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[email protected]. Design of a Microprocessor-based Emulsion Polymerization Process Control Facility A research report written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Chemical F:ngim·ering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania by John N. Dimitratos June 1987 ,. Design of a Microprocessor-based Emulsion Polymerization .. ,_.,,-•• ·, ,, -i •:>:.·.:':' Process Control Facility ' A research report written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania by John N. Dimitratos June 1987 •1 to my father and my brother there art times when it is hard to decide what should be chosen at what price, and what endured in return for what reward. Perhaps it is still harder to stick to the decision Aristotle (384-322 B.C) Ethics, Book Ill. Abstract The explosion of microcomputer technology and the recent developments in software and hardware products introduce a new horizon of capabilities for the process control engineer. However, taking advantage of this new technology is not something easily done. H the process control engineer has to undertake such a project soon he will have to deal with the different languages the software engineer and the plant operator use.