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PetroForum Jakarta 2014
Richard Chen, Managing Director, APAC
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OPW TOTAL VAPOUR SOLUTION™
Stops Excess Vapour Emissions To Protect The Environment
Provides For Cleaner Air
Saves Fueling Operators Money By Preventing Vapour Loss
Improves Profitability By Converting Vapour To Saleable Fuel
Provides Fast Payback (ROI)
The World’s Most Innovative And
Effective Vapour Solution
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OPW TOTAL VAPOUR SOLUTION™
Controls The Creation Of Vapour Over The Duration Of The Delivery And Within The Storage Tanks On A Continuous Basis
Keeps The Product In A Liquid State During The Delivery To Prevent An Increase Of Vapour Creation (Where The Largest Losses Occur)
Manages The Vapour Collected From Nozzles On Stage 2 Systems
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OPW TOTAL VAPOUR SOLUTION™
Tankers Are Designed To Draw The Vapour Back From The Site Using The Vacuum Created By The Off-Loading Procedure
This Is Done When Off-Loading Both Spirit & Diesel And Controlled At 32mbar
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OPW TOTAL VAPOUR SOLUTION™
There Are Four (4) Main Components
Each Component Is An Integral Part In The Total Processing Of Stage 1B And Stage 2 Vapour And Vapour Produced By Natural Venting
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OPW TOTAL VAPOUR SOLUTION™
Converts Vapour Back Into Liquid-Returns Liquid Back To Underground Tank As Saleable Fuel
Maintains Tank Pressure To Eliminate Vapour Emissions
Membrane Processing Unit
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OPW TOTAL VAPOUR SOLUTION™
Reduces Vapour Pressures In Tanks By Spreading Delivery Across The Floor Of The Tank
Keeps The Surface And Product Calm During Deliveries To Eliminate Vapour Generation
Softfill System Device
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OPW TOTAL VAPOUR SOLUTION™
Self Generating . No Power Required.
Offsets The Vacuum Created By Tanker
Introduces The Vapour Back Into The Liquid Flow During Delivery (Wetting The Vapours)
Accumulus Valve 3
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OPW TOTAL VAPOUR SOLUTION™
Prevents Vapours From Returning To Tanker
Retains Vapour In UST So It Can Be Processed Back Into Liquid
Vapour
Management
Panel
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PERFORMANCE
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OPW TOTAL VAPOUR SOLUTION™
Historical Results For Wet Stock Losses For A Standard Site Have
Shown That Expected Losses Could Be Between 0.25 To 0.35%
Of Sales Volume.
For Example, For A Site Selling 16,000,000 Liters Of Spirit And
Taking An Average Loss Of 0.30% This Would Equate To:
16,000,000 x 0.30/100= 48,000 Liters Per Year!!
• Using Data From A Test Site Which Has Been Operating For Over 6
Months The Results Have Shown A Reduction In Wet Stock
Management Company.
• Therefore A Site Selling 16,000,000 Million Liters Of Spirit Would
Show A Loss Of 16,000,000 x 0.045/100= 7,200 Liters Per Annum.
This Would Show An Average Annual Saving In The Region
Of 40,800 Liters!!!
Remember This Benefit:
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Electrostatic Hazards Of Plastic Pipework For Service Stations
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Maddington Service Station, Perth, Western Australia
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• At the filling station there will always be a risk of a flammable atmosphere
• ALL ignition sources must be eliminated
Flammable vapors
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Fuel flow creates charge separation in the pipe
The charges cannot go anywhere (non-conductive materials cannot be earthed) and accumulate
Static electricity generation in pipe
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Static charges create an electrostatic field
Conductors within the field get an induced charge
Electrostatic induction
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Possible discharges
Between areas on the pipe wall with different charges.
Between negatively charged pipe and positively charged fuel.
Between negatively charged pipe and grounded conductor.
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Discharge In Chamber
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• Use of non-conductive fuel piping system
• High speed fuel flow
• Low conductivity fuels
• Fuel quality, impurities in the fuel
• Dry air
• Turbulence: Elbows, reducers, filters or flame arresters
• Vapor traps (underground fill boxes, chambers)
Factors that influence the rate of static fires
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Avoid non-conductive fuel piping system
( End to End continuity )
All major recommendations for hazardous areas strongly discourage the use of non grounded systems: Cenelec TR 50404
IEC TR60079-32
NFPA 30, 30A and 77
IP Guidelines Part 21
EN 14125, EN 13463-1
AS NZS 1020-1995
National Standards
Standards documents
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If you decide to use non-conductive fuel piping system despite the risks, follow the the IEC standard TR60079-32 and/or EN14125 / EN13463-1: Take necessary precuations
If non-conductive fuel piping system is used..
Unburied pipes are charged more so burial of the pipe is crucial
Backfill on top of the pipes before starting any fuel flow
Keep pipe lengths inside chambers as short as possible
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Charging increases with flow velocity
Fuel flow must be maximum 2,8 m/s
Limit speed of fuel flow
Max 2,8 m/s
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All isolated conductive objects, such as flanges, jubilee clips, in chambers and fill boxes must be bonded and grounded
Bonding and grounding
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Limit fuel flow to max 2,8 m/s
Do not use flame arresters or filters until after careful consideration
Mount safety vales on all fill necks
Bond and ground all isolated conductive objects in chambers and fill boxes
Cap welding socket wiring
Check earthing arrangements after all work in chambers and fill boxes
Check earthing arrangements periodically 1 time/year
The list of precautions can be found in the standards mentioned.
*The precautions cannot guarantee that no fire will occur
Summary of precautions* for non-conductive system
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Nozzle with no continuity (Isolated)
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Fire at the filling station must be prevented