Emerson has enhanced its Rosemount™ TankMaster™ inventory management software package to help improve tank usage and increase safety in full containment storage tanks for LNG and other liquefied gases.
The tanks are large, complex structures with a typical capacity of up to 200,000 cubic metres, which place specific demands on tank gauging systems. It said: “TankMaster decreases costs, increases ease-of-use and reduces the risk of a potential accidents by offering both inventory management and roll-over prediction in a single software solution.”
Roll-overs are dangerous releases of boil-off vapour that can materialise when LNG stratification is left unchecked. Emerson’s TankMaster software uses data from measurement devices incorporated into the Rosemount Tank Gauging System to detect layering and calculate when a roll-over might occur.
Global functional safety manager at Emerson, AnnCharlott Enberg, said: “Many industrial accidents are traceable to human factors, so vendors are increasingly required to provide software and instrumentation that reduce the risk of human error by being easier to use.
“The fact that Rosemount TankMaster provides a single software for inventory management and roll-over prediction for use on a single PC not only increases ease-of-use but also accelerates operator training and increases safety.”
Emerson said Rosemount TankMaster is a “powerful and easy-to-use Windows-based software package that stores real-time data technology that forms a key part of the Rosemount Tank Gauging System”.
The software gives organisations a complete overview of their full containment storage tanks, allowing increased operational efficiency and safety.
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