Reference Books

A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge Amazon Link

The Condensed Handbook of Measurement and Control Amazon Link

Instrument and Automation Engineers' Handbook: Process Measurement and Analysis Amazon Link

Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Volume Two: Process Control and Optimization Amazon Link

Instrumentation and Control Systems Documentation Amazon Link

Control Systems Engineering Exam Reference Manual: A Practical Study Guide, 4th Edition - Byron Lewis ISA Product Website

Emerson Control Valve Handbook Emerson Product Webpage

Codes and Standards

ANSI/ISA-5.1: Instrumentation Symbols and Identification

ISA-5.4: Instrument Loop Diagrams, ISA Product Website

ISA-7.0.01: Quality Standards for Instrument Air

ISA-20: Instrument Specification Forms, ISA Product Website

ISA-50: Signal Compatibility of Electrical Instruments 

ANSI/ISA-92.00.01: Performance Requirements for Toxic Gas Detectors, ISA Product Website

ANSI/ISA-92.00.02: Installation, Operation, and Maintenance of Toxic Gas-Detection Instruments

ISA-100: Wireless Systems for Automation

ISA/IEC 61511: Functional Safety - Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector, Part 1: Framework, definitions, system, hardware and application programming requirements, www.isa.org

ANSI/ISA-18.2: Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries

EEMUA Publication 191: Alarms Systems - A Guide to Design, Management and Procurement, EEMUA Webstore

ISA-60: Control Centers

ISA-75: Control Valve Standards

ANSI/ISA-77.41.01: Fossil Fuel Power Plant Boiler Combustion Controls, ISA Product Website

ANSI/ISA-101: Human-Machine Interfaces for Process Automation Systems

ANSI/ISA-62382: Automation Systems in the Process Industry - Electrical and Instrumentation Loop Check, ISA Product Website

ISA/IEC-62443 Series of Standards: Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems

IEC 6024-1: Safety Of Machinery - Electrical Equipment of Machines - Part 1 - General Requirements

IEC 60079-10-1: Explosive Atmospheres - Part 10-1: Classification of Areas - Explosive Atmospheres

IEC 60079-14: Explosive Atmospheres - Part 14: Electrical Installations Design, Selection and Erection

IEC 60079-25: Explosive Atmospheres - Part 25: Intrinsically Safe Electrical Systems

IEC 60534: Industrial Process Control Valves

IEC 60584-3: Thermocouples - Part 3: Extension and Compensating Cables - Tolerances and Identification System

IEC 60751: Industrial Platinum Resistance Thermometers and Platinum Temperature Sensors, IEC Webstore

IEC 61131-3: Programmable Controllers - Part 3: Programming Languages, IEC Webstore

IEC 61158-1: Industrial Communication Networks - Fieldbus Specifications- Part 1: Overview and Guidance for the IEC 61158 and IEC 61784 Series

IEC 61508: Functional Safety Standard

IEC 61511: Functional Safety Standard

IEC 62061: Safety of Machinery - Functional Safety of Safety Related Control Systems

ANSI/FCI 70-2: Control Valve Seat Leakage

NEC Article 100: Definitions

NEC Article 250: Grounding and Bonding

NEC Article 500: Hazardous Locations

NEC Article 700: Emergency Systems

NEC Article 701: Legally Required Standby Systems

ISO 12100: Safety of Machinery - General Principles for Design - Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction

ISO 13849-1: Safety of Machinery - Safety Related Parts of Control Systems

ISO 13850: Safety of Machinery - Emergency Stop Function - Principles of Design

ISO 15848-1: Industrial Valves - Measurement, Test and Qualification Procedures for Fugitive Emissions, Part 1: Classification System and Qualification Procedures for Type Testing of Valves

ISO 21789: Gas Turbine Applications - Safety

API 622: Type Testing of Process Valve Packing for Fugitive Emissions

API 624: Type Testing of Rising Stem Valves Equipped with Graphite Packing for Fugitive Emissions

API 641: Type Testing of Quarter Turn Valves for Fugitive Emissions

API 521: Part 1: Sizing, Selection, and Installation of Pressure Relieving Devices - Sizing and Selection.