Situation Management for Process Control: Situation Awareness and Decision-Making for Operators in Industrial Control Rooms and Operation Centers (International Society of Automation) - Hardcover

Douglas H. Rothenburg (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1945541652 ISBN 13: 9781945541650

Publisher: ISA, 2019

Synopsis

Situation Management for Process Control: Situation Awareness and Decision-Making for Operators in Industrial Control Rooms and Operation Centers

Operators must be able to monitor what is in their charge, to understand the information presented, and to plan and actualize needed changes. To do this successfully, they must have the necessary tools to manage situations. This book provides a broad and comprehensive approach to developing a working solution to the situation management problem, including a comprehensive way of looking at control room management and understanding the field of control room operations.

It discusses the technology and tools, as well as effective methodologies for safer and more productive control room operations, which lead to improved industrial production.

Two key discussions are how human nature (of operators) affects the ability to perform, and how to use the concept and technology of weak signals to supplement the alarm system for situation awareness.

The purpose of this book is to place a wealth of best practice information in the hands of the industrial and enterprise community. It contains a wealth of examples, alternatives, and suggestions. All control schemes, design suggestions, displays, diagrams, tables, figures, trend charts, lists, and the like refer to materials that have been designed to amplify and explain concepts and practices.

Whether you are a seasoned professional or new in any of the areas below, this book will help you understand the need for and develop a plan for effective situation management:>/p>

• Enterprise management
• Operations management
• DCS application engineers including configuration and HMI
• Control room engineers and operators
• Safety and environmental engineers
• Control room designers and human factors engineers

About this title

About the Author

Douglas H. Rothenberg is the president and principal consultant of D-RoTH, Inc., a technology consulting company that provides innovative technology and services for industry. D-RoTH, Inc. currently specializes in alarm management, control room management, fit-for-purpose product design, and innovation development for new products and services. Rothenberg is a leading authority in the field and provides professional consulting and services worldwide. He is the author of Alarm Management for Process Control, a defining reference book in the field.
Rothenberg was a faculty member in the Systems Engineering Department of Case Western Reserve University and spent over 20 years with Standard Oil, BP Oil, and BP Amoco where he was responsible for new state-of-the-art technology to support advanced manufacturing solutions.
Rothenberg has a PhD in philosophy, systems, and control engineering from Case Western Reserve University, an MS in electrical engineering from Case Institute of Technology, and a BS in electrical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He has several patents in instrumentation and controls and alarm management. He is active in the International Society of Automation (ISA) and is a member of Sigma Xi. He is the recipient of the 2005 Educator-of-the-Year Award from the Cleveland Technical Societies Council in Cleveland, Ohio.

Edition details

• Publisher: ISA
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1945541652
• ISBN 13: 9781945541650
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 700