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Automation of palm oil mills
Author(s) -
Sivasothy K.,
Lim Nicholas B. H.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02541390
Subject(s) - automation , microprocessor , manufacturing engineering , process (computing) , palm oil , computer science , laboratory automation , product (mathematics) , quality (philosophy) , process automation system , process control , process engineering , engineering , embedded system , environmental science , operating system , mechanical engineering , mathematics , agroforestry , philosophy , geometry , epistemology
Abstract Automation is the function of monitoring and regulating process operations non‐manually or remotely to check or maintain the required processing conditions and product quality, the use of instrumental techniques of analysis in the laboratory and the use of computers for data processing and other miscellaneous applications. Applications where automation is justifiable and the impact of changing trends in automation technology, especially the recent influx of microprocessor‐based systems, are discussed briefly. Applications in the palm oil mill where automation is fairly well‐developed and is being developed, as well as ideas for future applications are reviewed. An example of a practical approach to automation in palm oil mills is given using automatic control of crude oil dilution.