Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics
eBook - PDF

Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics

A Perspective for the Future, Second Edition

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics

A Perspective for the Future, Second Edition

About this book

First published two decades ago, the first edition of Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics: A Perspective for the Future became a benchmark for the field. Current-day process control encompasses a new generation of computer systems with enormous capabilities, including new display technologies. These new and emerging technologies integrat

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Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface to the First Edition
  4. Preface to the Second Edition
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Editors
  7. Contributors
  8. Part I: Intrroduction: Work in Control Rooms and Models of Control Room Work
  9. Chapter 1. Work in Control Rooms
  10. Chapter 2. Models in Process Control
  11. Part II: Design of Information and Control Devices
  12. Chapter 3. Design of Conventional Information Devices
  13. Chapter 4. Design of Large and Complex Display Systems
  14. Chapter 5. Design of Controls
  15. Part III: Design of Control Rooms and Their Environment
  16. Chapter 6. Control Room Layout and Design
  17. Chapter 7. Environmental Factors in the Control Room
  18. Part IV: Case Studies and Applications
  19. Chapter 8. Industrial Applications and Case Studies
  20. Chapter 9. Maritime Application of Control Systems
  21. Part V: The Human Dimension in the Control Room
  22. Chapter 10. The Operator’s Abilities and Limitations
  23. Chapter 11. Learning and Creativity at Work
  24. Chapter 12. Modelling and Simulation in the Pulp and Paper Industry; Current State and Future Perspectives
  25. Chapter 13. System Design: An Overview
  26. Part VI: Conclusions
  27. Chapter 14. Conclusions and Recommendations in Summary
  28. Index
  29. Back cover