Optimal automated process fault analysis /

"Process fault analyzers monitor process operations in order to identify the underlying causes of operational problems. Several diagnostic strategies exist for automating process fault analysis; however, automated fault analysis is still not widely used within the processing industries due to p...

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Main Author: Fickelscherer, Richard J.
Other Authors: Chester, Daniel L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., [2013]
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Optimal Automated Process Fault Analysis; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Motivations for Automating Process Fault Analysis; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 CPI Trends to Date; 1.3 The Changing Role of Process Operators in Plant Operations; 1.4 Methods Currently Used to Perform Process Fault Management; 1.5 Limitations of Human Operators in Performing Process Fault Management; 1.6 The Role of Automated Process Fault Analysis; 1.7 Anticipated Future CPI Trends; 1.8 Process Fault Analysis Concept Terminology; References; 2 Method of Minimal Evidence: Model-Based Reasoning; 2.1 Overview.