EVALUATING PETROCHEMICAL PLANT ERRORS TO DETERMINE EQUIPMENT CHANGES FOR OPTIMIZED OPERATIONS

摘要

A chemical plant or refinery may include process equipment, such as, for example, pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, fired heaters, control valves, fractionation columns, and reactors. Performance monitoring equipment may monitor the process equipment for one or more factors, such as temperature, pressure, feed flow, product flow, density, and specific composition. Monitoring to detect and diagnose operational errors or inefficiencies may allow for optimizing product output from a refinery or petrochemical facility.