Process data validation
The process data validation is a statistical method for measurement errors to be minimized. The process data validation is used to calculate validated measured values that meet two conditions:
- The validated measured values exactly meet the existing physical conditions (mass, energy and material balances).
- The validated measured value should deviate as little as possible from the original measured value (based on its estimated uncertainty).
This statistical error minimization procedure is described in VDI 2048.
Areas of application: power plants , petrochemicals , chemical plants in general.