Designers & Builders of Fluid Systems Requiring Precision in Mechanics and Control

Presented by: Tom EdwardsPresident and Engineering Director

Headquarters Naperville, Illinois near ChicagoFounded 1995 with Earthsafe Systems/ Independent in 2004

Partnered with Petrak Industries for Fabrication

Focus

Fluidics for Research & Development

• Small Scale Pilot Plants• Pressure Test Stands• Hose Permeation• Liquid Thermal Management• Fuel Conditioning Systems• Combustion Gas Blending

Some Customers• Automotive: Ford, GM, Toyota, Honda, Nissan• Defense: General Dynamics, BAE, Honeywell• Basic Research: NASA, Argonne Laboratories,

Fermi Laboratories, SAIC• Also: BP, Lubrizol, Siemens, Bosch, Textron

Solutions for the Oil & Gas Industry

• Blending Systems• Tank Farm Automation

• Process Design• Control System Design• Software• Fabrication• Commissioning

Mechanicals for Worldwide Deployment

Varying Standards• Metric or Imperial Flanges & Piping• API, ASME, GOST

Varying Climates• Tropics• Temperate Climates• Shipboard or Seaside• High Temperatures• Low Temperatures• Sand Storms

• 30,000 SF Shop• 20 Ton Overhead Crane• 12 ASME certified Welders• ASME B31.1 & PMI• Experts in stainless steel and alloys• Low pressures to 500 BAR

• PLC’s: Allen Bradley, GE Fanuc, Telemechanique / Modicon, Siemens, Honeywell• CompactRIO reconfigurable embedded control and acquisition system• NEC, IEC, ATEX, NFPA, Cenelec, CSA, NEMA

Process Control Systems

Both Simple and Complex Interfaces

User Defined Multiple Languages

LOGOS Software for Worldwide Deployment

Terminal Blending ProcessEthanol, Methanol, Bio-Diesel, GTL

• Use of wild stream technique.• Use of flow meter on blend allows dual use

as custody transfer meter.• Flow Must be mass or corrected for

temperature and sometimes pressure.• Typically have low turndown requirements• Pump must be suitable for high vapor.• Use of Pump for flow control simplifies

system and has very accurate control.• Static Mixer for homogenization but more

importantly provides a representative sample for analysis.

• These systems use bench top analyzers.

Terminal Blending ProcessEthanol, Methanol, Bio-Diesel, GTL

Terminal Blending User Interface(Simple)

Blending processes for RVP, RON, L/V

• Blending based on mass using coriolis meters• Very High Turndowns (100:1)• On Line analyzers with Fast Loop• More complex algorithms so we use

enhanced processors• Maintaining Liquid Phase• Preliminary diffusion then static mixers for

representative sampling

1) RVP Requirements Change throughout the year

2) RVP of Pipeline less than mandated Maximum

3) If Allowable RVP = 10.0 psi and Pipeline RVP = 9.7 psi

4) Solve Mpetrol x (9.7) + Mbutane(52) = Mtotal (10.0)

5) If Mpetro= 1,000,000 then Mbutane = 7,000

Butane: $1.50 per GallonGasoline: $3.00 per GallonProfit: $1.50 per Gallon

Butane Blending

• Hundreds of different formulas which change day by day• Highly Viscous materials• High Variation in component temperatures, viscosities• Highly susceptible to cross contamination• Contains some very low 0.05% additive Rates

Lubricant Blending

LOGOS Enterprise for Lubricant Blending

Technics has designed and automated tank farms for terminal operationsas well as research and specialty transportation

BASF Engine Testing Amsoil Lubricant Plant

Nissan Automotive Assembly Plant

Tank Farm Automation

Tank Farm Automation

LOGOS Tank Farm Module works as a stand alone or integral interface with the blending process system. Information on the tank geometry & alarm setpoints and the material properties of its content are retrieved from the database and presented to operators and supervisors.•An array configuration allows new tanks to be easily added•Works with any tank geometry.•API Temperature compensated volume.•Works with any type level transmitters.•Retains past contents of tanks.

Tank Historian

• Inventory reports can be generated daily, weekly, or monthly at a selectable time of day. • Alarm notification and logging• Retains Pump Data like hours of operation and faults

Tank Farm Database

• Communicates with a wide variety of databases including SAP, Access, Oracle, and Excel.

Customers• BP• BASF• South Refineries Company• Oilibya• Boeing• General Motors• Ford Motor Company• NASA Glenn Research

Center• General Dynamics• Toyota Motors• Textron

• Pratt & Whitney• United Technologies• Nissan Motors• US Oil• Argonne National

Laboratories• Fermi Accelerator

Laboratories• TI Automotive• Textron• Kia Motors• Eaton

• United States• Canada• Mexico• South Korea• China• Australia• Ethiopia• Iraq• Portugal

Countries• Honeywell Aerospace• Continental AG• US Army• SAIC• Siemens Automotive• Eagle Picher• Honda Motors• Invensys• Magneti Marelli• US EPA• Mark IV Automotive• United Defense