Automations device for monitoring field level sensors in oil and gas industry
AssigneeAndium Inc.
InventorsJory Schwach, Rongkai Xu, Jatan Pathak, Alexander Ayala
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for monitoring field level sensors at an oil site. The system can include a sensor node configured to monitor a characteristic associated with an oil site. The system can include a remote terminal unit, comprising a processor and memory storing non-transitory computer readable instructions, the instructions executable by the processor to receive information from the sensor node. The system can include a central computer, wherein the remote terminal unit sends the information from the sensor node to the central computer.
Claims19
A system for monitoring field level sensors at an oil site, comprising:
- a sensor node configured to monitor a characteristic associated with the oil site, wherein the sensor node includes a thermal camera positioned to capture a thermal image of an oil storage tank, the thermal image including a filled portion of the oil storage tank and an empty portion of the oil storage tank;
- a computer, comprising a processor and memory storing non-transitory computer readable instructions, the instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive information from the sensor node, wherein the information is representative of the thermal image from the thermal camera,
- analyze the thermal image to identify a thermal interface between the filled portion and the empty portion of the oil storage tank,
- determine a level of fluid in the oil storage tank based on a location of the thermal interface, and
- generate tank level information based on the determined level of fluid;
- and
- a central computer, wherein the computer sends the information and the tank level information from the sensor node to the central computer.
A method for monitoring an oil site, comprising:
- gathering information with a sensor node, the information including a characteristic associated with an oil storage tank from the sensor node, wherein the information includes a thermal image of the oil storage tank and the sensor node includes a thermal camera that captures the thermal image;
- receiving the information with a computer in communication with the sensor node;
- processing the information with the computer to identify a thermal interface between a filled portion of the oil storage tank and an empty portion of the oil storage tank;
- determining, with the computer, a level of fluid in the oil storage tank based on a location of the thermal interface;
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- sending the information to a central computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.