System for monitoring and controlling unit operations that include distillation
US7603889B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2291/106
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Fluid sensor methods and systems adapted for monitoring and/or controlling distillation operations in fluidic systems, such as batch distillation operations or continuous distillation operations, are disclosed. Preferred embodiments are directed to process monitoring and/or process control for unit operations involving endpoint determination of a distillation, for example, as applied to a liquid-component-switching operation (e.g., a solvent switching operation), a liquid-liquid separation operation, a solute concentration operation, a dispersed-phase concentration operation, among others.
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