Centralized systems

Three types of computer control systems are commonly used for pilot-plant instmmentation. The first is a centralized system, usually based on a minicomputer or occasionally a mainframe. These systems have large storage capacities, substantial memories, and much associated equipment. They typically control all the pilot plants in an area or faciUty. Centralized systems are economical if a large number of units are involved but are becoming less common due to their high installation and maintenance costs as well as the limitation that any failure of the central system shuts down all pilot plants involved. 

Figure 11-69 describes a typical central system. Either water or direct-expansion refrigerant coils or air washers may be used for cooling. Steam or hot-water coils are available for heating. Humidification may be provided by target-type water nozzles, pan humidifiers, air washers, or sprayed coils. Air cleaning is usually provided by cleanable or throwaway filters. Central-station air-conditioning units in capacities up to about 50,000 cu ft/min are available in prefabricated units. 

The following equations separately outline calculating contaminant concentration inside a room with central and local recirculation. The assumptions for the room are that it has one main ventilation system with supply and exhaust air and that the contaminant concentration is the same in the whole volume (except very close to the contaminant source or in the ducts, etc.). The contaminant source is steady and continuous. The model for local ventilation assumes also one main ventilation system to which is added one local exhaust hood connected to a local ventilation system (see Chapter 10) from which all the air is recirculated. In the central system the number of inlets and outlets could vary. The flow rates are continuous and steady. 

Local recirculation systems differ from central systems in that all exhausted air is passed back to the room after cleaning and that the flow rate could be larger than the flow rate through the room. 

The room air cleaner consists of a fan and some kind of air cleaner for particles or gases or both, usually mounted together as one unit. This is a local recirculating system and the equation for the contaminant concentration in the room, derived with the same assumptions and in the same way as for central systems, is the following ... 

By manipulating this equation for the steady state, in the same way as for central systems, the following could be achieved ... 

Systems worn by a person are not included here. These include personal fresh air supply systems (with pressurized air flasks or connected to a central system by tubes), air belts, air vests, and breathing masks. 

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Centralized systems reside at a central location and are accessed through a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or a virtual private network (VPN). 

Malaysia and Australia have a federal system of government. The other countries have a unitary or centralized system of government. 

Sharp and Dohme, RS/1 is used at several different laboratories in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and continental Europe to share data. A large VAX installation supports users in different sites through a computer network. Collaborative projects between different laboratories, using data shared through the central system, have become common. 

Flexibility It is more extensible and flexible than centralized systems clustered around one database. Business reorganization is rapidly reflected in the support systems. 

RP-HPLC determination of trace impurities of the toxic 4-aminopyridine in the central system-stimulating drug 3,4-diaminopyridine can be performed on condition that the impurity has a lower retention time. This was accomplished on applying ion pairing with dodecanesulfonate to maximize selectivity LOD 50 ppm of the impurity in the drug154. 

As expected on the basis of the presence of an Fe3S4 and an Fe4S4 cluster the response displays multiple redox processes. As a matter of fact there are three consecutive reduction processes, namely A, B and C, with characteristics of chemical reversibility. The processes A and B involve one-electron additions, whereas process C is a two-electron step. Processes A and C are assigned to the Fe3S4-centred reductions [3Fe-4S]+/0 and [3Fe-4S]0/2-, whereas the central system B is assigned to the Fe4S4-centred reduction [4Fe-4S]2+/+. The redox potentials (vs. NHE) for these processes are ... 

Using compressed air to blow dust off surfaces is discouraged because dust suspended in the air during blow-down operations may produce a potentially explosive mixture. Vacuum cleaners should be used. These may be either portable or attached to a central system. When portable units are used, they should be appropriately approved for use in any hazardous location at the facility. 

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