Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks: Monitoring, Control and Automation (Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials)

Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks: Monitoring, Control and Automation explores the explosive growth that has occurred in the use of wireless sensor networks in a variety of applications during the last few years. As wireless technology can reduce costs, increase productivity, and ease maintenance, the book looks at the progress in standardization efforts regarding reliability, security, performance, power consumption, and integration. Early sections of the book discuss issues such as media access control (MAC), antenna design and site survey, energy harvesting, and explosion-proof design. Subsequent sections present WSN standards, including ISA100, ZigBeeTM, WifiTM, WirelessHARTTM and 6loWPAN, and the applications of WSNs in the oil and gas, chemical, food, and nuclear power industries. * Reviews technologies and standards for industrial wireless sensor networks * Considers particular applications for the technology and their ability to reduce costs, increase productivity, and ease maintenance * Focuses on industry needs and standardization efforts regarding reliability, security, performance, power consumption, and integration. Content: Front Matter,Copyright,List of contributors,Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical MaterialsEntitled to full textPart One: Wireless sensor network technologies and standards1 - Industrial data communications protocols and application layers, Pages 3-23, D. Caro 2 - Energy harvesting and battery technologies for powering wireless sensor networks, Pages 25-38, G. Tuna, V.C. Gungor 3 - Process control and diagnostics over wireless sensor networks, Pages 39-55, S. Kolavennu 4 - Wireless sensor network administrative management, Pages 57-78, M. Kalochristianakis, E. Varvarigos 5 - WirelessHARTTM sensor networks, Pages 79-103, S. Han, M. Nixon, D. Chen, A.K. Mok, P. Muston 6 - Wireless networks in underground mines, Pages 107-123, M. Paavola, P. Seppälä 7 - Wireless sensor networks for the monitoring and control of nuclear power plants, Pages 125-154, P.L. Fuhr 8 - Wireless gas sensors for industrial life safety, Pages 155-166, S. Kolavennu, P. Gonia 9 - Isochronous wireless communication system for industrial automation, Pages 167-188, E. Sisinni, F. Tramarin 10 - A hierarchical wireless sensor network design for monitoring a pipeline infrastructurea, Pages 189-211, I. Jawhar, N. Mohamed, D.P. Agrawal 11 - Shared spectrum for industrial wireless sensors, Pages 213-227, P.L. Fuhr, P. Ewing, S. Forge Index, Pages 229-234

Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks: Monitoring, Control and Automation explores the explosive growth that has occurred in the use of wireless sensor networks in a variety of applications during the last few years. As wireless technology can reduce costs, increase productivity, and ease maintenance, the book looks at the progress in standardization efforts regarding reliability, security, performance, power consumption, and integration.

Early sections of the book discuss issues such as media access control (MAC), antenna design and site survey, energy harvesting, and explosion-proof design. Subsequent sections present WSN standards, including ISA100, ZigBeeTM, WifiTM, WirelessHARTTM and 6loWPAN, and the applications of WSNs in the oil and gas, chemical, food, and nuclear power industries.

• Reviews technologies and standards for industrial wireless sensor networks
• Considers particular applications for the technology and their ability to reduce costs, increase productivity, and ease maintenance
• Focuses on industry needs and standardization efforts regarding reliability, security, performance, power consumption, and integration.