ABSTRACT
Providing a reasonably accessible exposition of batch process monitoring and control is the purpose of this chapter. It is aimed at readers with a background in batch processing who wish to broaden their perspective in the monitoring and control technology area. The review literature on batch process control is limited and tends to view developments from a control technology perspective; however, several interesting methods and approaches have recently appeared and, because these tend to converge toward a common technology, there seems to be room for a presentation with the above-mentioned aim but which is based on a processproperty perspective rather than a control perspective. The purpose of the processproperty perspective is to provide a common framework for presenting and discussing the different methods in a clear manner.
