Presentation to United Biscuits Research Centre, High Wycombe

S F Bush, Prosyma Research Ltd

Part 1

Systems Technology brings together a set of methods and concepts:

• Some are process specific;
• Others are general;
• One such is the concept of a system.

 
A system has the following elements:

• An objective realisable by manipulation of the design and operation of the system;
• A set of interconnected primary components;
• A boundary defined by constraints and conditions attached to the design and operation of the system.

Components

• Input-output relationships which are independent of the other components.
• A primary component may be a system in its own right having secondary components linked in a network.
• A component is not necessarily a mechanical item – it can be a fluid being processed for instance.