field Generation 3-5. Buffering 3-6. Uses Chapter 4 - Electrodes 4-1. A Dose of Reality 4-2. Measurement Electrodes 4-3. Reference Electrodes 4-4. Application-Based Selection 4-5. Smart Transmitters 4-6. Failure Protection 4-7. Dynamic Response of Electrodes, Holders, and Sample Systems 4-8. Installation Practices 4-9. Calibration Procedures 4-10. Troubleshooting Logic Chapter 5 - Mixing Equipment 5-1. What Was Good Might Be Bad 5-2. Mixing Dynamics 5-3. Agitated Vessels 5-4. Static Mixers 5-5. Sumps, Ponds, and Lagoons Chapter 6 - Control Valves 6-1. A Moving Story 6-2. Resolution Requirements 6-3. Rangeability Requirement 6-4. Split Ranging 6-5. Special Strategies Chapter 7 - Reagent 7-1. Delivery Dilemmas 7-2. Dilution 7-3. Buffering 7-4. Dissolution Chapter 8 - Control System 8-1. Feedback Control 8-2. Feedforward Control 8-3. Cascade Control 8-4. Linear Reagent Demand Control 8-5. Adaptive Control 8-6. Advanced Batch Control 8-7. Dynamic Online pH Estimators 8-8. Model Predictive Control 8-9. Real-time Optimization 8-10. Controller Tuning 8-11. Loop Performance 8-12. System Selection Appendix A Suggested Readings Appendix B Questions and Answers Appendix C Glossary of pH Control System Terminology Appendix D Review of Algebra with Logarithms Appendix E Control Talk Column Excerpts Appendix F FORTRAN Subroutine for Charge Balance Model Appendix G Simplified Summary of Guidelines Appendix H Additional Information IndexMcMillan, Gregory K. is the author of 'Advanced Ph Measurement And Control ', published 2004 under ISBN 9781556178511 and ISBN 1556178514.