Abstract:
Apparatus provides for an on-line determination of the flash point of lube oil fractions. The hydrocarbon is continuously sampled by a viscosity analyzer and a density analyzer which provides signals corresponding to the viscosity and the API gravity of the lube oil fractions. A computer circuit provides a signal corresponding to the flash point of the lube oil fractions in accordance with the viscosity signal and the gravity signal.
Abstract:
APPARATUS CONTROLS THE LEVEL OF OIL IN A SURGE TANK IN A PROCESSING UNIT OF A REFINING SYSTEM, RECEIVING A CHARGE LIQUID AND WHICH IN TURN PROVIDES A CHARGE LIQUID TO A SECOND PROCESSING UNIT OF THE REFINING SYSTEM. A SIGNAL IS PROVIDED CORRESPONDING TO A DESIRED CHANGE >FR TO BE MADE IN THE FLOW RATE OF THE SECOND PROCESSING UNIT CHARGE LIQUID. A FIRST CHANGE NETWORK RECEIVING THE CHANGE SIGNAL DETERMINES THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DESIRED CHANGE TO THE SECOND PROCESSING UNIT CHARGE LIQUID FLOW RATE AND PROVIDES A FLOW RATE SIGNAL FOR CONTROLLING THE FIRST PROCESSING UNIT CHARGE LIQUID FLOW RATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIRED CHANGE SIGNAL. THE CHANGE >FH IN THE FIRST PROCSESSING UNIT CHARGE LIQUID FLOW RATE MAY BE EQUAL TO OR SOME PORTION OF THE CHANGE >FR TO BE MADE IN THE SECOND PROCESSING UNIT LIQUID FLOW RATE DEPENDING ON THE MAAGNNITUDE OF THE CHANGE SIGNAL. THE CHANGE >FH DIFFERES IN DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS DEPENDING ON THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CHANGE >FR. THE NETWORK INCLUDES AN ABSOLUTE VALUE CIRCUIT WHICH PROVIDES A SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CHANGE SIGNAL. THE CHANGE IN THE SECOND PROCESSING UNIT CHARGE LIQUID FLOW RATE IS DELAYED FOR A PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL AND THEN IMPLEMENTED. THE DURATION OF THE TIME INTERVAL IS ALSO DETERMINED AS A FUNCTION OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CHANGE >FR.
Abstract:
A control system for maintaining the operating pressure of a product separator in a catalytic reforming unit at a minimum value so as to provide economical operation. The gas output from the product separator follows two distinct paths: one path includes a charge oil pretreating unit which provides hydrogen from the gas, the other path includes a high pressure absorber which also provides hydrogen from the gas. The pressure necessary at the product separator to provide steady flow in a path is determined for each each path in accordance with equations hereinafter described in detail. The pressures in the paths are sensed and corresponding signals provided. A network determines constraint pressures for the product separator and selects the greater constraint pressure. The control system maintains the product separator at that pressure.