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US 9,606,005 B2Granted
Tube monitor and process measurement and control in or for a reformer
AssigneeMethanex New Zealand Limited
InventorPeter Campbell Tait
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Abstract
The invention relates to methods and apparatus of measuring real time temperature conditions within a reformer. The data is then used for process control optimization, overheat protection, and improved creep damage and fatigue life prediction.
Claims25
A method of monitoring the temperature of a reformer tube in a reformer reactor comprising:
- measuring the length of said tube autonomously by a displacement transducer, and
- calculating said temperature using said measured length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.