METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR ENHANCING CONTROL OF REFINING PROCESSES USING SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZERS

    公开(公告)号:US20250052706A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18928431

    申请日:2024-10-28

    Abstract: Assemblies and methods to enhance a refining process associated with a refining operation may include supplying a material to first processing units associated with the refining operation. The assemblies and methods also may include conditioning unit material samples, and analyzing the samples via one or more spectroscopic analyzers. The assemblies and methods further may include prescriptively controlling, via one or more refinery process controllers, based at least in part on the unit material properties, the refinery processing assembly, so that the prescriptively controlling results in causing the refining process to produce intermediate materials, the unit materials, and/or the downstream materials having properties within selected ranges of target properties, thereby to cause the refining process to achieve material outputs that more accurately and responsively converge on one or more of the target properties.

    METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR ENHANCING CONTROL OF REFINING PROCESSES USING SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZERS

    公开(公告)号:US20250012744A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18890306

    申请日:2024-09-19

    Abstract: Assemblies and methods to enhance a refining process associated with a refining operation may include supplying a material to first processing units associated with the refining operation. The assemblies and methods also may include conditioning unit material samples, and analyzing the samples via one or more spectroscopic analyzers. The assemblies and methods further may include prescriptively controlling, via one or more refinery process controllers, based at least in part on the unit material properties, the refinery processing assembly, so that the prescriptively controlling results in causing the refining process to produce intermediate materials, the unit materials, and/or the downstream materials having properties within selected ranges of target properties, thereby to cause the refining process to achieve material outputs that more accurately and responsively converge on one or more of the target properties.

    ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING (FCC) PROCESSES DURING THE FCC PROCESS USING SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230093452A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-23

    申请号:US18052780

    申请日:2022-11-04

    Abstract: Assemblies and methods to enhance a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process associated with a refining operation, during the FCC process, may include supplying a hydrocarbon feedstock to first processing units associated with the refining operation. The assemblies and methods also may include conditioning a hydrocarbon feedstock and unit material samples, and analyzing the samples via one or more spectroscopic analyzers. The assemblies and methods further may include prescriptively controlling, via one or more FCC process controllers, based at least in part on the hydrocarbon feedstock properties and the unit material properties, the FCC processing assembly, so that the prescriptively controlling results in causing the FCC process to produce intermediate materials, the unit materials, and/or the downstream materials having properties within selected ranges of target properties, thereby to cause the FCC process to achieve material outputs that more accurately and responsively converge on one or more of the target properties.

    METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR DETERMINING AND USING STANDARDIZED SPECTRAL RESPONSES FOR CALIBRATION OF SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230084329A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17988210

    申请日:2022-11-16

    Abstract: Methods and assemblies may be used for determining and using standardized spectral responses for calibration of spectroscopic analyzers. The methods and assemblies may be used to calibrate or recalibrate a spectroscopic analyzer when the spectroscopic analyzer changes from a first state to a second state, the second state being defined as a period of time after a change to the spectroscopic analyzer causing a need to calibrate or recalibrate the spectroscopic analyzer. The calibration or recalibration may result in the spectroscopic analyzer outputting a standardized spectrum, such that the spectroscopic analyzer outputs a corrected material spectrum for an analyzed material, and defining the standardized spectrum. The corrected material spectrum may include signals indicative of material properties of an analyzed material, the material properties of the material being substantially consistent with material properties of the material output by the spectroscopic analyzer in the first state.

    METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR DETERMINING AND USING STANDARDIZED SPECTRAL RESPONSES FOR CALIBRATION OF SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230082189A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17988239

    申请日:2022-11-16

    Abstract: Methods and assemblies may be used for determining and using standardized spectral responses for calibration of spectroscopic analyzers. The methods and assemblies may be used to calibrate or recalibrate a spectroscopic analyzer when the spectroscopic analyzer changes from a first state to a second state, the second state being defined as a period of time after a change to the spectroscopic analyzer causing a need to calibrate or recalibrate the spectroscopic analyzer. The calibration or recalibration may result in the spectroscopic analyzer outputting a standardized spectrum, such that the spectroscopic analyzer outputs a corrected material spectrum for an analyzed material, and defining the standardized spectrum. The corrected material spectrum may include signals indicative of material properties of an analyzed material, the material properties of the material being substantially consistent with material properties of the material output by the spectroscopic analyzer in the first state.

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