Apparatus for the wireless remote monitoring of covered floating storage tank roofs
AssigneeSyscor Controls & Automation Inc.
InventorsNikolay Nikolov Tzonev, Dale John Shpak
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Abstract
An apparatus for the wireless and remote monitoring of covered floating storage tanks monitors roof position, flexure, fires and the presence of vapors or liquids from water, hydrocarbons or other chemicals. The apparatus relies upon on one or more encapsulated intelligent sensor units and communication units. The sensors are deployed on the floating roof of a storage tank and the communication units are deployed near the top wall of the floating roof storage tank or on the fixed roof of the tank.
Claims18
A system for monitoring a state of a covered floating storage tank roof where said system requires no external wiring, the system comprising in combination:
- the floating storage tank roof which floats upon liquid in a storage tank;
- at least one sensor including a tilt sensor that is positioned on the floating storage tank roof to measure a local inclination of the floating storage tank roof;
- a microcontroller that monitors a status of at least one sensor including the tilt sensor;
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- a wireless communication module for relaying data from the microcontroller to one or more supervisory communication units,
- wherein the wireless communication module sends information from the microcontroller to the one or more supervisory communication units whenever the microcontroller determines that an alarm condition has been detected by the at least one sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.