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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2018
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
James Daniel Montoya, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Jacobo Rogelio Archuleta, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Heath Evan Lynch, Houston, TX (US);
Cole Thomas Brinkley, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Monica Suman Krishnan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Ronald Derane Goodwin, Lucedale, MS (US);
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring a floating roof of a liquid storage tank and a method for use of the system are described. The system includes linear position measuring devices to determine the vertical location and orientation of the floating roof within the storage tank and one or more transmitters to relay such information to a monitoring, recording, or control device, or to a remote computer network location. Typically, three measuring devices are used, positioned at or near the top of the storage tank and generally equally spaced around the perimeter of the tank. The system and method are useful to monitor the position and inclination of a liquid storage tank floating roof, such as may be used in the petrochemical, chemical and other industries where such storage tanks are in use.