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Fieldbus and Networking in Process Automation
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Fieldbus and Networking in Process Automation

by Sunit Kumar Sen
December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
461 pages
11h 39m
English
CRC Press
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Preface

Fieldbus, particularly the wireless fieldbus, offers a multitude of benefits in the field of process control and automation. Wireless fieldbus is fast emerging and is trying to carve out a niche among the different fieldbus offerings in the market. Fieldbus replaces the point-to-point technology with digital communication networking, offers increased data availability, and is easily configurable and interoperable. It is a modest attempt on the part of the author to discuss the different fieldbuses in the market, their utilities along with their shortcomings, the fieldbus configurations, the installation techniques, the safety aspects in hostile environmental conditions, and other relevant issues pertaining to fieldbuses.

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ISBN: 9781466586765