Bringing Distributed Control Systems into the World of Client-Server Batch Control
Anthony R. Gonzalez, Mark Castro · 1998
I.INTRODUCTION Inindustrialenvironmentsthatarecontinuous-processandbatch-dependent,there aremorepressuresforincreaseddatacollectionandrefinementofinformation providedfromtraditionalautomationsystems.AtBWManufacturing,Inc.,there weredefinitetrendsdevelopingnotonlyforincreaseddatarequirements,butfor ahigherlevelofdatarefinementandinformationdevelopmenttosupportthe biotechnologyprocessesexecuteddaily.Inbiotechnologymanufacturingand otherregulatedindustries,thesepressureshavebeenfuelingtheintenseinterest intheInstrumentSocietyofAmerica(ISA)S88.01standardforrecipemanagementandprocesscontrol.