Control method and associated control system

    公开(公告)号:US11581837B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US17298804

    申请日:2019-11-22

    Abstract: The object of the invention is a method of controlling a permanent-magnet synchronous or synchro-reluctant three-phase rotary machine (4), comprising the following steps:
    measuring a current (iA, iB, iC) flowing through each phase of a stator of rotary machine (4);
    first calculating, by use of a single proportional-integral controller, a switching control signal for controlling an inverter (10), according to each measured current (iA, iB, iC), and of a target value (Tref) of a mechanical torque provided by the rotary machine (4) or of a target value of an angular speed of a rotor of rotary machine (4) in relation to the stator wherein the inverter (10) is configured to convey electrical energy between a continuous electrical energy source (8) and each phase of the stator of rotary machine (4); and controlling the inverter (10) by use of the calculated switching control signal.

    Method for hydrocarbon recovery from an underground formation by injection of a saline aqueous solution comprising a surfactant

    公开(公告)号:US11578573B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US17307728

    申请日:2021-05-04

    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recovery of hydrocarbons present in an underground formation by injection of a saline aqueous solution comprising at least one surfactant, by means of a numerical flow simulator including a model of the evolution of the interfacial tension between the saline aqueous solution and the hydrocarbons as a function at least of salinity, wherein the interfacial tension evolution model is calibrated as follows: i) carrying out interfacial tension measurements for a plurality of emulsions having distinct salinity values corresponding at least to the optimum salinity, to two salinities bounding the optimum salinity in a 5-10% limit, to the zero salinity and to the solubility limit of the salts; ii) determining the constants of the interfacial tension evolution model by minimizing a difference between the model and the interfacial tension measurements.

    METHOD OF CHARACTERIZING ORGANIC HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS CONTAINED IN A SOLID DEPOSIT OF A GEOTHERMAL PLANT

    公开(公告)号:US20220412945A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17762764

    申请日:2020-09-10

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of characterizing organic hydrocarbon compounds contained in a solid deposit of a geothermal plant, by measuring a quantity of organic hydrocarbon compounds released by a solid deposit sample during heating by pyrolysis according to a temperature sequence such that: from a temperature (T1) ranging between 50° C. and 120° C., the temperature of a rock sample is raised to a temperature (T2) ranging between 180° C. and 220° C. This temperature (T2) is then maintained for a predetermined duration. The temperature of the sample is raised to a temperature (T3) ranging between 330° C. and 370° C. This temperature (T3) is maintained for a predetermined duration. The temperature of the sample is thereafter raised to a temperature (T4) ranging between 630° C. and 670° C.

    METHOD FOR PREPARING A CATALYST SUPPORT

    公开(公告)号:US20220410127A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17770702

    申请日:2020-10-07

    Abstract: A process for preparing a powder support containing alumina and silica or their derivatives for a catalyst of a Fischer-Tropsch type reaction, including stage (a) of preparing a first reactant containing an alumina compound or precursor including a reaction for peptization of an alumina compound or precursor in the presence of an acid, to form solid particles in suspension, stage (b) of preparing a second reactant based on silicic acid and/or on a compound or precursor of silicic acid, including a controlled aging treatment of the silicic acid targeted at its polymerization up to a degree of conversion of the silicic acid of at most 70%, stage (c) of mixing the two reactants in a mixer, and the pH of the first reactant is adjusted to a value not exceeding a given maximum pH threshold.

    Coupling of unit for extracting methyl-substituted aromatics with unit for hydrogenolysing alkyl-aromatics

    公开(公告)号:US11492311B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US17415040

    申请日:2019-12-13

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a process for converting aromatic compounds, wherein: methyl-substituted aromatic compounds are extracted from a hydrocarbon feedstock (2) comprising aromatic compounds having at least 8 carbon atoms in an extraction unit (1), to produce at least one effluent enriched in methyl-substituted aromatic compounds (3A, 3B) and an effluent depleted in methyl-substituted aromatic compounds (4); and C2+ alkyl chains of the aromatic compounds of the depleted effluent (4) are converted into methyl groups in a hydrogenolysis unit (5) placed downstream of the extraction unit (1), to produce a hydrogenolysis effluent enriched in methyl-substituted aromatic compounds (7).

    Method for converting residues incorporating deep hydroconversion steps and a deasphalting step

    公开(公告)号:US11485916B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US16956098

    申请日:2018-12-07

    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for converting heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks of which at least 50% by weight boils at a temperature of at least 300° C., and in particular vacuum residues. The feedstocks are subjected to a first step a) of deep hydroconversion, optionally followed by a step b) of separating a light fraction, and a heavy residual fraction is obtained from step b) of which at least 80% by weight has a boiling temperature of at least 250° C. Said fraction from step b) or the effluent from step a) is then subjected to a second step c) of deep hydroconversion. The overall hourly space velocity for steps a) to c) is less than 0.1 h−1. The effluent from step c) is fractionated to separate a light fraction. The heavy fraction obtained, of which 80% by weight boils at a temperature of at least 300° C., is sent to a deasphalting step e). The deasphalted fraction DAO is then preferably converted in a step f) chosen from ebullated bed hydroconversion, fluidised bed catalytic cracking and fixed bed hydrocracking.

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