I recommend you one, "Process Equipment Design, Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers by Carl R. Branan"

See on offshore platforms, soft sensors act as high-frequency virtual analyzers. They compensate for limited or unreliable online instrumentation by providing continuous estimates of critical quality and performance variables.
This improves MPC/APC observability, reduces effective dead time and ...

Rising bridgewall temperature together with falling reformer tube outlet temperature is consistent with catalyst deactivation, but it is not diagnostic on its own. The strongest confirmation comes from increased methane slip, higher fuel consumption, reduced reforming efficiency, and the exclusion ...

Yes, the reference has to be made to OSHA however CCPS refers to availability of process safety information as well.
Regarding the regular check, I would say that a risk based approach is best to follow.
I recall a guideline document established at our place to periodically verify PSI. However, that ...

Operations troubleshooting at the same time is very important once there are any faulty indications from instrumentation.
Manual intervention, communication with field operator, having the right assessment in time are some important factors.

A low recycle ratio may initially appear beneficial because the higher reactant partial pressures can increase the instantaneous reaction rate. However, the loss of thermal buffering and reduced loop circulation usually lead to higher catalyst hot-spot temperatures, poorer overall loop efficiency ...

Applying Nyquist and Bode stability criteria to a real plant control loop is often quite different from the textbook examples because actual industrial loops contain process dead time, valve nonlinearities, sensor dynamics, noise, and controller limitations. However, the fundamental principle ...

I would say yes, pretty closely the operational data is required to be fully utilized by all interfaces. Operating data is not just for Operations. Maintenance too even Technical personnel at site should be considered as operating the plant and should not miss on any indicative data which can be ...

One of the earliest signs is instability in compressor flow.
Instead of a smooth trend, operators may observe:
Small cyclic fluctuations in flow
Rapid changes in flow measurement
Difficulty maintaining a constant operating point
Even though the average flow may appear acceptable, the compressor ...

Has to be an IOW connection here.
If integrity windows are defined well, reported, analyzed, and controlled, there are very less chances of having an unintentional equipment degradation.