Few areas of mathematics are as powerfully useful in describing and analyzing the physical world as calculus:…
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DC electric motors generate torque by a reaction between two magnetic fields: one field established by…
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A unique form of differential pressure-based flow measurement deserves its own section in this flow…
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At the root of successful system diagnosis is a rigorous adherence to scientific reasoning. There exists no…
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Finally, we arrive at the loop diagram (sometimes called a loop sheet) for the compressor surge control system…
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An extremely important topic in engineering is that of transfer functions. Simply defined, a transfer function…
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Two extremely important principles in electric circuits were codified by Gustav Robert Kirchhoff in the year…
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Modern analog-to-digital converters are phenomenally accurate, dependable, repeatable, and surprisingly…
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DC electric current signals may also be used to communicate process measurement information from transmitters…
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Light has long been used as a long-range signaling medium. While communication by light through open air is…
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pH is the measurement of the hydrogen ion activity in a liquid solution. It is one of the most common forms of…
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Learning from reading printed text is a kind of problem-solving activity it is own right. The problem is how…
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Any power grid large enough to meet the demand of an entire nation must have multiple generators drawing from…
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A technological advance introduced in the late 1980’s was HART, an acronym standing for Highway…
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Electromechanical relays may be connected together to perform logic and control functions, acting as logic…
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The three “elementary” particles of matter comprising all atoms are electrons, protons, and…
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Every flow-measuring instrument exploits a physical principle to measure the flow rate of fluid stream.…
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Those familiar with industrial instrumentation will find much within the electric power industry remarkably…
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In a manually-controlled process, a human operator directly actuates some form of final control element…
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