Method and apparatus for monitoring polyolefin production
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01N-021/65
G01N-021/63
G01J-003/44
출원번호
US-0758454
(2004-01-14)
등록번호
US-7400941
(2008-07-15)
발명자
/ 주소
Battiste,David R.
출원인 / 주소
Chrevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
대리인 / 주소
Fletcher Yoder
인용정보
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7인용 특허 :
8
초록▼
The present technique provides for the use of spectroscopic probes, such as Raman probes, within the conduits of a polyolefin production system. The Raman probe or other spectroscopic probes may be used to obtain spectroscopic measurements of the contents of the conduits. The spectroscopic measurem
The present technique provides for the use of spectroscopic probes, such as Raman probes, within the conduits of a polyolefin production system. The Raman probe or other spectroscopic probes may be used to obtain spectroscopic measurements of the contents of the conduits. The spectroscopic measurements may be processed and analyzed to determine the composition of the conduit contents. In addition, the spectroscopic measurements may be used in conjunction with correlations or other statistical models to determine one or more properties of interest of a constituent of the conduit contents. One or more processes upstream and/or downstream of the conduit may be adjusted in response to the determined composition or composition properties.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A method of monitoring a polyolefin production process, comprising: placing a spectroscopic probe of a low-resolution Raman spectroscopic system into a conduit of a polyolefin production system, the conduit contents comprising at least one of a feedstock, a feed stream, a rea
What is claimed is: 1. A method of monitoring a polyolefin production process, comprising: placing a spectroscopic probe of a low-resolution Raman spectroscopic system into a conduit of a polyolefin production system, the conduit contents comprising at least one of a feedstock, a feed stream, a reactor discharge, a recovered component, a purified component, a polymer fluff, an extruder feed, or a polymer pellet stream; exposing the conduit contents to a radiation emission from the spectroscopic probe; acquiring a spectroscopic signal in substantially real-time from the conduit contents in response to the radiation emission via the spectroscopic probe; analyzing the spectroscopic signal to determine at least one property of interest of a component of the conduit contents; and adjusting a product shipment in response to the property of interest. 2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the feedstock comprises at least one olefin monomer. 3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the feed stream comprises at least one of an olefin monomer, a comonomer, a chain transfer agent, a diluent, a catalyst, a co-catalyst, or an additive, or any combination thereof. 4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the reactor discharge comprises the polymer fluff, an olefin monomer, a comonomer, a catalyst, or a diluent, or any combination thereof. 5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of the recovered component and the purified component comprise an olefin monomer, a comonomer, a catalyst, or a diluent, or any combination thereof. 6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the polymer fluff comprises a polymer fluff blend. 7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the polymer pellet stream comprises a mixture of polymer pellets. 8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the extruder feed comprises at least one of the polymer fluff, an additive, or a peroxide, or any combination thereof. 9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the property of interest comprises a chemical concentration of the component. 10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein analyzing the spectroscopic signal comprises analyzing the spectroscopic signal using one or more chemometric models and the property of interest comprises a percent solids, a mechanical property, a chemical property, a rheological property, or a thermal property of the component, or any combination thereof. 11. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising adjusting the composition of the conduit contents in response to the property of interest. 12. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising adjusting the operation of a reactor feed system, a polymerization reactor system, a monomer recovery system, an extruder feed system, or an extruder pelletizer, or any combination thereof, in response to the property of interest. 13. A polyolefin production system, comprising: a polymerization reactor system configured to receive one or more feedstreams and to output a reactor discharge stream; a flash vessel configured to receive the reactor discharge stream and to output an overhead stream comprising one or more recovered components; and a low-resolution Raman spectroscopy system comprising a spectroscopic probe and configured to acquire a spectroscopic signal in substantially real time to determine a chemical concentration of a recovered component in the overhead discharge stream, wherein at least a portion of the spectroscopic probe is situated in the overhead discharge stream in an upper portion of the flash vessel or in a conduit coupled to an upper portion of the flash vessel, or a combination thereof. 14. The polyolefin production system as recited in claim 13, wherein the one or more feedstreams comprise an olefin monomer, a comonomer, a chain transfer agent, a diluent, a catalyst, a co-catalyst, or an additive, or any combination thereof. 15. The polyolefin production system as recited in claim 13, wherein the reactor discharge stream comprises the polymer fluff, an olefin monomer, a comonomer, a catalyst, or a diluent, or any combination thereof. 16. The polyolefin production system as recited in claim 13, wherein the one or more recovered components comprise at least one of an olefin monomer, a comonomer, a catalyst, or a diluent, or any combination thereof. 17. A method of monitoring a polyolefin production process, comprising: placing a Raman spectroscopic probe into a conduit of a monomer recovery system of a polyolefin production system, wherein the conduit is coupled to an overhead discharge of a flash vessel in the monomer recovery system, exposing contents of the conduit to a radiation emission from the spectroscopic probe; acquiring a spectroscopic signal in substantially real-time from the contents in response to the radiation emission via the Raman spectroscopic probe; and analyzing the Raman spectroscopic signal to determine at least one property of interest of a component of the conduit contents. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the conduit contents comprise ethylene, diluent, and 1-hexene. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the component comprises ethylene and the at least one property of interest comprises a concentration of the ethylene in the conduit contents. 20. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the feed stream comprises a catalyst. 21. The polyolefin production system as recited in claim 13, wherein the polymerization reactor system comprises a loop reactor.
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