Lessons In Industrial Instrumentation-17
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Administrator privilege, computer, 2750 Admittance, 360
Aerosol, 229
Aeroswage SX-1 tubing tool, 590 AGA Report #11, 1729
AGA Report #3, 1644, 1651 AGA Report #7, 1670 AGA Report #9, 1697
Air dryer, 700
Air gap, network, 2736 Air-to-close valve, 2132 Air-to-open valve, 2132 Alarm, annunciator, 526 Alarm, process, 2390 Algorithm, 2276 Algorithm, control, 540 Aliasing, 998
Alkaline, 286 Alkaline, strong, 287 Alkaline, weak, 287
Allen-Bradley ControlLogix 5000 PLC, 773 Allen-Bradley Data Highway (DH) network, 1060 Allen-Bradley GuardLogix DCSRT safety
instruction, 2686 Allen-Bradley GuardLogix PLC, 2686
Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1000 PLC, 857 Allen-Bradley PLC-5, 770
Allen-Bradley SLC 500 PLC, 771, 880 Alpha particle radiation, 1501
Altek model 334A loop calibrator, 908 Alternating current, 355
Alternating motor control, 835 American alpha value, RTD, 1523
American Gas Association, 1644, 1651, 1670, 1697, 1729
Ametek model 1500 induction relay, 682 Ammeter, clamp-on, 341
Ammonia slip, NOx control, 1853 Amp-turn, 340
Amp`ere, Andr´e, 299 Ampere, 299
Amplifier, instrumentation, 1008 amu, 262
Analog input, single-ended, 1015 Analog system, 37, 924, 1024, 2356
Analog-to-digital converter, 786, 979, 993
INDEX
Analyzer, 1306 Anderson, Norman A., 3 Andrew, William G, 3
Angle of repose, 1476, 2076 Anion, 228, 1755
Annubar, 1630, 1741 Annunciator, 526 Anode, 1755
ANPT pipe threads, 572
ANSI codes for power systems, 1996 ANSI pressure classes for flanges, 567
ANSI/IEEE standard 754-1985 for floating-point numbers, 985, 1128
Antenna, half-wave, 491, 1210 Antenna, quarter-wave, 492, 1210 Antenna, whip, 492, 1210 Antenna, Yagi, 493, 1210 Anti-aliasing filter, 1000 Anti-resonance resistor, 431 Anti-virus, computer, 2750
API, degrees, 180
Application blacklisting, computer, 2750 Application whitelisting, computer, 2750 Arbitration, channel, 1042
Arc blast, 371, 731
Arc chute, circuit breaker, 1933 Arc flash, 636, 731
Archimedes’ Principle, 191, 1457 Area, defined, 57
Armature, 341
ARP, 1076, 1085, 1086 As-found calibration, 1264 As-left calibration, 1264
Asbestos valve stem packing, 2108 ASCII, 991
ASCII Modbus frames, 1113
ASCO model NH90 “Hydramotor” linear actuator/positioner, 937
ASCO solenoid valve, 710 Ashcroft temperature switch, 685
Assignment, computer programming, 2393 Asynchronous data transfer, 1028, 1034 Atmospheres, 188
Atom, 228
Atomic clock, 1286, 1289 Atomic mass, 228, 230, 237
INDEX
Atomic mass units, 262
Atomic number, 228, 230, 236
Atomic weight, 228, 230, 237
Aufbau order, 247
Auto-tuning PID controller, 2460
Automatic mode, 500, 2387
Autotransformer, 472
Autotransformer, boost, 472
Autotransformer, buck, 473
Auxiliary contact, 741, 796
Averaging Pitot tube, 1629
Avogadro’s number, 262
B.I.F. Universal Venturi tube, 1633
B/W Controls model 1500 induction relay, 682 Babbage, Charles, 1180
Back-calculation variable, FOUNDATION Fieldbus function block programming, 1166, 1172, 2574, 2577
Background substances, 1814 Backpressure, nozzle, 923
Backup (remote), protective relay, 2050 BACnet, 2368
Ba e, 923
Bailey Infi90 distributed control system, 2380 Bailey Net90 distributed control system, 2380 Balance beam scale, 925
Ball valve, 693, 2096
Ball valve, characterized, 2097 Ball valve, segmented, 2097 Balling, degrees, 181
Balmer series, 255 Bang-bang control, 2279 Bar, 188
Bara, 188
Barg, 188
Bark, degrees, 181
Barkhausen criterion (loop oscillation), 2443, 2447
Barometer, 1316
Barrier circuit, intrinsic safety, 2611 Base, 286
Base unit, 72 Base, strong, 287 Base, weak, 287
basisk Siemens PLC exploit, 2751
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Bastard voltage, 456 Bathtub curve, 2639 Baud rate, 1033
Baudot code, 990, 1027, 1029 Baum´e, degrees, 180 Bazovsky, Igor, 2618, 2623 Beam splitter, 1837, 1840 Beer-Lambert Law, 1814 Bel, 1212
Bell 202 FSK standard, 1099 Bell 202 standard, 1031
Belleville washer spring, 1941, 2105 Bellingham Technical College, 3207 Bellows, 926, 1318
Bellows packing seal, 2109 Belt, 117
Bench set, control valve, 2141 Bend radius, optical fiber, 643
Bently-Nevada model 1701 FieldMonitor vibration monitor, 1894
Bently-Nevada model 3300 vibration monitor, 1892
Bently-Nevada vibration monitoring equipment, 1888
BER (bit error rate), 1228 Beresford, Dillon, 2751 Bernoulli’s equation, 208, 1594 Bernoulli, Daniel, 208
Beta particle radiation, 1501
Beta ratio of flow element, 1613, 1650 Bethlehem flow tube, 1633
Bevel gear, 111 Bi-metal strip, 1515
Biddle Versa-Cal loop calibrator, 913 Binary numeration, 980
Biological oxygen demand, 2276 Bit, 779, 980
Bit error rate, 1228 Bit rate, 1032 Black, Harold, 944 Blackbody, 1574
Blackbody calibrator, 1299 Blacklist, 2740
Blacklisting, application, 2750
Bleed port adapter test accessory, 1371 Bleed valve fitting, 1369
3256
Bleeding pneumatic relay, 939 BLEVE, 161
Blind, pipe, 569
Blocking, protective relay, 2023, 2044, 2052, 2054 Blowdown pressure, safety valve, 2663, 2670 Bluetooth, 2745
Blu body, 1675 BMS, 842, 2692
BNC style connector, 630, 1893 BNU, Fieldbus, 1163
BOD, 2276 Bode plot, 416
Body, valve, 2083
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (BLEVE), 161
Boiling point of water, 1295
Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), 2703 Bolted fault, 370
Bonneville Power Administration, 1914 Boolean variable, 2393
Booster relay, 2174
Boosting autotransformer, 472 Bourdon tube, 575, 1318, 1320 Boyle’s Law, 198
bps, 1032
Branch tee fitting, 586
Branching, computer programming, 2395 Brazosport College, 1625
Brick, Fieldbus coupler, 1147 Bridge circuit, 327
British Thermal Unit, 125 Brix, degrees, 181 Broadcast address, IP, 1082 Brush, DC motor, 2241
Brute force attack, password, 2749 BSPP pipe threads, 574
BSPT pipe threads, 573 BTU, 125
Bubble tube, 1428
Bubble-tight valve shut-o , 2112 Bucket, motor control, 740 Bucking autotransformer, 473 Bu er solution, 1306, 1769, 1785
Bulk modulus, 1471, 1473, 1491, 1648, 1693, 1694 Bulkhead, tube, 585
Buoyancy, 191, 1457
INDEX
Buoyant test of density, 192
Burden, instrument transformer, 1977 Burgess, George, 2762
Burn-in period, 2639, 2646
Burner Management System (BMS), 842, 2692 Burnout, thermocouple, 1564
Burst mode, HART, 1107 Bus duct, 611
Bus, electrical power, 1902 Bus, power system, 1921 Busway, 611
Butterfly valve, 693, 2096 BWR, 2703
Byte, 981
Cable pulling, 606 Cable tray, 608 Cache, ARP, 1085
Cage-guided globe valve, 2090
Cageless displacer level instrument, 1456 Calculus, Fundamental Theorem of, 26 Calibration, 1255, 1306
Calibration gas, 264, 1266, 1308, 1839, 1849, 1863
Calibration management software, 1268 Calibration, dry versus wet, 1457 Calibration, pH instrument, 1785 Calibrator, loop, 908
Callendar-van Dusen formula, 1522 calorie, 125
Calorie, dietary, 125 Cam, 2154
CAN network, 1046
CANDU nuclear reactor, 2713 Cap, tube, 587
Capacitance, 346 Capacitive level switch, 681
Capacitively-coupled voltage transformer (CCVT), 1952
Capacitor, 346
Capacitor-start AC induction motor, 726 Capacity tank, 1271, 2332
Capillary tube, 1376, 1379, 1653 Captive flow, 2517, 2579 Captive variable, 2517
Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA), 1046
INDEX
Cascade control strategy, 2387, 2506 Cassier’s Magazine, 31, 516 Cathode, 1755
Cation, 228, 1755 Caustic, 286 Caustic, strong, 287 Caustic, weak, 287
Cavitation corrosion, 2219, 2233 Cavitation, control valve, 2217
CCVT, capacitively-coupled voltage transformer, 1952
Cell constant, conductivity sensor, 1759 Celsius, 123, 1295
CEMS, 1857 Centigrade, 1295 Centrifugal force, 1716 Centrifuge, 2714 Centripetal force, 1716 cgs, 72
Chain, 120
Chain reaction, nuclear, 2713 Channel arbitration, 1042
Channel, FOUNDATION Fieldbus AI block parameter, 1198
Characteristic impedance, 476 Characteristic, control valve, 2194 Characterized ball valve, 2097 Characterizing process dynamics, 2412, 2446 Charging current, power line, 2016 Charles’s Law, 198
Chart recorder, 514, 2460 Chemical seal, 1376
Chemical versus nuclear reaction, 265 Chemiluminescence, 1851
Chemistry, 226
Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, 2427 Choked flow, 2224
Chopper valve, 2687
Chord, ultrasonic flowmeter, 1696 Chromatogram, 1791 Chromatograph, dual-column, 1805 Chromatography, 1788
CIP, 575, 1375
Cippoletti weir, 1657, 2068 Circuit breaker, 1926 Circuit, electric, 299
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Circular chart recorder, 514, 517 Cistern manometer, 1314 Clamp-on ammeter, 341 Clamp-on milliammeter, 900
Clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter, 1698 Class I filled system, 1517
Class II filled system, 162, 1519 Class III filled system, 1518 Class V filled system, 1517 Class, hazardous area, 2603 Classified location, 2602 Clean-In-Place, 575, 1375 Client, 2743
Clutch mechanism, electric valve actuator, 2127 Coherent light, 1838
Cold junction compensation, 1544
Cold junction, thermocouple, 1535, 1544 Collision, 1046
Collision domain, Ethernet, 1066 Colloid, 229
Column, chromatograph, 1788 Combination electrode, 1772 Combustion, 273
Common logarithm, 1212 Common-mode rejection, 1349 Common-mode voltage, 622, 1005, 1056 Communicator, HART, 1097 Commutating diode, 763, 2496 Commutator, DC motor, 2241
Compel Data (CD) token, Fieldbus, 1161 Compensating leg, 1435
Compensating probe, capacitive level instrument, 1500
Complex number, 371, 377 Complex plane, 375
Composition probe, capacitive level instrument, 1500
Compositional chemical formula, 235, 270 Compound, 228
Compressed air dryer, 2648 Compressibility, 198 Compression fitting, 1353 Compression terminal, 599
Compression terminal “crimping” tool, 601 Computer, mainframe, 991
Concentration cell, 1767
3258
Condensate boot, 1455 Conductance, 318 Conduction, heat, 1514 Conduction, heat transfer, 128 Conductivity cell, 1757 Conductivity sensor, 1757 Conductor, electrical, 298
Confidence, of scientific data, 1179 Confined space, 1860 Conical-entrance orifice plate, 1621 Connector, tube, 585
Conservation of Electric Charge, 205, 316 Conservation of electric Charge, 323 Conservation of Energy, 73, 75, 89, 99, 172, 208,
226, 248, 278, 317, 319, 452, 1222, 1548, 1592, 2213, 2255, 2419, 2534
Conservation of Mass, 73, 205, 226, 265, 322, 1592, 1712, 2419, 2534
Constant of proportionality, 1597 Constraint, hard versus soft, 2588
Contactor, 465, 730, 764, 768, 769, 796, 812, 832, 1930
Continental Code, 1026
Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS), 1857
Control algorithm, 2276 Control characters, 991 Control valve, 2083
Control valve noise, 2183, 2190, 2192, 2226 Controlled rectifier, 2245
Controller, 499
Controller action, direct vs. reverse, 508, 2282, 2589
Controller gain, 2283 Convection, 1514
Convection, heat transfer, 130 Conventional flow, 666 Converter, 499
Coolants, 138
Cooling tower, evaporative, 168 Cooling tower, forced-draft, 169 Cooling tower, induced-draft, 169 Coordination, protective relay, 2007 Coplanar DP sensor, 1336
Coriolis force, 1717
Coriolis mass flowmeter, 1718
INDEX
Corner taps (orifice plate), 1623 Coulomb, 293, 299
Count value, ADC, 979, 994
Counter instruction, PLC programming, 824 Counter, Geiger, 1504
Counterpropagation ultrasonic flowmeter, 1694 Coupling device, Fieldbus, 2384
Coupling device, fieldbus, 1147 Covalent substance, 282
cps, 1295
Crest, weir, 1658 Crimp terminal, 599 Crimping tool, 601 Critical damping, 430 Critical flow, 2224
Critical flow nozzle, 2225 Critical pressure, 153
Critical speed, rotating machine, 2719 Critical temperature, 153, 1396
Crosby pressure safety relief valve, 2671 Cross product, 93, 304, 1717 Cross-torquing, 568
Crossover cable, 1068 Cryogenic, 1395, 2108
CS Fieldbus function block, 2577 CSMA, 1046
CSMA/BA channel arbitration, 1046 CSMA/CA, 1047
CSMA/CD channel arbitration, 1046, 1063 CT, 738, 1904, 1953
Current, 298, 299
Current sinking, 304, 780, 783 Current sourcing, 304, 780, 783
Current transformer (CT), 738, 1904, 1921, 1953 Current transformer (CT) safety, 1968
Curved arrow notation, showing DC voltage, 308 Curved manometer, 2064
Custody transfer, 1445, 1601, 1642, 1670, 1703, 1712, 1729
Cycles per second, 1295
Cyclic communication, Fieldbus, 1157, 1161
DAC, 786, 979, 993
Dall flow tube, 1633
Daltons, 262
Damper, 2099
INDEX
Damping, 1269
Damping, anti-resonance resistor, 431 Damping, automobile suspension, 431 Damping, critical, 430
Damping, digital algorithm, 1271 Damping, feedback control loop, 431 Danfoss pressure switch, 673
Daniel four-beam ultrasonic flowmeter, 1696 DAQ, 520, 1009
DAQ input, single-ended, 1015 Data acquisition module, 520, 1009
Data Communications Equipment, 1053, 1065 Data diode, 2746
Data Historian, 2743
Data Terminal Equipment, 1053, 1065 dB, 484, 1212, 1222
dBm, 1216, 1224 dBW, 1217, 1224 DC, 355
DC excitation, magnetic flowmeter, 1690 DC injection, AC motor braking, 2254, 2255 DCE, 1053, 1065
DCS, 2378, 2734 DD file, 1095 DDC, 2365 DDL, 1183
de Broglie, Louis, 252 Dead leg, 575
Dead time, 519, 998, 1804, 2446, 2467, 2546
Dead time function, 2547, 2556 |
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Dead |
time |
function |
used for dynamic compensation, 2547, 2549
Dead-test unit, 1300
Deadband setting, flow switch, 689 Deadband setting, pressure switch, 673 Deadband setting, temperature switch, 685 Deadband, control valve response, 2210 Deadband, integral, 2298, 2454
Deadband, reset, 2298, 2454 Deadweight tester, 1300 Deadweight tester, pneumatic, 1302 Dean e ect, 204
Decade box, resistance, 1293 Decibel, 484, 1212, 1222 Decimal numeration, 980
3259
Decrement (counter), 824 Decryption, 2730, 2744
Deep Packet Inspection, 2741
Defense-in-depth, 2601, 2712 Degrees API, 180
Degrees Balling, 181 Degrees Bark, 181 Degrees Baum´e, 180 Degrees Brix, 181 Degrees Oleo, 181 Degrees Plato, 181 Degrees Soxhlet, 181 Degrees Twaddell, 180
Delta model DSC-1280 DDC controller, 2368 Demilitarized Zone, 2742
Denial of service attack, 2735 Denial-of-service attack, 2729
Density, influence on hydrostatic level measurement accuracy, 1423
Dependability, 2615, 2616, 2690 Dependability, versus security, 2675 Dependent current source, 888 Derivative control, 2299
Derivative control action, 2303 Derivative notation, calculus, 1738, 1877 Derivative, calculus, 8, 12
Derived unit, 72 Desiccant, 700 desiccant, 2648
Destination host unreachable, error message, 1081
Desuperheater, 2523 Determinism, network, 1158, 1239
Determinism, network communication, 1047 Deviation alarm, 2390
Device Description file, 1095 Device Description Language, 1183
Device Join Key, WirelessHART, 1249 DeviceNet, 1046
Dew point, 701 DHCP, 1078 Diaphragm, 934, 1318
Diaphragm valve, 693, 2084
Diaphragm, isolating, 576, 1328, 1330, 1333, 1375
Dictionary attack, password, 2749
3260
Dielectric constant, 1479
Dielectric constant, influence on radar level measurement accuracy, 1484
Dielectric heating, RF cable, 1218 Dietary Calorie, 125
Di erential, 2299
Di erential capacitance pressure sensor, 1330 Di erential current protection, 2009 Di erential equation, 27, 2435
Di erential measurement mode on an oscilloscope, 1205
Di erential notation, calculus, 1738 Di erential pressure, 186, 1316 Di erential pressure switch, 674 Di erential setting, flow switch, 689 Di erential setting, pressure switch, 673
Di erential setting, temperature switch, 686 Di erential temperature sensing circuit, 334 Di erential voltage protection, 2009 Di erential voltage signal, 622
Di erential voltmeter, 339 Di erential, calculus, 8
Di erentiation, applied to capacitive voltage and current, 406, 407
Di erentiator circuit, 37 Di raction grating, 1816 Digital damping, 1271
Digital multimeter, 520, 1293, 2819 Digital-to-analog converter, 786, 979, 993 Dimensional analysis, 61, 71, 90, 129, 179, 192,
202, 206, 209, 312 DIN rail, “top hat”, 603 DIN rail, G, 603
Diode, commutating, 763, 2496 Diode, in current loop circuit, 901 Dip tube, 1428
Dipole antenna, half-wave, 491, 1210 Direct addressing, 803
Direct current, 355
Direct digital control (DDC), 2365 Direct valve actuator, 2132
Direct valve body, 2132
Direct-acting controller, 508, 2282, 2589 Direct-acting pneumatic relay, 935 Direct-acting transmitter, 539 Direct-acting valve body, 2084
INDEX
Discharge coe cient, 1642
Disconnect, electrical power system, 1926 Discrete, 655, 691, 749, 1284
Discrete control valve, 2083 Disk valve, 693, 2096
Dispersive chemical analyzer, 1816 Displacement, 191
Displacer, 1454
Displacer level instrument, 1453 Displayed chemical formula, 233 Dissociation, 1756
Dissolved oxygen measurement, 635
Distech model EC-RTU-L DDC controller, 2370 Distech model ECP-410 DDC controller, 2369,
2498 Distillation, 133, 1798
Distortion, valve performance, 2200 Distributed control system (DCS), 2378 Distributed denial-of-service attack, 2730 Distribution power line, 1902
Diverting valve, 2092, 2165 Division, hazardous area, 2603 DIX Ethernet, 1063
DMM, 520, 998, 1293, 2819 DMZ, 2742
DNR, 1086
DNS, 1086
Documenting calibrator, 1267 Domain Name Resolver, 1086 Domain Name Server, 1086 Domain Name System, 1086 Domain, frequency, 1884 Domain, time, 1884
Doping optical glass, 638 Doppler e ect, 1691
Doppler ultrasonic flowmeter, 1691 Dot product, 94
Double-helical gear, 107 Double-ported globe valve, 2088
Double-precision floating-point number, 985 DP cell, 955
DP transmitter calibration fitting, 1371 DPDT switch contacts, 752
DPI firewall, 2741 Drag disk, 1632
Drain hole, orifice plate, 1618
INDEX
Drift, 1264
Drift test, analyzer, 1859 Drive, electric motor, 84, 2240 Droop, 2290, 2414
Drop, 1064, 1143
Dropper, computer virus, 2723
Drum instruction, Koyo PLC programming, 843 Drum sequencer, 840
Dry calibration, 1457 Dry contact, 665 Dry leg, 1436
Dry-block temperature calibrator, 1299 Dryer, compressed air, 2648
Dryer, instrument air, 700 Dryseal pipe threads, 572 DSO, 998
DTE, 1053, 1065
Dual-column chromatograph, 1805 Dump solenoid, 2688
Duplex, 1042
Dynamic braking, AC motor, 2254, 2256 Dynamic compensation, 2543, 2547 Dynamic friction, 2208
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, 1078 Dynamic luminescence quenching, 635 Dynode, 1847
EBCDIC, 991
Eccentric disk valve, 2096 Eccentric orifice plate, 1616
Echo Request, ICMP, 1076, 2731, 2741 Eductor, 216
E ective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP), 1224 E ective Radiated Power (ERP), 1224 EIA/TIA-232 serial communication, 1052, 1068,
1076, 1091, 1108, 2746
EIA/TIA-422 serial communication, 1056, 2746 EIA/TIA-485 serial communication, 1056, 1068,
1108, 2746
Einstein, Albert, 73, 250, 1809 EIRP, 1224
EIV, 2687
Ejector, 216 Electric circuit, 299
Electric motor valve actuator, 2126 Electrical conductor, 298
3261
Electrical heat tracing, 1393 Electrical insulator, 298
Electrical interlock, reversing motor starter, 744 Electrodeless conductivity cell, 1763 Electrolysis, 273
Electromagnetic force, 230 Electromagnetic induction, 1679 Electromagnetic wave, 488 Electromagnetism, 340 Electron, 228
Electron capture detector, GC, 1793 Electron flow, 666
Electron orbital, 241, 242 Electron shell, 242
Electron subshell filling order, 247 Electronic manometer, 1304 Element, 228
Elevated voltage signal, 1013 Emergency isolation valve (EIV), 2687
Emergency Shutdown (ESD) system, 2674 Emerson AMS software, 977, 2075, 2160 Emerson DeltaV distributed control system
(DCS), 977, 1185, 2075, 2380
Emerson model 1420 WirelessHART gateway, 1243
Emerson model 375 HART communicator, 1097 Emerson Ovation distributed control system
(DCS), 2380
Emerson Smart Wireless Gateway, 1116, 1243 Emerson THUM WirelessHART adapter, 1241 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 2760
Emission spectroscopy, 253 Emissivity, thermal, 1574 Emittance, thermal, 1574 Emulsion, 229
Encryption, 2730, 2744 Endothermic, 273, 278, 2177
Endress+Hauser magnetic flowmeter, 1687 Energy, 75
Energy balance, 73, 2419, 2534 Energy control procedure, 86
Energy in chemical reactions, 273, 278 Energy loss, flowmeter, 1636, 1746 Energy, in chemical bonds, 248 Energy, kinetic, 88
Energy, potential, 80, 278
3262
Engine, internal combustion, 53 Engineering units, 1198 Enriched uranium, 2713 Enthalpy, 143, 144, 148 Enthalpy of formation, 278 Entropy, 75, 226
Epistemology, 1286 ePiX C++ library, 417
Equal percentage valve characterization, 2202 Equipotential, 317, 326, 617
Equivalent circuits, series and parallel AC, 361 Erosion, 2228
ERP, 1224
Error, controller, 2282, 2295 ESD, 2674
Ethernet, 1030, 1063, 1108, 1114, 1142, 1158, 1160, 1191, 1243, 2363, 2377, 2379, 2504, 2746, 2751
Euler’s relation, 373, 390 Euler, Leonhard, 208, 373
European alpha value, RTD, 1523 Evaporative cooling tower, 168 Examine if closed (XIC), 816 Examine if open (XIO), 816 Exchanger, heat, 130
Excitation source, for bridge circuit, 327 Excitation wires, 4-wire RTD circuit, 1525 Exergy, 75
Exothermic, 273, 278, 2177 Expanded structural formula, 233 Explosion-proof enclosure, 2609 Extended floating-point number, 985
Extension grade thermocouple wire, 1557 External fault, power system protection zone,
2014
External reset, integral control, 2342, 2573 Externally-loaded pressure regulator, 2124
Fabry-Perot interferometry, 634 Fade margin, RF, 1230
Fade, RF, 1229
Fahrenheit, 123 Fail closed, 2134 Fail locked, 2134 Fail open, 2134
Fail-safe mode for a control valve, 2131
INDEX
Fail-safe mode for split-ranged control valves, 2176
Failure rate, λ, 2633
Failures In Time (FIT), 2633 False positive, 2658
False state, PLC programming, 806 Farad, 346
Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction, 362, 683, 725, 1979
Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), 1884 Fault tolerance, 2676
FCC – Federal Communications Commission, 1239
Federal Communications Commission, 1239 Feedback control system, 2274, 2525 Feedforward control strategy, 2527 Feedforward with trim, 2532
Ferrule, electrical connection, 593, 599
FF (FOUNDATION Fieldbus), 1135, 2383 FFT algorithm, 1884
Fiber optic cable, 628 Fiducial pulse, radar, 1486
Fieldbus, 507, 626, 976, 1098, 2383 Fieldbus coupling device, 2384 Fieldbus Foundation, 2383
FIFO shift register, 1271, 2556
Fill fluid, 576, 1328, 1330, 1332, 1333, 1339, 1367, 1374, 1517
Fillage, 1414, 1472 Filled bulb, 174, 1517 Filled impulse line, 1385
Filtering, negative (spectroscopy), 1833 Filtering, positive (spectroscopy), 1833 Final Control Element, 499
Fire signals, 989 Fire triangle, 2605
Firewall, computer, 2739 First Law of Motion, 74
First-order di erential equation, 2435 First-order lag, 2435
Fiscal measurement, 1642
Fisher “Level-Trol” displacer instrument, 1455, 1463, 1470
Fisher “Whisper” low-noise trim, 2227 Fisher AC2 analog electronic controller, 2353 Fisher E-body control valve, 3183
INDEX
Fisher E-plug control valve, 2098 Fisher Micro-Flat Cavitation trim, 2218
Fisher model 1098EGR pilot-operated pressure regulator, 2133
Fisher model 2625 volume boosting relay, 2145 Fisher model 3582 valve positioner, 2147 Fisher model 546 I/P transducer, 963, 2114 Fisher model 760 pressure relief valve, 2673 Fisher model 846 I/P transducer, 2114
Fisher model DVC6000 valve positioner, 2148, 2158
Fisher model DVC6200 valve positioner, 2148 Fisher MultiTrol pneumatic controller, 2333 Fisher Provox distributed control system (DCS),
2380
Fisher ROC digital controllers, 2374 Fisher ValveLink software, 2160
Fisher-Rosemount model 846 I/P transducer, 968 Fission chamber, 1505
Fission, nuclear, 2425, 2703, 2713 FIT, 2633
Five-point calibration, 1282 Five-valve manifold, 1366 FIX/Intellution HMI software, 856
Fixed Programming Language (FPL), 789 Fixed-point variable, 983, 988
Flame ionization detector, GC, 1794 Flame photometric detector, GC, 1793 Flame safety system, 842, 2692 Flange taps (orifice plate), 1622 Flange, pipe, 564
Flapper, 923
Flare gas flow measurement, 1702 Flashing, 2213
Flashover, power line insulator, 1946 Flexure, 1262
Float level measurement, 1414 Floating control action, 2295, 2302 Floating voltage signal, 1012 Floating-point number, 984 Floating-point variable, 2393 Flooded displacer, 1466
Flow conditioner, 1638
Flow control (serial data communication), 1040, 1053
Flow integrator, 42
3263
Flow programming, chromatograph, 1804 Flow prover, 1305, 1670
Flow switch, 688 Flow totalizer, 42 Flow tube, 1633
Flow-straightening vanes, 1638 Fluid, 170
Fluidized sand, 1297
Fluke brand multimeters, 2819
Fluke Documenting Process Calibrator (DPC) instruments, 1268
Fluke DPCTrack2 calibration management software, 1268
Fluke model 525A temperature calibrator, 1293 Fluke model 744 calibrator, 1563
Fluke model 744 Documenting Process Calibrator (DPC), 1267
Fluke model 771 clamp-on milliammeter, 900 Fluke model 801 di erential voltmeter, 339 Fluke SV225 stray voltage adapter, 2822 Flume, 1661, 2067
Fluorescence, 635, 1842 Fluorescence quenching, 635 Flywheel, 98
Foam, 229 Follower, 2154
Force balance system, 930, 949, 951, 955, 965, 1343, 2323
Force-balance valve positioner, 2151 Fork terminal, 600
Form-A switch contact, 656, 752 Form-B switch contact, 656, 752 Form-C switch contact, 662, 663, 752 Formula weight, 263, 2520 Fortescue, Charles Legeyt, 458
FOUNDATION Fieldbus, 1098, 1135, 2541 FOUNDATION Fieldbus (FF), 2383 FOUNDATION Fieldbus H1, 1030, 1142 FOUNDATION Fieldbus H2, 1142 FOUNDATION Fieldbus HSE, 1142 Four-wire RTD circuit, 1525
Fourier series, 458, 1881, 2248, 2254 Fourier transform, 1218
Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph, 458, 1881, 2248, 2254, 2262