Cognitive cleaning methods
AssigneeAngara Industries Limited
InventorsIlya Yurievich Rodin, Eduard Cherednik
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Abstract
Cleaning processing equipment may include generating a function characterizing a relationship between fouling formation in the processing equipment and operation of the processing equipment. A cleaning recipe may be selected based on properties of fouling material formed in the processing equipment during operation of the processing equipment. Operating costs associated with cleaning schedules may be determined based on the first function and the cleaning recipe and one of the cleaning schedules may be selected based on the respective determined operating costs. A cleaning process on the processing equipment may be executed according to the selected cleaning schedule using the selected cleaning recipe.
Claims15
A method for cleaning processing equipment, comprising:
- generating a function characterizing a relationship between fouling formation in the processing equipment and operation of the processing equipment;
- selecting a cleaning recipe based on properties of fouling material formed in the processing equipment during operation of the processing equipment;
- determining operating costs associated with each of a plurality of cleaning schedules based on the function and the cleaning recipe;
- selecting one of the plurality of cleaning schedules based on the respective determined operating costs;
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- executing a cleaning process on the processing equipment according to the selected cleaning schedule using the selected cleaning recipe, wherein:
- the processing equipment comprises a heat exchanger;
- the method further comprises measuring and recording a temperature of each of a cold side utility entering the heat exchanger, the cold side utility exiting the heat exchanger, a hot side utility entering the heat exchanger, and the hot side utility exiting the heat exchanger;
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- the function is generated based on the recorded temperatures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.