FIRED HEATER WITH HEAT PIPE PREHEATER
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170363288A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-21

    申请号:US15606038

    申请日:2017-05-26

    Abstract: An improved fired heater with air preheating provided by one or more heat pipes. The fired heater may include at least one burner for combusting a fuel stream and an air stream and producing heated exhaust gases; a hot gas flow path and at least one conduit containing a process fluid to be heated by heat transfer from the heated exhaust gases; and an air preheater comprising at least one heat pipe having a first section exposed to the heated exhaust gases and a second section exposed to the air stream, wherein the heat pipe is positioned and arranged to transfer heat from the heated exhaust gases to the air stream, wherein the at least one heat pipe contains a working fluid sealed within the heat pipe, wherein said working fluid transfers heat from the heated exhaust gas to the air stream to be preheated.

    DYNAMIC TUNING LOGIC FOR PETROLEUM PROCESSING AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20170348664A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-07

    申请号:US15584352

    申请日:2017-05-02

    Inventor: Douglas J. Picou

    CPC classification number: B01J19/0006 B01J2219/00049 G05B6/02

    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling chemical production and/or petroleum processing reaction systems to allow for improved control of control variables relative to desired set points. The improved control can be achieved by use of a modified proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller or a similar type of controller that includes dynamic tuning logic. The modified PID controller can be operated using different coefficients based on the relative values of a control variable and a reasonable progress curve determined based on the values of the control variable.

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