A framework for managing transitions in chemical plants

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 305-322

  Srinivasan, Rajagopalan ^a   Viswanathan, Pradeep ^a   Vedam, Hiranmayee ^b   Nochur, Ananthanarayanan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Lab Info Decis Technol Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alarms; Crude distillation units; Standard operating procedures

Indexed keywords

ALARM MANAGEMENT; ALARM RECONFIGURATION; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; FAULT DIAGNOSIS;

ALARM SYSTEMS; AUTOMATION; CATALYTIC CRACKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PLANT MANAGEMENT; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; PLANT STARTUP;

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

CATALYTIC CRACKING; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DISTILLATION;

ARTICLE; DISTILLATION; DYNAMICS; MEDICINAL PLANT; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 10444238499     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2004.09.024     Document Type: Article

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