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Part 1Professional Foundations1
Unit 1the Basis of the Electricity1
Passage 1Conception of Electricity1
Passage 2Kirchhoff Laws3
Passage 3Operational Amplifiers8
Passage 4Performance Parameters11
Unit 2the Electric Appliances13
Passage 1How Does a Washing Machine Work13
Passage 2Microwave Ovens16
Passage 3Radar18
Passage 4Stabilized Power Supply21
Exercise 1 24
Part 2Instrument Manuals27
Unit 1the Liquid Level Switch27
Passage 1Features27 Part 1Professional Foundations1
Unit 1the Basis of the Electricity1
Passage 1Conception of Electricity1
Passage 2Kirchhoff Laws3
Passage 3Operational Amplifiers8
Passage 4Performance Parameters11
Unit 2the Electric Appliances13
Passage 1How Does a Washing Machine Work13
Passage 2Microwave Ovens16
Passage 3Radar18
Passage 4Stabilized Power Supply21
Exercise 1 24
Part 2Instrument Manuals27
Unit 1the Liquid Level Switch27
Passage 1Features27
Passage 2Measurement Principle28
Passage 3Application Examples30
Passage 4Select the Rosemount 2110 Switches31
Passage 5Application and Installation Best Practice33
Exercise 2 39
Unit 2Pressure Transmitter General Specifications40
Passage 1Standard Specifications40
Passage 2Model and Suffix Code42
Exercise 3 45
Unit 3Temperature transmitter manual46
Passage 1Mount the Transmitter46
Passage 2Wire and Apply Power48
Passage 3Grounding Requirements50
Passage 4Verify Tagging and Set Switches51
Passage 5Verify Transmitter Configuration53
Exercise 4 56
Unit 4The Instruction Manual of Differential Pressure Transmitters57
Passage 1Mechanical Installation57
Passage 2Installation Examples60
Passage 3Wring62
Passage 4Operation66
Exercise 5 68
Part 3Brain Terminal70
Unit 1Hart375 User’s Manual70
Passage 1Basic Messages70
Passage 2Working Offing71
Passage 3Working Online75
Passage 4Displaying the Device Setup Submenu78
Passage 5Using Hot Keys79
Passage 6Configuring the Hart Application81
Exercise 6 85
Unit 2BT200 User’s Manual Brain Terminal86
Passage 1Introductions86
Passage 2Connection with Brain Series Instruments87
Passage 3BT200 Basic Operations89
Exercise 7 94
Part 4Control Theory and Practice96
UnitControl Theory96
Passage 1Introduction and Control Theory96
Passage 2General Description of the Advanced Process Manager98
Passage 3Point form of Common Functions101
Passage 4I/O Functions105
Passage 5Control Functions Overview107
Exercise 8 114
Part 5Abbreviations of Instrument and Automatic Control System116
參考文獻124
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