Headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, with main operations in Coffeyville, Kansas, CVR Energy employs more than 650 employees and are one of the largest employers in southeastern Kansas. Petrometrix Beacon-2000 process NIR analyzers are in use at this refinery since 1998 to measure the following process streams:
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Atmospheric Crude Unit – diesel product 90% point, Cloud point, and pour point from two Crude Columns
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Reformate Unit – RON, Benzene, and RVP
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Reformer Unit – feed PONA
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Isomerisation Unit – RON, and RVP
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Hydrobon Splitter – Overhead Benzene, and RVP
The new Beacon-3000 is an inline, multi-channel process analyzer system. It enables non-contact, real-time monitoring and closed-loop control of physical properties and chemical composition in industrial process applications. Beacon 3000 is ideal for monitoring petroleum, chemical and petrochemical products. Based on novel algorithms, the Beacon 3000 measures the absorption spectrum in the near infrared (NIR) fast and accurately without labor and material waste. The system’s versatile software models enable soft-switch between different chemistries. With the capability to monitor up to eight Flow Cells in parallel, the Beacon 3000 provides an efficient, low cost per channel process monitoring. When integrated into a control system, the Beacon 3000 enables tighter process control and identifies process excursions before they affect yield.
