Building an industrial desktop
Journal Article
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· Chemical Engineering
OSTI ID:178350
- Oil Systems, Inc., San Leandro, CA (United States)
The personal computer has had a profound effect on access to information for engineers throughout industry. Nevertheless, the information systems needed to run a complex CPI plant such as a refinery have not changed: operations management, maintenance, crisis management, warehouse, engineering, laboratory, business, and scheduling, among others. Various control or data processing systems are currently used to manage these data needs, but computer technology and business economics are unifying these requirements into one, all-encompassing system--the industrial desktop computer. The industrial desktop is an evolving concept, but at this stage, several components are clear: it is based on personal computers, or workstations that are compatible with these computers; it has ready access both to plant-floor data (the conventional purpose of process control computers) as well as a variety of business applications and telecommunications capabilities; and it makes use of the software conventions centered around Microsoft Corp. (Redmond, Wash.). The paper discusses implementation of desktop applications in the chemical industry.
- OSTI ID:
- 178350
- Journal Information:
- Chemical Engineering, Journal Name: Chemical Engineering Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 103; ISSN CHEEA3; ISSN 0009-2460
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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