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Past, Present and Future of Process Control at Xstrata Nikkelverk

Rune LøklingStanley HagaTor A. Hauge

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Engineeringbusiness.industryXstrata NikkelverkEngineering physicslcsh:QA75.5-76.95DCSComputer Science ApplicationsProcess ControlSpecial occasionControl and Systems EngineeringModeling and SimulationProcess controlEngineering ethicslcsh:Electronic computers. Computer sciencebusinessSoftware

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MIC celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2009 and Xstrata Nikkelverk celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2010. Both anniversaries are certainly worth celebrating and with this article Xstrata Nikkelverk salutes MIC at this special occasion. This article is about process control developments at Xstrata Nikkelverk during the last 40 years. We also give an overview of the current status and a view on the current and future trends of process control at the Nikkelverk renery.

https://doi.org/10.4173/mic.2009.3.6