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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2018
Uop Llc, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Ian G. Horn, Streamwood, IL (US);
Christophe Romatier, Wilmette, IL (US);
Paul Kowalczyk, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Zak Alzein, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A refinery or petrochemical plant may include a fractionation column and related equipment, such as one or more condensers, receivers, reboilers, feed exchangers, and pumps. The equipment may have boundaries or thresholds of operating parameters based on existing limits and/or operating conditions. Illustrative existing limits may include mechanical pressures, temperature limits, hydraulic pressure limits, and operating lives of various components. There may also be relationships between operational parameters related to particular processes. For example, the boundaries on a naphtha reforming reactor inlet temperature may be dependent on a regenerator capacity and hydrogen-to-hydrocarbon ratio, which in turn may be dependent on a recycle compressor capacity. Operational parameters of a final product may be determined based on actual current or historical operation, and implemented in one or more models to determine adjustments for enhanced operational efficiency.