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XVIII Acknowledgments
and experience of Rudi Dauwe is greatly reflected. Indeed,without his help these
chapters would not have been included. The text on instrumentation was provided
largely by Cees Kayser and Rob Kieboom,while for operation automation Herman
Liedenbaum was my reference partner. Of particular note regarding the implemen-
tation of transient operations of critical reactor systems and reactor control was the
irreplaceable support from Jan Willem Verwijs. Hands-off control of process plants
requires advanced control techniques and in its practical implementation the sup-
port of Raph Poppe was hugely encouraging. The search for self-optimizing control
structures found its place in this book through my contacts with Sigurd Skogestad.
Control strategy design based on first-principles dynamic modeling was more than
supported by the Dutch control community,and specifically by John Krist,whose
knowledge and experience regarding process optimization are reflected in the text.
It were Mark Marinan and Ton Backx who gave me their insight in how to deal with
operation optimization and its reflection to model based control. The methodology
for implementation of value-improving practices during a project is based on the
approach of IPA (Independent Project Analysis,Inc.),represented by Edward Mer-
row,and from whom full support was received.
The editorial work of Bill Down was highly appreciated,this certainly contributed
to the style of the book
My appreciation goes to all those individuals who are (and also those who are not)
mentioned and who contributed to my knowledge and understanding,and as such
find their contribution reflected in the manuscript.