Distributed Computer Control Systems in Industrial Automation (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: March 30, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 728
ISBN-13: 9780824781187
Subjects: Robotics; Technology; Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Industrial Engineering (Specific Aspects); Computers - General Information; Science/Mathematics; Process control; Engineering - General; CAD-CAM - General; Technology / Engineering / Electrical; Technology & Industrial Arts; Data processing; Distributed processing; Electronic data processing
First sentence: The term industrial automation generally refers to the science and technology of process control and includes the control of chemical and petrochemical plants, oil refineries, iron and steel plants, power plants, cement mills, paper pulp and paper mills, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage industries, water and wastewater treatment plants, oil and gas fields, and the like.