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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2002
Kenneth C. Kern, late of St. Leonard, MD (US);
George P. Charles, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Christopher F. Sullivan, Alexandria, VA (US);
Andrew D. Sullivan, Billings, MT (US);
Howard H. Shiel, Oakton, VA (US);
John M. Righi, London, GB;
Michael A. Hayes, Warrenton, VA (US);
Daniel H. Mason, Falls Church, VA (US);
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a method to monitor and analyze the performance of a hydrocarbon-processing unit such as pipestill or hydrocracker unit. The invention includes the steps of collecting historical data relating to the hydrocarbon processing unit, from a process history database, validating the historical data, correcting the data performing a workup to determine the output measurements for the hydrocarbon processing unit, and storing the results of the workup in the process history database.