Process unit monitoring program
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1. A method to monitor and analyze the performance of a petroleum processing unit comprising:
- (a) Collecting historical data relating to said oil refinery unit from a process history database;
(b) Performing a workup to determine the output measurements;
(c) Storing the results of said workup in said process history database.
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Abstract
The present invention is a program to monitor the actual, expected and predicted output performance of a process unit in an oil refinery.
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1. A method to monitor and analyze the performance of a petroleum processing unit comprising:
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(a) Collecting historical data relating to said oil refinery unit from a process history database;
(b) Performing a workup to determine the output measurements;
(c) Storing the results of said workup in said process history database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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- 6. The method of claim further comprising the step of putting the results of said workup into a process model for said petroleum processing unit to compute the performance of the unit.
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