| INDUSTRY/PROCESS | USE |
|
CHEMICALS |
| Ammonia | Monitor
Absorber Efficiency |
| Chlorine | Detect
Cell over voltage, Leaks |
| Air
Separation | Acetylene
Buildup |
| Natural
Gas | Custody
Transfer, BTU |
|
Natural
Gas Processing | Trim
lean oil flow |
|
Natural
Gas Processing | Trim
lean oil flow |
|
Natural
Gas Processing | Calculation
C2/C1 ratio |
|
Natural
Gas Sweetening | Amine
Treating efficiency |
|
Heating/Fired
Heaters | BTU
control |
|
PETROCHEMICALS |
| Ethylene Furnace Effluent | Furnace Efficiency |
| Ethylene
Product | Product
purity |
|
Pyrolysis
Gasoline | Loss
of C4 olefins |
| MAP
Converter Outlet | Converter
efficiency |
| Polymerization | Limit
iC4 slippage in propane |
| Polymerization | Butane presence in Polymer gas |
|
Polyethylene | Product/contamination's |
| Polyethylene
Reactor | Reactor
control, pluggage |
| Polyethylene Rx Feed | Reactor control |
|
Polymer Flash Tank | Vapor analysis |
|
Polypropylene
Rx Feed | Reactor control |
|
Polypropylene Reactor | Reactor control |
|
Solvents Manufacture | Distillation Control |
| Solvents
Manufacture | Distillation Control |
|
Solvents, Hexane | Control |
| Styrene | Distillation
Control |
|
Furfural Extractive | Distillation Control |
|
Buadiene | Distillation
Control |
|
Butadiene
Product | Product purity |
|
Butadiene
Purification | Distillation control |
|
Paint
Manufacture | Batch distillation control |
|
Vinyl
Chloride | Ambient
Air Contamination |
|
Sterilizers | Ambient
Air, FDA |
|
AROMATICS |
| Benzene Product | Product purity |
|
Aromatics
Production | Production control |
| Xylene
Product | Product purity |
| Xylene
Fractionation | Distillation control |
| Para-xylene Product | Product purity |
| Ortho-xylene Fractionation | Distillation control |
| Raffinate
Product | Aromatics Extraction efficiency |
|
PETROLEUM REFINING |
|
Alkylation |
| Isobutane/Olefin Feed | Purity for iC4/olefin ratio |
| Deisobutanizer | Slippage of iC4 out nC4 side draw |
| Debutanizer | Slippage of nC4 out pentane draw |
| Depropanizer | Slippage of iC4 in propane product |
| Deisobutanizer BTM | Distillation, C4 in Alkylate |
|
Catalytic Reformer |
|
Cat
Reformer Separator | Hydrogen purity |
| Cat
Reformer Stabilizer | Maximize reformate yield |
|
Crude Distillation Unit |
| Stabilizer
OVHD | Distillation control |
| Stabilizer BTM | C4 removal control |
| Splitter | Distillation control |
|
Catalytic Cracker |
| Stabilizer | C4 control in Gasoline/naphtha |
| FCC
Regenerator | Regeneration
control |
|
Light Ends Recovery |
| Absorber | Minimize loss of LPG to fuel |
| Stripper | Limit ethane in propane product |
|
Depropanizer | IC4 slippage in propane product |
| Debutanizer | Minimal slippage nC4 in BTMs |
| Butane
Splitter | Minimal slippage of nC4 in OVHD, iC4 in BTMs. |
|
Hydrogen Reforming |
| Feed | Control
steam addition |
| Product
Hydrogen | Product purity |
|
Vapor Recovery |
| Saturates
Recovery | Distillation control |
| Unsaturates Recovery | Distillation control |
|
Isomerization |
| Butane Isomerization | Conversion efficiency |
| Pentane/Hexane Isomerization | Minimize nC5 in iC5 product |
| C5/C6
Splitter | Minimize iC6 recycle to deisopentanize |