Roadmap to master the complexity of process operation to help operators improve safety, productivity and reduce environmental impact

There is now on the market a profusion of technological devices to build plants. These devices are standardized to facilitate their dissemination and integration. The standards are technology driven because they are mainly elaborated by vendors for the design and delivery of complex plants. Operating plants means to control, maintain and manage them. Plants are operated by skilled operators, whose knowledge is mainly acquired by experience and feedback. The aim of this paper is to pave the way to master the complexity of plant operation, through explicit representation, and to help operators improve safety, productivity and reduce environmental impact.