Advanced Real-time Refinery Monitoring and Optimisation

炼油是一个价值上万亿美元的产业。然而，来自全球竞争、产能过剩和监管的压力越来越大，这些都反映在利润率微薄上。提高炼油利润率的机会包括提高能源效率和原油转化为有价值产品的产量。该项目将开发两项关键创新技术，以提高炼油利润率：更准确的、基于模型的动态状态估计方法：这将使炼油厂能够实时了解不同流体和他们正在处理的原油的特性，从而提高产量。CDU系统的动态优化。CDU系统是炼油厂的核心，并推动其经济发展。改进操作可以减少加工原油所需的能量，将更多的原油转化为有价值的产品，并减少在原油之间切换所需的时间。

Oil refining is a trillion dollar industry. However, refineries are under increasing pressure from global competition, overcapacity and regulation and these are reflected in tight margins. Opportunities to improve refining margins include improvement of energy efficiency and yields of crude oil to valuable products.This project will develop two key innovations embedded in technology to improve refining margins:1. More accurate, model-based approaches for dynamic state estimation: these will allow refiners to understand in real time the properties of different stream and the crude they are processing, allowing them to improve yields.2. Dynamic optimisation of the CDU system. The CDU system is at the heart of the refinery and drives its economics. Improved operation can reduce the amount of energy required to process crude, convert more of the crude to valuable products and reduce the time required to switch between crudes.