Introduction - Kinds of Control
Basic Requirements on Control Quality
Types of Continous Controllers
Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance
Quality Assurance and Performance Tests
Theoretical Approach to Availability of Process and Plant Equipment
Example of Water Shortage Scenario
Example of an Availability Study for Two MSF Distillers using Fault Tree Logic
Data Collection of Failure Frequencies
Availability of Abu Dhabi Distillers
Fault Tree Analysis for Sub-Systems of Existing MSF Distillers and Considerations for Future Design
Introduction to Combined Cycle Power Plants
Operation Modes for Steam Turbines
Model Based Approaches. Qualitative vs Quantitative Approaches
Process Modeling using Signed Directed Graphs (SDGs)
The Computational Implementation
Characteristics of a Diagnosis System
Different Approaches for Fault Diagnosis
Some Examples of Diagnosis Systems in Industry and in Desalination Processes