Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics

A Perspective for the Future, Second Edition
2. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4200-6429-2
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 398 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 760 g

First published two decades ago, the first edition of Handbook of Control Room Design and Ergonomics: A Perspective for the Future became a benchmark for the field. Current-day process control encompasses a new generation of computer systems with enormous capabilities, including new display technologies. These new and emerging technologies integrated with human factors create an interconnectivity that enhances organizational development. This new edition of the handbook addresses developments in the concept of "Control Rooms". It includes modern approaches that emphasize the role of people in learning for self-development and in shaping their work environments.

New in the Second Edition:

- Extensive coverage of the use of the control room and its related computer system outside the work of monitoring and supervising the processes

- Discussion and explanation of how the control room can also be used for the purposes of education and simulation training

- Discussion of the use of the control system for optimizing and developing the existing systems and processes

- A section on new ideas and philosophies about organizational design and job design as these are applied to control room related work

- Proposed organizational designs of the future

- Theoretical background about learning, learning in the workplace, and lifelong learning

Creativity and learning are rapidly becoming integral parts of the design of work environments and work processes and utilize the ICT potential of modern control systems. Using original case studies, the authors describe and illustrate some creative and exciting organizational designs of the future, including new perspectives learning, learning in the workplace, and lifelong learning. Taking a holistic view, they make a strong argument for integrating in the workplace of the new control cent

Zielgruppe

Academic and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ivergard, Toni

Hunt, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Ergonomie, Barrierefreiheit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Work in Control Rooms and Models of Control Room Work. Work in Control Rooms. Models in Process Control. Design of Information and Control Devices. Design of Conventional Information Devices. Design of Large and Complex Display Systems. Design of Controls. Design of Control Rooms and Their Environment. Control Room Layout and Design. Environmental Factors in the Control Room. Case Studies and Applications. Industrial Applications and Case Studies. Maritime Application of Control Systems. The Human Dimension in the Control Room. The Operator’s Abilities and Limitations. Learning and Creativity at Work. Modelling and Simulation in the Pulp and Paper Industry: Current State and Future Perspectives. System Design: An Overview. Conclusions. Conclusions and Recommendations in Summary. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Toni Ivergård, Brian Hunt