本书是为适应高等院校专业英语教学的需要，依据热控专业的教学要求编写的，其主旨是提高学生读译专业英语的能力和水平。本书包括33个单元，共六部分。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。

本书为普通高等教育“十一五”国家级规划教材。

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

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