Advances in electronics and computers have enabled industries to attain better control of their processes with resulting increases in quality, productivity, profitability, and compliance with government regulations. With a hierarchy of computers, distributed data acquisition, and information processing and control, it is possible to achieve overall optimum performance of a plant. While further advances in microprocessors and large-scale integration will be useful to the process engineer, major improvements in process control await advances in sensor technology and software.

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Fina l Rep ort Res earc h spon sore d by the Dep artm ent of Ene rgy Adv ance d Res earc h and Tec hno logy Dev elop men t Fos sil Ene rgy Ma teri als Prog ram • IIT RIM -060 43-16; DE8 2 021 029 'ii sTm~t mON D-F THTS DO:C UME NT IS UN UM lT~ FOREWORD liT Research Institute is pleased to submit this final report to the Department of Energy on Contract No. DE-AC05-78ET13410.

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