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Loading metering skids
LPG 050/080
Certified and standardized
solutions for custody transfer
applications
Your benefits at a glance
• Loading metering skid
(LPG) unit with MID approval
(Measuring Instruments
Directive) guarantees custody
transfer standard
• Easy installation and
commissioning thanks to a
completely engineered
and assembled skid
• Fully compatible and
upgradeable with the
Endress+Hauser terminal
management solution
• Lowest billing losses because
of highest Coriolis accuracy
• Lowest maintenance
cost based on wear-free
measurement
• Lowest recalibration cost as
a result of long-term stability
of Coriolis meters
• Lower pressure loss than
PD (positive displacement)
meters
2 Loading metering skids LPG 050/080
LPG truck loading process
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is Dynamic fluid pressure control is Significant additional energy is
becoming more and more common included in Endress+Hauser standard required to re-liquefy LPG gas back
as an alternative hydrocarbon LPG custody transfer metering into LPG liquid and normally it is
fuel especially for its lower carbon solutions in order to prevent not practical to convert this in the
emissions, higher transport flexibility vaporization. road tanker. The vapor is therefore
and higher calorific value. returned to the original storage tanks
The pressure control loop is where re-liquefaction can take place
LPG is however not an easy product implemented in the batching flow with suitable specialist equipment.
to handle, especially because of its computer. It triggers the set-stop
relatively high vapor pressure and valve to increase back pressure It is proven that if the mass of the
the related tendency to gasify easily, in order to maintain the fluid by vapor returned is not measured and
thus generating bi-phase product constantly monitoring its vapor subtracted from the input, there
which could affect the performance pressure. may be up to 3 to 4% error on the
of custody transfer metering systems. reported total liquid LPG loaded.
Endress+Hauser LPG loading systems
LPG is normally traded in mass Vapor recovery option are provided in a modular concept
and so custody transfer certified that allow easy integration of a vapor
metering skids based on mass Imagine a LPG road tanker that is
recovery metering line which is
flow meters are the best option. mostly empty, but still has some
equipped with an additional Promass
Endress+Hauser (thanks to its remaining LPG in the tank; the empty
Coriolis meter (usually 1”nb) and
world-renowned Promass mass flow space is therefore filled with LPG
the related valves. The LPG net
meter and application experience) vapor under pressure of the LPG gas
liquid calculation is made directly in
is acknowledged as being the at the tank’s temperature.
the batching flow computer which
best partner for engineering and integrates the mass input from the
installation. Clearly, to make space in the tanker
two meters.
for the new liquid that is being
tanked, some vapor must be removed.
Vapor recovery process during LPG truck loading
LPG vapor recovery line
Vapor LPG
Vapor LPG
Liquid LPG Liquid LPG
LPG liquid metering line
Supply LPG tank LPG road tanker
Certified and standardized solutions for custody transfer applications 3
Truck loading metering skid (LPG) specification
Model Application Line Custody transfer flow rate Max. flow Fast offloading
Size according to PTB approval @ DP 0.5 bar* version
LPG050 Small Truck Loading 2” 60…1000 kg/min 280 kg/min not applicable
LPG080 Large Truck Loading 3” 150…3000 kg/min 700 kg/min not applicable
*Note: Maximum flow rate has been calculated in order to maintain the LPG velocity in the piping at lower than 4 m/sec.
General specifications
Liquids For LPG (GPL)
Versions Only horizontal configuration available
Pressure rating ANSI Cl. 300, DIN PN40 upon request
Material Carbon steel, others on request
Ex concept ATEX Ex d, armored cabled
Custody transfer MID Directive 2004/22/EC MI-005, Class 0.5
Equipment Promass mass flow meter, batching flow computer, temperature
sensor, pressure sensor, digital start-stop valve, Y-strainer, isolation
valves, frame and piping, Ex d junction box
Optional Prover connections, air eliminator, card reader, overfill prevention
sensor, grounding unit, a properly sized vapor recovery line can be
connected to each loading metering skid above and will be controlled
by the batching flow computer.
Interested in more information? Please contact your local Endress+Hauser partner:
www.endress.com/locations.
Contact
IN01063S/29/EN/01.15
Endress+Hauser
Instruments International AG
Kaegenstrasse 2
4153 Reinach
Switzerland
Tel +41 61 715 8100
Fax +41 61 715 2500
[email protected]www.endress.com
