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Plant Commissioning and Operation

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Commissioning is the activity whereby the installed hardware of a new plant is transformed into an operational facility. Most works on industrial chemical technology ignore the subject/However, it is an extremely important topic, and the successful startup and subsequent operation of a new plant are critically dependent on the approach taken toward its commissioning.

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  1. Independent Consultant Media, Pennsylvania, USA

    Thomas F. O’Brien

  2. Independent Consultant Grand Island, New York, USA

    Tilak V. Bommaraju

  3. Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan

    Fumio Hine (Professor Emeritus)

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O’Brien, T.F., Bommaraju, T.V., Hine, F. (2005). Plant Commissioning and Operation. In: Handbook of Chlor-Alkali Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48624-5_13

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