本书为普通高等教育“十一五”**级规划教材。
本书包括33个单元,共六部分,内容涉及自动控制原理、计算机的基本知识、热工检测技术、热工自动控制系统、热工保护、顺序控制、可编程控制等热控专业知识。每个单元的学习材料均由编者从教学、科研、现场实践等多个环节提炼而来,简练生动,单元的长度和设置符合教学要求。每个单元后列出了专业词汇,并对课文的难点内容进行了注释。
本书可作为本科能源动力类和高职高专电力技术类相关专业的专业英语教材,也可作为科技人员和现场运行技术人员的培训教材和自学参考书。

前言
Part Ⅰ Control Principle
Unit One Introduction to Control Systems
Unit Two Feedback Control
Unit Three Transfer Functions of Linear Systems
Unit Four Impulse Response of Linear Systems and Block Diagram
Unit Five Time-Domain Analysis of Control Systems
Unit Six Root Locus Techniques
Unit Seven Stabilization and Improvement of Transient Response
Unit Eight Improvement of Static Accuracy
Unit Nine Introduction to Stability of Control Systems
Unit Ten Applications of Automatic Control
Part Ⅱ Computer Technique
Unit Eleven Basic Computer Architecture
Unit Twelve Conversions Between Analogue and Digital Signals
Unit Thirteen Microprocessors in Control Applications
Unit Fourteen Computer-Controlled Systems
Part Ⅲ Measurement Instrumentation
Unit Fifteen Process Instrumentation
Unit Sixteen Temperature Measurement
Unit Seventeen Pressure Measurement
Unit Eighteen Flow Measurement
Unit Nineteen Digital Transducers
Unit Twenty Control and Instrumentation
Part Ⅳ Thermal Automatic Control Systems
Unit Twenty-one Introduction to Modern Power Plant
Unit Twenty-two Introduction to Instrumentation and Control in Thermal Power Plant
Unit Twenty-three Boiler and Turbine Controls
Unit Twenty-four Coordinated Control Systems
Unit Twenty-five Distributed Control Systems
Unit Twenty-six Process Control Trend
Unit Twenty-seven Control Systems Design
Part Ⅴ Protection Systems
Unit Twenty-eight Logic Circuits
Unit Twenty-nine Logic Control and Protection Systems
Unit Thirty Sequence Control Systems
Unit Thirty-one Programmable Logic Controller(PLC)
Part Ⅵ Fieldbus
Unit Thirty-two Introduction to Fieldbus
Unit Thirty-three Application of Fieldbus
Appendix
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