Abstract:
Improvements in extraction techniques are described. The improved extraction is provided by an outlet flow controller nut which enhances the efficiency of the collection of compounds as they are extracted from supercritical CO 2 . An improved extraction apparatus which includes precise computer controls based on the properties of supercritical CO 2 is also described. The extraction apparatus enables a human operator to extract compounds from organic material with a minimum of intervention and with greater precision that conventional extraction apparatus, which often requires frequent adjustment and yields imprecise results.
Abstract:
An automated method of pipeline sensor integration for product mapping of a pipeline network is provided. The method includes acquiring, by a plurality of sensors of the pipeline network, first sensor responses of a pipeline in the pipeline network when a first hydrocarbon product is flowing through the pipeline. The method further includes using a prediction circuit to receive the acquired first sensor responses, integrate the received first sensor responses into one or more integrated first sensor responses in order to improve accuracy of the received first sensor responses, and identify the first hydrocarbon product in the pipeline based on the integrated first sensor responses. The prediction circuit is built from training data using a machine learning process. The training data includes first training sensor responses of the pipeline by the plurality of sensors acquired at a previous time when the first hydrocarbon product was flowing through the pipeline.
Abstract:
A method and system for operating a pipeline conveying two dissimilar materials that gathers data about material flowing in the pipeline, identifies a first line and determines a slope of the first line of a first subset of the gathered data, and if an absolute value of the slope of the first line equals or exceeds a first threshold value, then sends a message indicating that transmix has been detected; identifies a second line and determines a slope of the second line of a second subset of the gathered data, and if an absolute value of the slope of the second line equals or is less than a second threshold value, then sends a message indicating that transmix has ended. A position of at least one valve is modified in response to the message that transmix has ended.
Abstract:
Automated methods and systems for diverting transmix from a petroleum pipeline are provided to reduce the overall production of transmix on the pipeline, based on predefined programmed cut-points associated with the various subtypes of hydrocarbon carried on the pipeline.