Methods and systems for foaming events prediction in gas plants

A system for predicting foaming in gas processing plants, comprising:

• a gas processing plant, comprising:
• an absorber configured to receive a sour gas feed and a lean solvent and produce a rich solvent and a sweet gas;
• a regenerator configured to receive the rich solvent and produce the lean solvent to circulate back to the absorber for continual processing;
• and
• a plurality of sensors disposed on the gas processing plant;
• a computer comprising one or more computer processors and communicably coupled to the plurality of sensors, the computer configured to:
• acquire a plurality of process data at a process sampling frequency from the plurality of sensors;
• acquire a plurality of laboratory data using samples acquired from the gas processing plant at a laboratory sampling frequency;
• fuse the plurality of process data at the process sampling frequency and the plurality of laboratory data at the laboratory sampling frequency to produce a synchronized data set at a synchronized sampling frequency;
• determine a foaming event, using a machine learning model, based on the synchronized data set;
• and
• transmit a signal to inject an anti-foaming agent based on the foaming event.

A non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform steps comprising:

• acquiring a plurality of process data at a process sampling frequency from a plurality of sensors disposed on a gas processing plant;
• acquiring a plurality of laboratory data using samples acquired from the gas processing plant at a laboratory sampling frequency;
• fusing the plurality of process data at the process sampling frequency and the plurality of laboratory data at the laboratory sampling frequency to produce a synchronized data set at a synchronized sampling frequency;
• determining, using a machine learning model, a foaming event, based on the synchronized data set;
• and
• transmitting, to an anti-foaming agent injector, a signal to inject an anti-foaming agent based on the foaming event, wherein the anti-foaming agent injector is caused to inject the anti-foaming agent to the gas processing plant in response to receiving the signal.