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 exchangers, 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 refinery, the cleansing system comprising:
- one or more sensors comprising a flow meter, the one or more sensors configured to collect operation data related to operation of the refinery, the operation data collected from equipment in the refinery, the operation data comprising an environmental factor, feed information, or product information;
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- a feed estimation platform comprising:
- at least one processor;
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- non-transitory computer-readable memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor of the feed estimation platform, cause the feed estimation platform to:
- receive an offset amount representing a difference between the feed information and the product information;
- receive the environmental factor;
- use the environmental factor to evaluate the offset amount representing the difference between the feed information and the product information;
- determine, based on evaluating the offset amount, an equipment error during operation of the refinery;
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- based on determining the equipment error during the operation of the refinery, send a message that causes an adjustment to a flow rate of the refinery to optimize performance of the refinery.
A cleansing system for a petrochemical plant, the cleansing system comprising:
- one or more sensors comprising a flow meter, the one or more sensors configured to collect operation data related to operation of the petrochemical plant, the operation data collected from equipment in the petrochemical plant, the operation data comprising an environmental factor, feed information, or product information;
- and
- a feed estimation platform comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- non-transitory computer-readable memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor of the feed estimation platform, cause the feed estimation platform to:
- receive an offset amount representing a difference between the feed information and the product information;
- receive the environmental factor;
- use the environmental factor to evaluate the offset amount representing the difference between the feed information and the product information;
- determine, based on evaluating the offset amount, an equipment error during operation of the petrochemical plant;
- and
- based on determining the equipment error during the operation of the petrochemical plant, send a message that causes an adjustment to a flow rate of the petrochemical plant to optimize performance of the petrochemical plant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.