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 an oil refinery unit from a process history database;
(b) performing a workup to determine the output measurements, wherein said historical data comprises process data, including temperatures, pressures, flow rates and catalyst loadings, start and stop dates of the last workup; and
(c) storing the results of said workup in said process history database.
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The present invention is a method to monitor and analyze the performance of a hydrocarbon-processing unit such as pipestill or hydrocracker unit. The invention includes the steps of collecting historical data relating to the hydrocarbon processing unit, from a process history database, validating the historical data, correcting the data performing a workup to determine the output measurements for the hydrocarbon processing unit, and storing the results of the workup in the process history database.
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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 an oil refinery unit from a process history database;
(b) performing a workup to determine the output measurements, wherein said historical data comprises process data, including temperatures, pressures, flow rates and catalyst loadings, start and stop dates of the last workup; and
(c) storing the results of said workup in said process history database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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