Reactor plant and method to control performance
AssigneeElectrochaea GmbH
InventorsDoris HAFENBRADL, Matteo COCIANCICH
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Abstract
A reactor plant according to the present invention comprises two or more reactors, connected in parallel to each other. Each of the two or more reactors comprise a load sensitive catalyst. The reactor plant is characterized by its capability and corresponding control systems to periodically permutate the operation load in the individual reactors. Particularly in a situation, when the plant operates with reduced operation load, the two or more reactors are configured to periodically permutate their operation load.
Claims14
Reactor plant, comprising two or more reactors connected in parallel with each other,
- wherein the two or more reactors comprise a load sensitive catalyst;
- wherein each reactor has an optimal load capacity, wherein the sum of the optimal load capacity of the two or more reactors corresponds to an optimal load capacity of the reactor plant;
- wherein the reactor plant is configured to operate with an operation load, wherein the operation load of the reactor plant is the optimal load capacity of the plant or a reduced operation load;
- and
- wherein each reactor is configured to operate with an operation load, wherein the combined operation load of the two or more reactors is equal to the operation load of the reactor plant
- characterized in that
- during operation of the reactor plant with a reduced operation load
- the two and more reactors are configured to periodically permutate their respective operation loads, dependent on the metabolic characteristics of the catalyst.
Plant according to any of the above claims, wherein the two or more reactors are reactor cells in a main reactor.
Plant according to any of the above claims, wherein the permutation of loads is based on input parameters received through environmental sensors outside and/or inside of the plant, wherein the environmental sensors measure environmental parameters on which the future operation load of the plant is dependent.
Plant according to any of the above claims further comprising a control and regulation unit, configured to obtain the plurality of data regarding the minimum load foreseen and/or other environmental data and to control the operation load of the two or more reactors and their permutation schedule.
Plant according to any of the above claims wherein the periodical permutation of the one or more reactor is described as
- (
- OLR
- 1
- OL
-
- R
- 2
- OL
-
- R
- 3
- ⋯
- OLR
- N
- OL
-
- R
- N
- OLR
- 1
- OL
-
- R
- 2
- ⋯
- OLR
- N
- -
- 1
- OLR
- N
- -
- 1
- OL
-
- R
- N
- OLR
- 1
- OLR
- 2
- ⋯
- ⋮
- ⋱
- ⋱
- ⋱
- ⋱
- OL
-
- R
- 2
- OLR
- 3
- ⋯
- OLR
- N
- -
- 1
- OLR
- 1
- )
- where every column corresponds to one reactor and every line represents the operation load distribution at different time intervals.
Computer implemented method for regulating the operation load of a power plant comprising two or more reactors connected in parallel, each comprising a load sensitive catalyst:
- wherein the reactor plant comprises an optimal load capacity being equal to the sum of the optimal load capacity of the two or more reactors
- the method comprising the steps of:
- a) determining a reduced operation load for the plant for a given period based on an environmental data set obtained by one or more environmental sensors arranged inside and/or outside of the plant;
- b) determining an operation load distribution of the two or more reactors of the plant based on the reduced operation load for the plant;
- c) operating the two or more reactors according to the operation load distribution;
- and
- d) periodically permutating the operation load of the two or more reactors based on a permutation command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.