ISA Books—Technical Resources for Automation and Control Professionals

ISA brings you the most authoritative technical resources on process automation, written and reviewed by experts in their fields. You will find books on all facets of automation and control including: process control design, system calibration, monitoring control system performance, on-demand and adaptive tuning, model predictive control, system optimization, batch processing, continuous processing, safety instrumented systems, system controllers, fieldbus, measurement, final control elements, codes and standards, cybersecurity and networking, troubleshooting, and system maintenance.

Whether you want to expand your skills, create a reference library, or prepare for a CCST, CAP, or CSE exam, ISA has the books you need.

Nick Sands tells about detecting an acid leak in a sump using various alarms. Which worked best, and what caused the leak?

Detecting Leaks in Pipelines

By Edward J. Farmer, PE

This book provides useful perspective and understanding of the capabilities and limitations of leak detection technology for industry executives, regulators, safety and technology managers, and operations managers. … more

Basic and Advanced Regulatory Control System Design and Application, Third Edition 

By Harold L. Wade

This intermediate-level book explains the application of basic and advanced regulatory control strategies for the wet process industries. Rather than mathematical systems theory, the book... more

Industrial Data Communications, Fifth Edition

By Lawrence (Larry) M. Thompson

As automation becomes more thoroughly networked with advances in speed, connectivity, and security; this fifth edition of an ISA best seller is still designed to give technical professionals with little or no background in data communications the knowledge ...more 

Industrial Ethernet, Third Edition

By Perry S. Marshall and John S. Rinaldi

This is the go-to guidebook for people who need to fully understand factory floor Ethernet and for those who need to have a basic understanding... more

Industrial Automation and Control System Security Principles, Second Edition

By Ronald L. Krutz, PhD, PE

The use of cyber warfare as a prelude or substitute for conventional attacks has gone from conjecture to reality.  The obvious targets of such assaults are a nation’s defense establishment, critical.… more

Measurement Uncertainty, Fifth Edition

By Ronald H. Dieck

An entire course, as well as an excellent desk reference, this edition presents students and professionals in engineering and science with a comprehensive tutorial of measurement uncertainty methods in a logically categorized… more

Driving Business Value in Industrial Innovation: Disciplined Agility for Manufacturing Automation

By Augustine Tibazarwa

This is a guide for executives, innovators, and consulting professionals at the forefront of industrial innovation to unlock business value...   more

The Value of Automation: The Best Investment an Industrial Company Can Make

By Peter G. Martin, Ph.D.

Industrial automation systems have the potential to be one of the most value-generating vehicles available to industrial companies. Unfortunately, not all managers… more