Refinery-wide control loop performance assessment

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-124

  Thornhill, N F ^a   Oettinger, M ^b,d   Fedenczuk, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BP Refinery ^*  (Australia)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^d AMPOL Refineries (NSW) Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control loop performance assessment; Guidelines; Implementation; Practical experience; Refinery wide

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES;

CONTROL LOOP PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (CLPA);

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0033117561     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-1524(98)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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