Gas blanket management system and method
First Claim
1. A storage tank monitoring system comprising:
- a blanket gas flow control device adapted to control the flow of a blanket gas wherein the blanket gas flow control device includes a blanket gas flow sensor adapted to sense the flow of the blanket gas and responsively generate a blanket gas flow signal;
at least one of a stored media sensor and a blanket gas sensor adapted to sense one of a stored media and a blanket gas parameter and responsively generate one of a stored media and a blanket gas sensor signal; and
a controller unit adapted to receive the blanket gas flow signal and one of the stored media signal and the blanket gas signal and responsively generate a control device signal.
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Abstract
A storage tank monitoring system may include a stored media sensor adapted to sense a storage tank media parameter which may responsively generate a stored media signal, a blanket gas sensor adapted to sense a storage tank blanket gas parameter which may responsively generate a blanket gas signal, and a blanket gas flow sensor adapted to sense the flow of blanket gas which may responsively generate a blanket gas flow signal. The storage tank system may further include a controller unit adapted to receive at least one of the stored media signal and the blanket gas signal, and the blanket gas flow signal, and responsively generate a blanket gas leak indicator signal. As such, a blanket gas leak indicator includes at least one of a first and a second state wherein the first state is indicative of a blanket gas leak and the second state is indicative of no blanket gas leaks.
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40 Claims
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1. A storage tank monitoring system comprising:
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a blanket gas flow control device adapted to control the flow of a blanket gas wherein the blanket gas flow control device includes a blanket gas flow sensor adapted to sense the flow of the blanket gas and responsively generate a blanket gas flow signal;
at least one of a stored media sensor and a blanket gas sensor adapted to sense one of a stored media and a blanket gas parameter and responsively generate one of a stored media and a blanket gas sensor signal; and
a controller unit adapted to receive the blanket gas flow signal and one of the stored media signal and the blanket gas signal and responsively generate a control device signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A storage tank monitoring system comprising:
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a blanket gas flow control device adapted to control the flow of a blanket gas wherein the blanket gas flow control device includes a blanket gas flow sensor adapted to sense the flow of the blanket gas and responsively generate a blanket gas flow signal;
a stored media sensor adapted to sense a level of a stored media in a storage tank and responsively generate a stored media sensor signal; and
a controller unit adapted to receive the stored media sensor signal and the blanket gas flow signal and responsively generate a control device signal.
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22. A storage tank monitoring system comprising:
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a blanket gas flow control device adapted to control the flow of a blanket gas wherein the blanket gas flow control device includes a blanket gas flow sensor adapted to sense the flow of the blanket gas and responsively generate a blanket gas flow signal;
at least one of a stored media sensor and a blanket gas sensor adapted to sense one of a stored media parameter and a blanket gas parameter and responsively generate one of a stored media sensor signal and a blanket gas sensor signal; and
a controller unit adapted to receive the blanket gas flow signal and one of the stored media signal and the blanket gas signal and responsively generate a control device signal, wherein the control device signal includes at least one of a first and a second state wherein the first state is indicative of a blanket gas leak and the second state is indicative of no blanket gas leaks.
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23. A method of monitoring a storage tank, the method comprising:
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providing a blanket gas flow control device adapted to control the flow of a blanket gas wherein the blanket gas flow control device includes a blanket gas flow sensor;
sensing a flow of blanket gas into a storage tank;
responsively generating a blanket gas flow sensor signal;
sensing one of a stored media parameter and blanket gas parameter;
responsively generating one of a stored media sensor signal and blanket gas sensor signal;
receiving the blanket gas flow sensor signal and one of the stored media sensor signal and the blanket gas sensor signal as inputs; and
responsively generating a control device signal. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A blanket gas monitoring system for a plurality of storage tanks, the blanket gas monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of blanket gas flow control devices adapted to control the flow of a blanket gas wherein the blanket gas flow control devices include a blanket gas flow sensor adapted to sense the flow of the blanket gas and responsively generate a blanket gas flow signals;
one of a plurality of stored media sensors and a plurality of blanket gas sensors wherein each of the one of the plurality of stored media sensors and the plurality of blanket gas sensors is adapted to sense one of a stored media parameter and a blanket gas parameter of a respective storage tank; and
a controller unit adapted to receive the blanket gas flow signals and one of the plurality of stored media signals and blanket gas signals for each of the plurality of storage tanks and responsively generate a storage tank device signal for each of the plurality of storage tanks.
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