Advancements in computational sciences have stimulated the use of an abundant amount of
data in control and monitoring. Recent studies have reemphasized that the performance of …

In order to automatically measure the flow rate, alcohol strength and roughly determine the
quality of distilled liquor, a system was developed with two transparent standard containers …

Process industries involve processes that have complex, interdependent, and sometimes
uncontrollable/unobservable features that are subject to a variety of uncertainties such as …

In oil sands industry, primary separation vessel (PSV) is a critical component to recover
bitumen from oil sands slurry. Accurate interface level estimation between froth and …

Abstract Controlling the interface between Bitumen-froth and Middlings in separation cells in
the oil sands industry is important for economical and environmental reasons. Traditional …

Most of the major plant, factory, process, equipment and tool disruptions are preventable,
and yet preventative fault detection and diagnosis section are not the norm in most …