Automatic Control in Aerospace 1992

Automatic Control in Aerospace 1992
Author: D.B. DeBra
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 573
Release: 2017-01-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1483298744
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Space vehicles have become increasingly complex in recent years, and the number of missions has multiplied as a result of extending frontiers in the exploration of our planetary system and the universe beyond. The advancement of automatic control in aerospace reflects these developments. Key areas covered in these proceedings include: the size and complexity of spacecrafts and the increasingly stringent performance requirements to be fulfilled in a harsh and unpredictable environment; the merger of space vehicles and airplanes into space planes to launch and retrieve payloads by reusable winged vehicles; and the demand to increase space automation and autonomy to reduce human involvement as much as possible in manned, man-tended and unmanned missions. This volume covers not only the newly evolving key technologies but also the classical issues of guidance, navigation and control.

Guidelines for Safe Automation of Chemical Processes

Guidelines for Safe Automation of Chemical Processes
Author: CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2010-09-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470938242
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Increased automation reduces the potential for operator error, but introduces the possibility of new types of errors in design and maintenance. This book provides designers and operators of chemical process facilities with a general philosophy and approach to safe automation, including independent layers of safety.

Dynamics and Control of Chemical Reactors, Distillation Columns and Batch Processes (DYCORD+ '92)

Dynamics and Control of Chemical Reactors, Distillation Columns and Batch Processes (DYCORD+ '92)
Author: J.G. Balchen
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2014-05-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1483298779
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In addition to the three main themes: chemical reactors, distillation columns, and batch processes this volume also addresses some of the new trends in dynamics and control methodology such as model based predictive control, new methods for identification of dynamic models, nonlinear control theory and the application of neural networks to identification and control. Provides a useful reference source of the major advances in the field.

Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes 1991

Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes 1991
Author: B. Freyermuth
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 647
Release: 2014-05-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1483299031
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These Proceedings provide a general overview as well as detailed information on the developing field of reliability and safety of technical processes in automatically controlled processes. The plenary papers present the state-of-the-art and an overview in the areas of aircraft and nuclear power stations, because these safety-critical system domains possess the most highly developed fault management and supervision schemes. Additional plenary papers covered the recent developments in analytical redundancy. In total there are 95 papers presented in these Proceedings.

Handbook of Industrial Crystallization

Handbook of Industrial Crystallization
Author: Allan Myerson
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2002-01-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080533515
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Crystallization is an important separation and purification process used in industries ranging from bulk commodity chemicals to specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals. In recent years, a number of environmental applications have also come to rely on crystallization in waste treatment and recycling processes.The authors provide an introduction to the field of newcomers and a reference to those involved in the various aspects of industrial crystallization. It is a complete volume covering all aspects of industrial crystallization, including material related to both fundamentals and applications. This new edition presents detailed material on crystallization of biomolecules, precipitation, impurity-crystal interactions, solubility, and design.Provides an ideal introduction for industrial crystallization newcomers Serves as a worthwhile reference to anyone involved in the fieldCovers all aspects of industrial crystallization in a single, complete volume

Batch Processing Systems Engineering

Batch Processing Systems Engineering
Author: Gintaras V. Reklaitis
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 886
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642609724
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Batch chemical processing has in the past decade enjoyed a return to respectability as a valuable, effective, and often preferred mode of process operation. This book provides the first comprehensive and authoritative coverage that reviews the state of the art development in the field of batch chemical systems engineering, applications in various chemical industries, current practice in different parts of the world, and future technical challenges. Developments in enabling computing technologies such as simulation, mathematical programming, knowledge based systems, and prognosis of how these developments would impact future progress in the batch domain are covered. Design issues for complex unit processes and batch plants as well as operational issues such as control and scheduling are also addressed.