Automated tank mixing

A system comprising:

• a hydrocarbon emulsion within a tank;
• an intermittent mixer for agitating the hydrocarbon emulsion within the tank;
• an upper data acquisition device capable of obtaining the density measurement of the hydrocarbon emulsion in the tank adjacent to the upper data acquisition device;
• a lower data acquisition device, situated below the upper data acquisition device, capable of obtaining the density measurement of the hydrocarbon emulsion in the tank adjacent to the lower data acquisition device;
• at least one data analyzer device capable of:
• receiving the density measurements of the hydrocarbon emulsion from the upper data acquisition device;
• receiving the density measurements of the hydrocarbon emulsion from the lower data acquisition device;
• comparing the density of the hydrocarbon emulsion from the upper data acquisition device and the lower data acquisition device;
• generating a data packet which contains a calculated operational speed and an operational time needed for the intermittent mixer to agitate the hydrocarbon emulsion so that the density measurements from the upper data acquisition device are within density specifications of the density measurements from the lower data acquisition device;
• and
• transmitting the data packet to the intermittent mixer, and
• wherein the intermittent mixer alters the density of the hydrocarbon emulsion within the tank so it is consistent throughout the tank and wherein the intermittent mixer is only turned on when the density of the hydrocarbon emulsion from the upper data acquisition device are not within the specifications of the density of the hydrocarbon emulsion from the lower data acquisition device.