Contact:
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| NMR Application
Solutions
Refinery Product Blending
Systems |
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| Advanced process control generally requires near
real-time stream quality information. The exceptional availability of the
NMR analyzer enables this information to be supplied reliably for process
control, while the technology ensures accuracy and repeatability. Because
this analyzer can be applied to numerous component quality measurements, a
single analyzer can often alleviate the need for multiple analyzers to
satisfy an APC or optimization application.
As an example, Invensys' Blend Optimization and Supervisory System (BOSS) provides management
of the component and product tanks, blend header, on-line and laboratory
analytical systems, and planning/scheduling activities. BOSS produces blended
products with a high degree of precision to meet specifications while
minimizing quality giveaway. This maximizes the use of the lowest cost
components in the blend, increasing the flexibility of the tank farm
operation, and minimizing the frequency of reblends. A flexible objective
function permits component cost, inventory constraints, or product
specification to direct the optimizer. |
The PNA NMR analyzer
can provide products such as BOSS with near real-time
component stream and blended product chemical quality information. This
information enables multivariable analyzer-directed control including:
A refinery gasoline blending system upgrade project including blend
optimization can provide benefits amounting to $0.15 to $0.30/bbl
gasoline. Including the cost of engineering studies, new field equipment,
and new instrumentation in a tank farm automation and blend optimization
project, the payback period is typically less than 18 months. This is true
for gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil blending
operations. | ||||||||||
 Gasoline Blending - NMR Application Overview | |
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For more information on this topic please contact:
Manager, Process and Analytical NMR Services
Process NMR Associates LLC,
87A Sand Pit Rd
Danbury, CT 06810, USA
Tel: (203) 744-5905