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Designers & Builders of Fluid Systems Requiring Precision in Mechanics and Control
Presented by: Tom EdwardsPresident and Engineering Director
Headquarters Naperville, Illinois near ChicagoFounded 1995 with Earthsafe Systems/ Independent in 2004
Partnered with Petrak Industries for Fabrication
Focus
Fluidics for Research & Development
• Small Scale Pilot Plants• Pressure Test Stands• Hose Permeation• Liquid Thermal Management• Fuel Conditioning Systems• Combustion Gas Blending
Some Customers• Automotive: Ford, GM, Toyota, Honda, Nissan• Defense: General Dynamics, BAE, Honeywell• Basic Research: NASA, Argonne Laboratories,
Fermi Laboratories, SAIC• Also: BP, Lubrizol, Siemens, Bosch, Textron
Solutions for the Oil & Gas Industry
• Blending Systems• Tank Farm Automation
• Process Design• Control System Design• Software• Fabrication• Commissioning
Mechanicals for Worldwide Deployment
Varying Standards• Metric or Imperial Flanges & Piping• API, ASME, GOST
Varying Climates• Tropics• Temperate Climates• Shipboard or Seaside• High Temperatures• Low Temperatures• Sand Storms
• 30,000 SF Shop• 20 Ton Overhead Crane• 12 ASME certified Welders• ASME B31.1 & PMI• Experts in stainless steel and alloys• Low pressures to 500 BAR
• PLC’s: Allen Bradley, GE Fanuc, Telemechanique / Modicon, Siemens, Honeywell• CompactRIO reconfigurable embedded control and acquisition system• NEC, IEC, ATEX, NFPA, Cenelec, CSA, NEMA
Process Control Systems
Both Simple and Complex Interfaces
User Defined Multiple Languages
LOGOS Software for Worldwide Deployment
Terminal Blending ProcessEthanol, Methanol, Bio-Diesel, GTL
• Use of wild stream technique.• Use of flow meter on blend allows dual use
as custody transfer meter.• Flow Must be mass or corrected for
temperature and sometimes pressure.• Typically have low turndown requirements• Pump must be suitable for high vapor.• Use of Pump for flow control simplifies
system and has very accurate control.• Static Mixer for homogenization but more
importantly provides a representative sample for analysis.
• These systems use bench top analyzers.
Terminal Blending ProcessEthanol, Methanol, Bio-Diesel, GTL
Terminal Blending User Interface(Simple)
Blending processes for RVP, RON, L/V
• Blending based on mass using coriolis meters• Very High Turndowns (100:1)• On Line analyzers with Fast Loop• More complex algorithms so we use
enhanced processors• Maintaining Liquid Phase• Preliminary diffusion then static mixers for
representative sampling
1) RVP Requirements Change throughout the year
2) RVP of Pipeline less than mandated Maximum
3) If Allowable RVP = 10.0 psi and Pipeline RVP = 9.7 psi
4) Solve Mpetrol x (9.7) + Mbutane(52) = Mtotal (10.0)
5) If Mpetro= 1,000,000 then Mbutane = 7,000
Butane: $1.50 per GallonGasoline: $3.00 per GallonProfit: $1.50 per Gallon
Butane Blending
• Hundreds of different formulas which change day by day• Highly Viscous materials• High Variation in component temperatures, viscosities• Highly susceptible to cross contamination• Contains some very low 0.05% additive Rates
Lubricant Blending
LOGOS Enterprise for Lubricant Blending
Technics has designed and automated tank farms for terminal operationsas well as research and specialty transportation
BASF Engine Testing Amsoil Lubricant Plant
Nissan Automotive Assembly Plant
Tank Farm Automation
Tank Farm Automation
LOGOS Tank Farm Module works as a stand alone or integral interface with the blending process system. Information on the tank geometry & alarm setpoints and the material properties of its content are retrieved from the database and presented to operators and supervisors.•An array configuration allows new tanks to be easily added•Works with any tank geometry.•API Temperature compensated volume.•Works with any type level transmitters.•Retains past contents of tanks.
Tank Historian
• Inventory reports can be generated daily, weekly, or monthly at a selectable time of day. • Alarm notification and logging• Retains Pump Data like hours of operation and faults
Tank Farm Database
• Communicates with a wide variety of databases including SAP, Access, Oracle, and Excel.
Customers• BP• BASF• South Refineries Company• Oilibya• Boeing• General Motors• Ford Motor Company• NASA Glenn Research
Center• General Dynamics• Toyota Motors• Textron
• Pratt & Whitney• United Technologies• Nissan Motors• US Oil• Argonne National
Laboratories• Fermi Accelerator
Laboratories• TI Automotive• Textron• Kia Motors• Eaton
• United States• Canada• Mexico• South Korea• China• Australia• Ethiopia• Iraq• Portugal
Countries• Honeywell Aerospace• Continental AG• US Army• SAIC• Siemens Automotive• Eagle Picher• Honda Motors• Invensys• Magneti Marelli• US EPA• Mark IV Automotive• United Defense