Control for aluminum production and other processing industries

The book exemplifies how to synthesize new control thinking with an understanding of process variability, to diagnose abnormalities and their causes in aluminum producing plants. Most examples also demonstrate the need for different human behavior and a more scientific, questioning approach to the m...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Taylor, Mark Philip, author (author), Chen, John J. J., author, Young, Brent R., author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boca Raton, [Florida] : CRC Press [2014]
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009755186206719
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Importance of Control; Chapter 2: Tour of the Plant; Chapter 3: Welcome to Production; Chapter 4: Industrial Accidents; Chapter 5: Potline Process Control Failure; Chapter 6: Diagnosing Variation in Materials Processing; Chapter 7: Understanding Potroom Processes; Chapter 8: Start of a New Culture; Chapter 9: Reformulation of Potline Control; Chapter 10: People, Process, and Plant; Chapter 11: Better Decisions for Control; Chapter 12: Accelerating Removal of Variation; Answers to Chapter Exercises; Glossary; Back Cover