Patent ID: 8290626
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: B01J,G05B

Abstract:
1. A method for safely operating a chemical process plant comprising: measuring, for each of a plurality of sets of proposed process conditions for a particular chemical process within a particular chemical process plant, a pressure rise rate following a deliberate contained ignition of at least one material within the particular chemical process, to provide a plurality of pressure rise rates that corresponds with the plurality of sets of proposed process conditions, wherein said plurality of sets of proposed process conditions includes employing a same initial reaction pressure and temperature for each set, while varying concentration of at least one reactant gas used for the particular chemical process in each set; selecting from the plurality of pressure rise rates a particular pressure rise rate that allows for a safe operation of the particular chemical process within the particular chemical process plant; and implementing the particular chemical process within the particular chemical process plant while using a particular set of process conditions from the plurality of sets of reactor conditions that corresponds with the particular pressure rise rate from the plurality of pressure rise rates.