Unlocking the Secret Profiles of Batch Reactors
When I was a process chemical engineer working in a manufacturing location, I often thought of my job as being similar to that of a detective. The morning shift would report a problem and I'd spend my day sifting through the records of the previous shifts data trying sleuth out what went wrong so we could head off this problem from happening again.
That is exactly the approach Greg McMillan takes in the recent Control magazine article, "Unlocking the Secret Profiles of Batch Reactors (259KB PDF)." Greg tackles a bioreactor disturbance and shows how process modeling can identify the bad actor in short order. Greg makes the case for additional analyzers to keep things on track. If you occasionally need to track down batch reactor misdeeds, this article can provide a few clues as to where to start.
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