System and method for detecting an abnormal situation associated with a reactor
First Claim
1. A method for detecting an abnormal situation associated with a reactor in a process plant, the method comprising:
- receiving first statistical data associated with pressure within a vessel of the reactor;
analyzing the first statistical data to detect whether one or more abnormal situations associated with an agitator of the reactor exist; and
generating an indicator of an abnormal situation if one or more of the one or more abnormal situations are detected.
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Abstract
A system for detecting abnormal situations associated with a reactor in a process plant receives statistical data associated with pressure within a reactor vessel. For example, a pressure sensor device disposed at least partially within the reactor vessel may generate the statistical data based on a pressure signal. The statistical data is analyzed to detect whether one or more abnormal situations associated with an agitator of the reactor exist. For example, the statistical data may be analyzed to detect whether the agitator is no longer turning, is turning at a rate that is different than expected, is out of balance, is broken, etc. If an abnormal situation is detected, an indicator of the abnormal situation may be generated.
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43 Claims
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1. A method for detecting an abnormal situation associated with a reactor in a process plant, the method comprising:
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receiving first statistical data associated with pressure within a vessel of the reactor;
analyzing the first statistical data to detect whether one or more abnormal situations associated with an agitator of the reactor exist; and
generating an indicator of an abnormal situation if one or more of the one or more abnormal situations are detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for detecting an abnormal situation associated with a reactor in a process plant, the system comprising:
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a statistical parameter generator to generate one or more first statistical parameters based on a first pressure signal generated by a first pressure sensor disposed at least partially within a vessel of the reactor; and
an abnormal situation detector to detect at least one abnormal situation associated with an agitator of the reactor based on the one or more first statistical parameters, and to generate one or more indicators of one or more abnormal situations situation are detected. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A tangible medium storing machine readable instructions comprising:
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first software to receive statistical data associated with pressure within a vessel of the reactor;
second software to analyze the statistical data to detect whether one or more abnormal situations associated with an agitator of the reactor exist; and
third software to generate an indicator of an abnormal situation if one or more of the one or more abnormal situations are detected. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43)
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