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Published Papers

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Some of our papers are available free of charge, while others must be purchased directly from the publisher.

If you are trying to answer a particular question, send your question and we will be happy to make suggestions from our reading and article lists.

If you would like for us to email you a copy of one of the papers below, please send an email to: LVia@Beville.com and provide your name, company, position, city, state, and the title of the article you would like to receive.

List of Papers available free of charge from Beville:

A Humanistic Approach to Managing Plant Modernization Projects
The Case of Alarm Overload - NPRA Paper
Control Operator Overload: Identification and Prevention
Control Room Design Manual
Controller Workload: What are they doing and why are they doing so much of it?
Evolution of Operator Decision Making
Human Factors Engineering in Control Room Design and Operation
Human Factors in Alarm System Management: Information Versus Data
Human Factors in Distributed Process Control
Human Factors in Process Plant Safety
Human Factors in TDC3000 Alarm and Display Design
Increase Unit Operator Utilization/Productivity Through Job Sampling
Intelligent Alarm Management (from INSTRUMENT ENGINEER'S HANDBOOK, Process Software and Digital Networks)
Is Counting the Number of Control Loops a Valid Technique for Estimating Operator Workload?
Lack of Planning in Alarm System Configuration is, in Essence, Planning to Fail
Quantification of Operator Workload and Staffing
Toward an Understanding of DCS Control Operator Workload
Toward an Upset Response Task Workload Assessment Technique for Chemical Processing Plants
What is the Upper Limit to Board Operator Span of Control

Book written by David A. Strobhar: Human Factors in Process Plant Operation

Papers available externally:

Control Room Consolidation, It's more than just a new building.
World Refining, 12/03. B.A. Walker/Brad Adams Walker Architechture, P.C., & D.A. Strobhar, PE/Beville Operator Performance Specialists Inc.
Contact World Refining directly (ask for Amy) at 800.874.2544, ext. 129 to request a copy.

Operator Performance as a function of alarm rate and interface design
WBF Make2Profit Conference, Austin, TX 2011

Modularizing Emergency Procedures for Increased Ease of Use and Updating
NPRA 2011 Annual Meeting, product # AM-11-44

Service Extraction from Operator Procedures in Process Industries
2011 DESRIST Conference

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-Alarm System Avalanche and Multiple Process Control

-All 12-Point Fonts Are Not Created equal

-Can You Have Too Many CRTs?

-COP: What do I put on level 1 and 2 graphics?

-Under-Loaded Board Operators Create Risk

-Impact of Monitor Size on Viewing Distances

-More...

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David Strobhar's book, "Human Factors in Process Plant Operation," is now available in both hardcover and Kindle e-book.

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Published Papers

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