Digital twin for green ammonia facility using a low carbon energy source and related methods of use
AssigneeKellogg Brown & Root LLC
InventorsZhentao Feng, Satish Bantwal Baliga, Ekaterini Yamalidou, Paolo Brunengo, Rafal Bernat
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Abstract
A method of evaluating one or more aspects of a low carbon ammonia production facility uses a digital twin implemented on a computer system. The digital twin includes a low carbon energy source component and one or more of: a hydrogen source component, a nitrogen source component, and an ammonia synthesis loop component.
Claims20
A method of evaluating one or more aspects of a low carbon ammonia production facility, comprising:
- providing a digital twin implemented on a computer system that comprises a processor and non-transitory memory running software stored in a non-transitory memory, the digital twin comprising:
- a hydrogen source component;
- a nitrogen source component;
- and
- an ammonia synthesis loop component;
- receiving by the digital twin at least one input comprising facility-specific information, non-facility specific information, or other information;
- and
- simulating the low carbon ammonia production facility via the digital twin to generate at least one simulated facility output based on the at least one input.
A method of managing operation and/or design of a low carbon ammonia production facility, comprising:
- providing a digital twin implemented on a computer system that comprises a processor and non-transitory memory running software stored in a non-transitory memory, the digital twin comprising:
- a hydrogen source component;
- a nitrogen source component;
- and
- an ammonia synthesis loop component;
- receiving by the digital twin an input comprising facility-specific information, non-facility specific information, or other information;
- and
- simulating the low carbon ammonia production facility via the digital twin to generate at least one simulated facility output based on the at least one input.
A method of a method for producing ammonia in a low carbon ammonia production facility having an ammonia synthesis loop, the method comprising:
- supplying energy to the facility from a low carbon energy source;
- providing a digital twin comprising one or more software components configured to simulate one or more elements or parts of the low carbon ammonia production facility;
- receiving, by a digital twin, a forecasted energy availability profile for the low carbon energy source over a time period;
- simulating, using a digital twin, an operation of the facility based on the forecasted energy availability profile for the low carbon energy source to generate one or more simulated facility outputs;
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- defining, based on the one or more simulated facility outputs, one or more of a design and operational aspects of the low carbon ammonia production facility.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory memory storing computer-executable code that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
- generate a digital twin of a low carbon ammonia production facility;
- receive by the digital twin at least one input comprising facility-specific information, non-facility specific information, or other information;
- and
- simulate a low carbon ammonia production facility via the digital twin to generate at least one simulated facility output based on the at least one input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.