174 Spartan-controls General

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www.spartancontrols.com

Calgary | Edmonton | Burnaby | Fort McMurray | Fort St. John | Grande Prairie | Prince George | Regina | Saskatoon

rev. 01/2013

TruckVue Unloading Systems

• Direcve 17 compliant

• Custody transfer approved

• No product sampling required

• Low maintenance

• 0-100% water cut

• Can measure wide variety of fluids

• 20+ years of experience

• Over 300 systems installed


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Built for Purpose

Spartan Controls’ TruckVue system is based on three

pillars; measurement, service/support and interface/data

integraon. Our 20+ years of experience combined with

mulple best-in-class technologies and a state-of-the-art user interface has resulted in a purpose-built system

that can handle any applicaon. With out-of-the-box

capabilies for trucker log-in management, permissive

checking and data integraon, the Spartan TruckVue

system provides a complete soluon for all your truck

loading and unloading needs.

Service & Support

Spartan Controls possesses unparalleled service andsupport capabilies for our TruckVue system. To ensure

success, factory-trained technicians with extensive

experience with both the TruckVue system and the process

will aid in commissioning and start-up of our system. The

experse of our technicians coupled with the fact we are

responsible for the whole system ensures minimum start-

up me for your facility, and provides a level of comfort

and a single point of contact should you ever require

assistance.

Measurement

The key to the success of any truck unloading/loading

system is reliable, accurate and repeatable measurement.

The combinaon of mulple best-in-class technologies

from our principals such as Emerson, Phase Dynamics andAmetek Drexelbrook, coupled with Spartan’s applicaon

experience and intellectual property result in a complete

system that minimizes sources of uncertainty and error,

and is flexible and scaleable enough to meet your changing

requirements. Spartan has over 20 years’ experience in

truck unloading/loading with over 300 systems installed.

We apply our experience and experse to every TruckVue

system we sell, and connue to expand and develop the

system’s capabilies as customer needs and regulatory

requirements dictate.

Operator/Trucker Interface and Data Integraon

Whatever your data integraon needs, the Spartan

TruckVue system has the capability to deliver. The trucker

interface is easy to navigate and understand. Context-

sensive help and smart search capabilies provide an

easy to use interface and ensure a complete dataset, so all

key data is captured. The TruckVue system easily integrates

with your exisng plant control and producon accounng

system and can be scaled up or down as and when your

requirements change.

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Benefits

• Accurate accounng of product received (oil, water, density, etc.)

• Easy to understand and use trucker and operator interface

• Integraon of cket informaon into your business system

• Easy integraon with Plant Control System or PLC

• Limit processing by direcng flow to tanks based on water cut

• Minimize Outspec Product

• Direcve 17 Compliant

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Measurement

Reducing Error Means Increasing Profit

The Spartan Controls TruckVue system uses up to three

separate technologies to measure water cut. This

ensures accurate and reliable water cut measurementover a wide variety of products and water cuts. The

system measures density, water cut and volume

connuously throughout the truck unload instead of

requiring sampling during the load. This ensures that you

pay for the oil and water you actually receive.

The TruckVue system ulizes the Micro Moon meter

for flow measurement and water cut determinaon.

The meter provides online measurements that

include mass flow, density and temperature. The

volume measurement is derived from the mass and

density variables. The meter can be used over a wide

range of densies and volume flow rates providing

custody transfer accuracy. For many systems, the

water cut calculaon is determined by incorporang

the density compensated Drexelbrook cut monitor (0

5% WC) and the net oil density comparison from

the Micro Moon meter (5-100% WC). The density

compensated water cut monitor is used to improve WC

resoluon to pipeline spec over the 0-5% WC range. In

heavy oil applicaons (>930Kg/m3), it is beneficial toalso perform the 0-100% WC calculaon using a Phase

Dynamics Microwave Analyzer. The microwave analyzer

does not require a minimum oil/water density span in the calculaon, allowing it to provide significantly improved WC

accuracy.

Common system opons include ground permissive (GPI) input, ESD valve output and 3-way divert valve control. The

divert valve allows for clean oil to be diverted directly to a sales tank. This feature provides significant savings with the

reducon of liquid processing costs.

Accurate Measurement = No Profit Loss

Service & Support

Commissioning and Startup Services

Spartan Controls off ers unparalleled service and support capabilies for the TruckVue system. Factory trained technicians

with extensive experience with the TruckVue system, from the touch screen to the measurement end devices, will assist

with commissioning and start-up of your system.

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Commissioning services include:

• operator training

• install PC & touchscreen from FAT

• confirm installaon

• confirm meter configuraon

Our technicians will also provide ongoing support for specialty applicaons, data analysis and addional products, as

your needs dictate. In addion to having responsibility for and knowledge of the whole system, not just some of the

components, our technicians also possess extensive experience with truck unloading applicaons. This ensures start-up

me and issues are kept to a minimum.

One-Call Support

All the measurement components of the TruckVue system are supported by Spartan Controls. This total system

responsibility ensures that potenal issues are effi ciently resolved, allowing you to get on with your operaons. Should

you experience a problem with your system, help is just one phone call away, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, courtesy of

our 7/24 program.

7-24 Support

One phone call for your whole system

Experienced, factory-trained and fully equipped technicians

Local support from one of our eight offi ces

• confirm panel configuraon

• verify meter calibraon (if prover available)

• verify operaon and operator

Operator/Trucker Interface & Data Integraon

Easy to Understand Trucker Interface

With the touch screen keyboard always available, the TMS

2010 server soware user interface is easy to use and

understand and allows the trucker to quickly log in, find his

well and get on with the job of transferring product. The

scheduling feature and context-sensive search capabilies

make data entry even easier. The TMS 2010 Server soware

can also conduct a detailed riser validaon to ensure the

transfer is properly set up and can be performed. Aer the

transfer is complete, data is safely recorded in the internal

database and oponally in your corporate database. Detailed

scan files are also stored for each cket. Need to provide

something to the trucker? Print a configurable strip cket to

the TruckVue strip printer or customize a full page cket and send it to a networked printer.

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Data Integraon

The Spartan TruckVue system allows for easy data integraon. The TMS Server 2010 soware facilitates integraon of

facility configuraon, device measurements, operaonal data, transacons, reports, cket data and maintenance files.

This rich data set can be communicated to plant control systems or PLCs via Modbus or Ethernet. Truck Unload data is

exported daily to a .csv file that is easily imported into most PVR systems. Every detail about the transfer is recorded

once per second. Historical data can be recalled for any cket. Everything from hard copy reprints to detailed data

analysis is available. In addion, TruckVue data can be incorporated into your enterprise system, with various levels of

integraon. With TruckVue and the TMS Server 2010 soware, your system can start small and scale up as your needs

and organizaonal requirements dictate, with one pla orm.

Water Cut Accuracy Improvement

Dynamic Correcon for Density

Laboratory density measurements for wells are oen incorrect

or out of date. The Spartan TruckVue system employs an expert

rule-based group of proprietary Spartan Controls soware rounes

called AutoComp. The AutoComp feature provides automated

real me oil and water density determinaon. The densies are

determined and maintained without operator intervenon. Thissignificantly reduces the number of lab analyses required and

greatly improves the performance of the density inferred water cut

calculaons. The graph illustrates the water cut before Autocomp

(CutVal) and the water cut aer Autocomp (CutValA). Note the

significant change in oil volume due to the Autocomp soware.

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Measurement Accuracy

Accuracy of measurement can vary significantly when

comparing a common pracce of grab sampling versus

online density inferred water cut. A comparison

between a 3-part grab sample and an online density

inferred water cut will serve to illustrate this. The grab

samples were taken at the start, halfway point and

the end of unload. Note that when the samples are

taken will have an eff ect on the results. The data trend

shown illustrates density and water cut changes over

the course of the unload.

The second graph shows that there was a confirmed

error in this case where the purchaser would have paid

for an extra 1.12m3 of oil creang a loss of $352.24

for the unload (based on an esmated oil price of $50/

bbl or $314.50/m3). Results can vary greatly based on

water cut transions and sample mes, however for this

facility receiving ten loads per day the potenal error

over a year would be $915,824.00 (based on operaon 5

days/week, 52 weeks/year).

Based on a 20 m3 load the volume diff erences are as

follows:

Buyer paid for an extra (12.78 - 11.66) 1.12 m3 of oil

($352.24)

Based on es mated oil price of $50/BBL or $314.50/m3Built for Purpose

Full Truck Unload Control & Measurement

Spartan Controls’ TruckVue system is built from the

ground up to sasfy the most demanding truck loading and unloading applicaons. Our 20+ years of experience

coupled with mulple best-in-class technologies and a state-of-the-art user interface has resulted in a purpose-built

system that can handle any applicaon. With out-of-the-box capabilies for trucker log-in management, permissive

checking and data integraon, the

Spartan TruckVue system provides a

complete soluon for all your truck

loading and unloading needs.

For TruckVue, the transfer

measurement result is paramount.

Accurate measurements from best-

in-class devices, industry compliant

correcons and calculaons, robust

reporng and a detailed audit trail

are integral parts of the TruckVue

system. Ensuring every transfer is

measured, recorded and stored

accurately and safely is our priority.

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7-24 Support

One phone call for your whole system

Experienced, factory-trained, fully equipped technicians

Local support

Complete Soluon

In order to serve our customers, Spartan Controls possesses an extensive product por olio. Many of these products

are complementary to our TruckVue system.

• Sterling on/off and ESD valves

• Rosemount pressure, temperature and flow transmiers

• Winters gauges

• Fisher control valves

• Rosemount level and radar transmiers

• Det-Tronics fire and gas equipment

• IntelliView video monitoring soluons

• ROC RTU for blending

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