Hydrocarbon transport at marine terminals

An input includes a specified fluid product to be transported, a specified volume transfer of the specified fluid product to a berth, and a target flow rate of the specified fluid product. A first allowable operating range for volume transfer and a second allowable operating range for flow rate are...

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Hauptverfasser:	Johnson, Clinton D, Inzone, Francesco A, Buzbee, Brett, Johnson, III, Alvin, Barrow, Matthew
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED,LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS HEATING LIGHTING LIQUID HANDLING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OPENING, CLOSING PERFORMING OPERATIONS STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS TRANSPORTING VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED ORSOLIDIFIED GASES WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	An input includes a specified fluid product to be transported, a specified volume transfer of the specified fluid product to a berth, and a target flow rate of the specified fluid product. A first allowable operating range for volume transfer and a second allowable operating range for flow rate are determined at least based on: the specified fluid product, an availability of meters for metering, an availability of loading arms for loading the specified fluid product to a ship located at the berth, and an availability of vapor combustion units for flaring. A control signal is transmitted to at least one of multiple valves to establish a flow path for the specified fluid product. A start signal is transmitted to initiate a recipe that controls flow through the flow path within the first allowable operating range and the second allowable operating range.