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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
Uop Llc, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Mahesh Kumar Gellaboina, Kurnool, IN;
Louis A Lattanzio, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for detecting catalyst transfer pipe plugging in a chemical plant or petrochemical plant or refinery. The catalyst transfer pipe may extend from a reactor to a catalyst collector and enable the flow of catalyst from the reactor to the catalyst collector. Specifically, one or more sensors affixed to a catalyst transfer pipe may collect sensor data for analysis. Based on one or more detected changes in the sensor data outside a range, a data collection platform may send one or more alerts and/or send one or more signals to a control platform to adjust a flow rate, a pressure differential, or perform another action to clear a developing catalyst buildup and thereby attempt to avoid a catalyst transfer pipe from becoming plugged.