Human Factors in Process Plant Operation Reprint Edition

A practical overview of human factors in process plant operation. The book is readable by anyone interested in learning more on the topic - operators, management and engineers.The book is divided into 10 chapters as follows:1. Introduction: historical overview of the human factors field,2. Human Information Processing: covers event detection, memory, mental models, and how decisions are made.3. Performance Shaping Factors: covers variables impacting operator performance.4. System Demands/ Automation: covers how operator graphics, the control system and alarms place demands on the operator.5. Workload and Staffing: reviews mental and physical workload and proper staffing levels for console and field operators during normal and upset operations.6. Interface: reviews console layout and graphics design and structure. Hint-duplicating P&IDs and adding process data are not the best solution. For colors, less is more.7. Operator selection and training: Describes desired skills, how to train, and training materials and tools.8. Job and Organizational Design: Operator tasks, job rotation, team performance, and how consolidated control rooms change operator responsibilities.9. Procedures/ Job Aids: Upset analysis, procedure organization, formatting, job aids (valve/ line labeling, manifold diagram, check lists, combinations of these aids).10. Conclusion: Excellent application of the human factor principles presented in the book to the 2005 BP-Texas City Chemical Safety Board report.Each chapter is summarized in a one-paragraph conclusion. The author also shares anecdotes from his 30-year career in applying human factors to process plants.I can't give the book 5 stars because ALL ILLUSTRATIONS are in BLACK and WHITE in the hard copy. Disappointing for a $100 book, since the author himself says "Why do we encode information, such as through the use of color? It increases the information transfer - more bits per square inch". [page 30]. The illustrations showing the best use of color for operator displays (especially Figure 2.3 "Stroop Word-Color Test.") are essentially meaningless without color. The author does note that "figures appear in color in the E-book edition of the book." [page xiii]. I don't see this information posted anywhere else.I recommend the e-book version to anyone interested in learning more about this increasingly popular field as it applies to process operations.

Book is easy to understand and full of real life examples

We operate a 24/7/365 Chemical Plant. The information contained in the book is very useful.