Systems and methods for determining a level of fouling of compressors
AssigneeNuovo Pignone S.p.A.
InventorsGiorgio Greco, Hua Xia, Alberto Pieri, Vincenzo Sangiorgio, Patrick Lucas, Lorenzo De Bortoli
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Abstract
A system and a method for determining a degree of fouling formation in a compressor, e.g., in an ethylene production unit or other application. Data associated with the operation of the compressor is collected. Based on the collected data, polytropic efficiency of the compressor is calculated. The estimated polytropic efficiency is normalized to render the estimate more indicative of the degree of fouling.
Claims10
A method for determining a degree of fouling formation in a compressor, the method comprising:
- collecting data associated with operation of the compressor;
- estimating a polytropic efficiency of at least one stage of the compressor using the collected data;
- normalizing the estimated polytropic efficiency;
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- determining the degree of fouling formation in the compressor based on the normalized estimated polytropic efficiency.
A system for determining a degree of fouling formation in a compressor, the system comprising:
- an interface configured to collect data associated with operation of the compressor;
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- a processor configured to estimate a polytropic efficiency of at least one stage of the compressor using the collected data, to normalize the estimated polytropic efficiency, and to determine the degree of fouling formation in the compressor based on the normalized estimated polytropic efficiency.
A charge gas compressor monitoring system, wherein the system comprises:
- a charge gas compressor train comprising a plurality of compressor stages fluidly connected in series and an inter-stage cooler positioned between adjacent compressor stages:
- a plurality of optical sensing modules, wherein each of the optical sensing modules is positioned adjacent to an inlet or an outlet of each of the compressor stages, each of the optical sensing modules comprising at least one fiber Bragg grating sensor positioned within a housing for measuring an operating parameter for a corresponding compressor stage, and each of the at least one fiber Bragg grating sensor is functionalized to respond to temperature, pressure, gas density, flow rate, or dynamic event;
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- a controller operatively connected to the optical sensing modules, the controller comprising a processor configured to determine an estimated polytropic efficiency corresponding to each of the compressor stages and to output an indication of a normalized polytropic efficiency corresponding to each of the compressor stages,
- wherein the system determines polytopic efficiency of the charge gas compressor train.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.