Computer control system for ICI Hillhouse Petrochemical Plant, 1970s

Computer control system for ICI Hillhouse Petrochemical Plant, 1970s

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Computer control system for ICI Hillhouse Petrochemical Plant, installed in 1970s. comprises: computer console, BBC Brown Boveri (P4000), information storage units (Kent P4000 and C4A), electronic printer, model of hypothetical chemical plant with electronic animation to show flow of chemical feedstocks through the manufacturing process.

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Category:
Industrial Chemistry
Object Number:
1986-1111
Measurements:
see individual part records
type:
control systems
credit:
ICI plc (Engineering Dept.)