New developments improve online and process control of distillates and lubricants
Most refineries monitor the pour points (PPs) of
their process or blender streams by shuttling captured
samples to the plant's laboratory for offline analysis. This
practice is inefficient since it may cause substantial delay
before the process plant receives feedback from the
analytical laboratory. If the product fails to meet the
specified standard, recovery can be costly or even
impossible. Obviously, use of online PP analyzers can greatly
alleviate this difficulty by providing timely results for
process control and product release.
Moreover, deploying online PP analyzers can be
included as part of the feedback loop t
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