NEW METHOD FOR ON-LINE MEASURING IN SIMULATED MOVING BED, AND APPLICATION TO CONTROL AND ADJUSTMENT OF THE BED

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new method of analysis for on-line concentration measurement of flow composition in hydrocarbon traveling within various separated bands of the simulated moving bed based on simultaneous measurement of Raman spectrum and temperature for a sample in the measuring point. SOLUTION: This invention is the method using an immersion probe and a thermocouple to measure concentration of a form existed in one point of a separator which functions in a manner of the simulated moving bed (SMB). The immersion probe is located in one of the flows entering or coming from one point inside the above separator or the separator itself, while the thermocouple is located near the immersion probe. Further the Raman spectrum obtained by using a laser light source which functions in wavelength of 785 nm is also used. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT