Over Fill Protection

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Tank Gauging Overfill Protection

anoter important consideration was oil tank overfills as it’s a a common cause

of product release and pollution at tank farms,and fields . as the clients was

using dip stick method for level measurmints they also have had an independent

mechanical float switch. After many reliable years of service the client do not

want longer rely on these old switch devices for overfill protection. ven though

the in propose system continious level monitioring throught radar was there but

what if the radar guage having some problem so the solution was to have a

separate overfill protection system as a redundant sytem

!or the e measurement of the level for overfill protection " decide to kept it

independent of tan gauging systems installed on the tank. !or single point

measurement, #i$uiphant % !T# with electronic versions !#&'(as installed at

the high and high)high level and which generate a signal when the product

reaches that level.

*ince the filed was noisy so " decide to use siren and light for the indication of

+igh and high)high level alarms turns a sirens and visual light ach switch, high

and high)high on each tank, was completely independent from one)another was

feed into an electrical panel that provided audible and visual indication to the

operators.. uring the upgrade a new, compact electrical panel was also installed

that allowed each tank to be out)fit one at a time, with no disturbance to the dailyoperations of the terminal and filed. o ut put of switches goes to *olinde valve

which trigger the valve close and turn on another tank as shown in figure above.


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valve to other

#i$uiphant % !T# with electronic versions !#&' has following specification.which

completely fulfil clients process re$uirement.

*upply voltage- '.../&0 1 A2

Power consumption- 3 4.50 (

6esidual current consumption- 3 0.5 mA

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instruments for tank gauging " consider the following factors

"nstallation

Tank Types

There is a wide range of storage tanks found throughout the oil B gas industry.

epending on the tank type or mounting options, a particular tank gauge type or

measurement solution may be more suitable. "nternal or e7ternal floating roofs

The tank shape itself can also cause errors.client were using vertical cylindrical

tank .but the problem was that vertical cylinder suffers more deformation and

errors than a spherical type tank.

Tank 2apacity Table ;*trapping table=

The error in the tank capacity table are caused by the errors made with the

proving e$uipment. Over time, the capacity of the tank will also change, so its

been recommended to clients to recalibrate the tank every five to ten years.

Tank Cottom %ovements

then while considering tank The tank bottom always moves in a different way

when the tank is filled. Therefore, " decided to considet a the bottom of each tank

as there there is a Dno goD Eone ;no measuring allowed=

Tank *hell Thermal 7pansion

ue to temperature changes, the tank characteristics and capacity may change.

*o the continious monitoring of tempratue is necessary in order to make $uite

good predictions and corrections .

atum Plate %ovements

ue to the tank deformation, the datum plate moves. This datum plate is a

physical plate welded in the tank, which represents the official Eero level in the

tank. %easurement below this level is not permitted.

Gauge "nstallation

6ight above the datum plate in a tank is the only official measuring point in the

tank to measure the correct level. it is not possible to mount the level gauge at

this particular point, so " decided to mount the guage at another place. A

correction is then made for the tilt of the tank while radar calibration.


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*tability of the Gauging Platform

Fot all mounting positions are always very stable. *ince the tank roof tank was

only a few millimeters thick. (alking on such a roof will cause roof movements

resulting in errors in the measurement. *o the fabrication department was asked

to made a stable guage platform for 6adar.

6%OT T6%"FA# F"T -

All the data from filed devices uploaded to the !uels%anagerH t via an 5'04

6emote Terminal nit.

The 5'04 6T combines with !uels%anager software to

provide an e7tremely cost efficient and reliable tank

inventory system.as the 5'04 offer different industry communications protocols so "

decided to use %OC* communication protocol.i configure the 6T through the

*oftware 1iew 6T.

The 5'04 6emote Terminal nit ;6T= acts

as a tank gauge interface for data ac$uisition and host gateway for tank farm,

data from all the filed devices uploaded to the !#%AFAG6 5'04 6T supports

up to four individual interface modules that can interface to virtually any tank

gauge on the market.since there are /4 tanks and tempature,water level,level

signals are analog signal so all 0/ out put signals can be connected to one 6T

ach interface module will scan all the connected gauges for measured data such

as- level, temperature,

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An internal high speed serial data

link communicates the data into a central database. The

modules make configuration of the internal 5'04 6T

database simple and straightforward. %ultiple host

communication ports offer windows into all the realtime

data for up)linking to one or multiple host.

!# %AFAG6-

!or the inventory anagment " decided to use fulesmanager O"#nad GA* version .4

as the fules manager used to monitor tank levels,

temperatures, alarms, gross and net standard volumes, and other data

in real)time, for an unlimited number of tanks.then the

!uels%anager communicates with all maIor types of tank level andmass measurement instruments, including float, radar, servo,

hydrostatic, magnetostrictive and hybrid tank gauges.sicne the clients want to have

complete real time monitioron and inventory management software so the fuel

manager was best choice as it can perform

J Tank gauging

J "nventory management

J 2ontrol and automation ;*2AA=

J nvironmental compliance

J "nformation management

ata from filed devices through the remote terminal unit data uploaded to the

"nventory management software !uel %anager.being a system integrator " firstconfigured the software.for configuration the first step was to assign the perimeter

for the geometry and tank shape.after assigning the geometry of tanks which

include shape,height,diameter etc.ne7t step was to assign the constat values for the

calculation purpose like refrence density ,viscosity, etc all the calculation were

based on as American

Petroleum "nstitute’s ;AP"= /44> standards, A*T%, "P, GC?T,

GO*T, K"*, Polynomial and others using the tank calculator

. then " developed the +%" operator screen which shows the basic measured valus

with engineering units like height,volume,avg temperature,TO1 etc.since the fule

managers software has abulliten integrated An integrated alarm toolbar and pop)up

alarm which provide real)time visual and audible notification of alarms or events.so "configured the alaram for respective measuring points including

#O(,#1#,+"G+,+"G+ +"G+ #1#,hight water level,#ow temperature,

The toolbar also provides access to an active alarm summary," enable the a historic

alarm log and an alarm log file browser option that allows

operators to view and print reports of alarms or events in

detail.


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.while configuration " set the schedule guage commands automatically for the

density profiling and water bottom measurement for &hours down times.then the

most important thing was that the client wants to keep complete records displayed

on screen and print for the record so " configured the software as the fulesmanager

"n addition to providing real)time informationit canarchives all data for historical use in tracking trends, performing

calculations and reporting inventories

which can be displayed by opening

them from the main menu, task group or icon toolbar. 6ealtime

reports display live data while +istorical reports are

created from archived information within !uels%anager.

with the integrated *eagate *oftware 2rystal

6eportsL print engine. +istorical reports can be printed as

re$uired or e7ported for use in %icrosoft Office. 6eal)time

reports can be printed as re$uired or scheduled to print at

defined times, such as at the change of an operator shift. After the development of screen and perimetriEation " set up tuhe communication

between fild devices and fuels manager as there was 6T which collect all the data

from devices and upload to the fules manager so first " configured the 6T and then

cor the communication between 6T and fuel manager " decide to use the %OC*

protocol.initialy " had problems while establisnt communication between devices

and fulemanagers as fule manager was unable to upload the data eventhough the

communication was established . " tried to dignose the problem .first " checked all

the filed devices,and " found them working properly..and were generating proper

output signals according to the measurements. Then " cheked the 6T and found

that the 6T was receiving all the output signals from filed devices. *o its been

confirmed that the 6T and filed devices was working properly.i checked the 6T

perimeters assign to the 6T and found a missing perimeter .so " reconfigured the

6T and finaly " succeeded to have data on fules manager.below are some operator

screen

6eports B Trends


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