Upgrade of tank gauging system Phillips Sweeny Refinery Complex

Author

Maurer, Paul W. ; Brown, Charles W. ; Clark, Gary D.

Author_Institution

Phillips Pet. Co., Bartlesville, OK, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

9-11 Sep 1991

Firstpage

123

Lastpage

130

Abstract

The development and implementation of a computer-based tank gauging system for the Phillips Sweeny Refinery Complex is described. The complex included 193 storage tanks located at six different sites, with each site considered as a separate tank farm unit. Each tank farm system upwardly supports data collection on the pipeline computer located in the main control room. The new and upgraded tank level gauging systems incorporate servo gauges for spherical tanks, direct digital gauges for bullet tanks and float gauges with transmitters for cone and floating roof tanks. All types of these gauges offer an upgrade in performance and maintainability. Selection criteria and installation considerations are presented

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; level measurement; oil refining; Phillips Sweeny Refinery Complex; bullet tanks; computer-based tank gauging system; cone tanks; control room; data collection; direct digital gauges; float gauges; floating roof tanks; pipeline computer; servo gauges; spherical tanks; storage tanks; tank gauging system; transmitters; Control systems; Copper; Design engineering; Instruments; Petroleum; Power cables; Refining; Temperature; Transmitters; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 1991, Record of Conference Papers., Industry Applications Society 38th Annual

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0193-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCICON.1991.162938

Filename

162938