Remote monitoring of adsorber process units
US10695711B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/31457
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Adsorbers have many purposes in chemical, gas-processing, and petrochemical plants. Adsorbers may be used to remove components from gas streams. Adsorbers may be subjected to various issues, including but not limited to moisture breakthrough, spent catalyst, too high or too low pressure drop, over or under heating, over or under cooling, too high or too low flow rates, which can affect their performance or result in a shutdown of the adsorbers. Monitoring the adsorbers and the processes using adsorbers may be performed to determine if the adsorbent bed is reaching saturation, other problems are occurring, or if equipment failures are imminent. Monitoring also helps to predict behavior or problems in different adsorbers used in the same plant or in other plants and/or processes.
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