Texaco refinery, Port Arthur, Texas
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- Details
- Description
- Date
- 1959
- Photographer
- Rotkin, Charles
- Copyright Owner
- © Charles E. Rotkin/Corbis
- Keywords
- Ramo-Wooldridge; Refinery; Closed loop
- Object ID
- 500004525
Close cooperation between Texaco and Ramo Wooldridge achieved “closed loop control” of an industrial polymerization process using a RW-300 computer in 1959. The system increased operating efficiency and reduced catalyst replacement costs.
