Cleansing system for a feed composition based on environmental factors
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorsIan G. Horn, Christophe Romatier, Paul Kowalczyk, Zak Alzein
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Abstract
A cleansing system for improving operation of a petrochemical plant or refinery. The petrochemical plant or refinery may include a fractionation column, a condenser, and a pump. Equipment, such as condensers, receivers, reboilers, feed exchangerss, and pumps may be divided into subsections. Temperatures, pressures, flows, and other plant operations may be used for optimizing plant performance. A cleansing unit performs an enhanced cleansing process, which may allow early detection and diagnosis of the plant operating conditions based on one or more environmental factors.
Claims20
A cleansing system for a petrochemical plant, the cleansing system comprising:
- a fractionation column;
- a condenser;
- a pump;
- one or more sensors configured to collect operation data related to operation of the petrochemical plant, the operation data collected from at least one of the fractionation column, the condenser, or the pump, the operation data comprising at least one environmental factor, feed information, and product information;
- an interface platform configured for receiving from and sending to the one or more sensors, over a network, the operation data;
- a cleansing platform comprising:
- at least one first processor;
- and
- first non-transitory computer-readable memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one first processor, cause the cleansing platform to:
- receive, via the interface platform and from the one or more sensors, the at least one environmental factor;
- and
- calculate an offset amount representing a difference between the feed information and the product information;
- and
- a feed estimation platform comprising:
- at least one second processor;
- and
- second non-transitory computer-readable memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one second processor, cause the feed estimation platform to:
- receive the offset amount representing the difference between the feed information and the product information;
- receive the at least one environmental factor;
- evaluate the offset amount using the at least one environmental factor;
- detect, based on evaluating the offset amount, an equipment error during operation of the petrochemical plant;
- and
- transmit an alert of the equipment error to a display device associated with the petrochemical plant.
A cleansing method for a petrochemical plant comprising a fractionation column, a condenser, and a pump, the cleansing method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device and from one or more sensors associated with at least one of the fractionation column, the condenser, or the pump, operation data related to operation of the petrochemical plant, the operation data comprising at least one environmental factor, feed information, and product information;
- receiving, by the computing device and from the one or more sensors, the at least one environmental factor;
- calculating, by the computing device, an offset amount representing a difference between the feed information and the product information;
- evaluating, by the computing device, the offset amount using the at least one environmental factor;
- estimating, by the computing device, a feed composition associated with the petrochemical plant based on the offset amount between the feed information and the product information;
- detecting, by the computing device, based on the offset amount, an equipment error during operation of the petrochemical plant;
- and
- transmitting, by the computing device, an alert of the equipment error to a display device associated with the petrochemical plant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.