EP2653442A1 - Verfahren und System zur Identifizierung eines Raums in einem Tankwagen - Google Patents

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EP2653442A1
EP2653442A1 EP13162057.7A EP13162057A EP2653442A1 EP 2653442 A1 EP2653442 A1 EP 2653442A1 EP 13162057 A EP13162057 A EP 13162057A EP 2653442 A1 EP2653442 A1 EP 2653442A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D7/00—Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes
    • B67D7/06—Details or accessories
    • B67D7/32—Arrangements of safety or warning devices; Means for preventing unauthorised delivery of liquid
    • B67D7/34—Means for preventing unauthorised delivery of liquid
    • B67D7/344—Means for preventing unauthorised delivery of liquid by checking a correct coupling or coded information

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  • the invention relates to the loading of compartments of a tanker vehicle by a loading / unloading station of a storage place.
  • Tank vehicles intended for the transfer of fluids such as hydrocarbon products generally comprise several separate compartments.
  • the filling or emptying of the compartments of the tanker vehicle is generally carried out by fixed equipment such as a loading / unloading station. Loading or unloading can be done “from above” or “from below” the compartment.
  • the loading arm ends with a dip tube introduced at the dome.
  • the end of each loading arm comprises a coupler, corresponding to a socket, which makes it possible to ensure a sealed connection with an adapter, corresponding to a plug, located on the compartment of the tanker vehicle.
  • Coupler will subsequently be used to designate the end of the loading arm of the fixed equipment and the term “adapter” to designate the orifice of the compartment of the tank vehicle, whether the loading or unloading takes place “from above” or “from below”.
  • a trucking plan defining for each compartment of the tanker vehicle the product to be loaded or unloaded, thus determining the loading arm to be used, as well as the amount of fluid to be made. circulate, this value being generally linked to the capacity of the compartment.
  • This loading method is a manual process that does not make it possible to overcome human errors of entry or errors of connection on the part of the driver.
  • different types of filling processes of a tanker vehicle are known.
  • German patent DE 43 31 607 describes in particular a method of filling a tank car with a feed station, in which an identification of the tank car and a determination of the volume of residual liquid in the tank are carried out, so as to optimize the filling of the tank and avoid overflow.
  • the identification of the tank car is not done automatically when coupling the vehicle adapter with the station coupler.
  • the identification only includes information about the type of fuel and the quantity in the truck.
  • the US patent US 5,579,233 discloses a method of filling a fuel tank of a motor vehicle with a tanker truck comprising a plurality of compartments for containing different fuels. This method comprises a step of identifying the vehicle to be filled in order to ensure the delivery of the right fuel to the vehicle, and so as to measure the volume of fuel delivered and determine the type of fuel to be delivered.
  • this identification method is implemented on board the truck which involves providing each truck with a system capable of implementing this method, for example using edge computers.
  • the implementation of such systems on each truck therefore generate additional costs for the carrier.
  • the object of the invention is to overcome at least in part the disadvantages mentioned above and to allow an automatic identification of a compartment of a tanker vehicle before the fluid transfer operation.
  • a system for identifying a compartment of a tanker vehicle by a loading / unloading station in one aspect, there is provided a system for identifying a compartment of a tanker vehicle by a loading / unloading station.
  • the system comprises information storage means mounted on the compartment of the tank vehicle, reading means mounted on a loading / unloading arm of the loading / unloading station and able to read the information contained in the information storage means, and processing means adapted to identify the vehicle compartment from the information read before authorizing the loading of the compartment.
  • the information storage means are mounted on an adapter provided on the compartment and intended to be coupled to the loading / unloading arm.
  • the reading means are preferably mounted on a coupler provided on the end of the loading arm and intended to be coupled to the adapter.
  • the reading means of a loading / unloading arm are associated with the information storage means of a compartment.
  • the reading means are configured to read only the information stored in the storage means of the compartment to which the loading / unloading arm is coupled, regardless of the relative position of the reading means with respect to the information storage means. .
  • the stored information may advantageously comprise an identification of the tank vehicle, and / or an identification of the compartment, and / or an indication of the volume of the compartment, and / or information relating to the volume and / or the nature of the fluid contained in the compartment. .
  • a set of identification of the compartments of a tank vehicle by a loading / unloading station comprising a plurality of identification systems for identifying the compartments of a tanker vehicle coupled to loading arms / unloading of the loading / unloading station.
  • This method comprises connecting a loading / unloading arm of the loading / unloading station to the compartment of the tanker vehicle, reading information stored on storage means mounted on the compartment, and processing the information read to identify the vehicle compartment before authorizing the loading or unloading of the compartment.
  • the step of connecting the loading / unloading arm comprises a coupling of the loading / unloading arm to an adapter provided on the compartment.
  • the step of connecting the arm comprises the coupling of a coupler disposed at one end of the loading / unloading arm, to the compartment, the reading of the information being performed by reading means mounted on the coupler.
  • the step of reading the information stored in the information storage means consists in reading only the information stored in the storage means of the compartment to which the loading / unloading arm is coupled, regardless of the relative position of the reading means with respect to the information storage means, without reading the information of the storage means of the neighboring compartments.
  • FIG 1 schematically shows a tanker vehicle 1 being loaded at a loading station 5 of an oil depot.
  • the tanker vehicle 1 comprises a compartment 2 intended to contain a fluid such as a hydrocarbon product in the example illustrated.
  • the compartment 2 comprises an adapter 3 projecting on a lower part of the compartment 2 adapted to be connected to a loading arm 4 of the loading / unloading station 5.
  • the loading / unloading station 5 comprises a plurality of loading / unloading arms 4. Each arm 4 makes it possible to deliver a specific fluid to one of the compartments 2 of the tanker vehicle 1 when it is connected to it.
  • the arm 4 comprises a coupler 6 enabling the connection of the adapter 3 of the compartment 2 with the arm 4.
  • the arm 4 also comprises a valve 7 making it possible to control the flow of the fluid in the compartment 2.
  • the loading / unloading station 5 comprises an identification system 10 for identifying the compartment 2 of the tanker vehicle.
  • the identification system 10 comprises information storage means 11 provided on the compartment 2 of the tanker vehicle, and more particularly on the adapter 3, means 12 for reading information stored on the storage means 11 provided on the coupler 6 of the arm 4 and coupled to information processing means 13.
  • the processing means 13 are associated with control means 14 of the arm 4 and are coupled to communication means 15 able to exchange information with a central system or computer.
  • the control means 14 are coupled to the valve 7 and can automatically control the flow of the fluid using the valve 7 if a problem is detected by the processing means 13. This may be, for example, a situation in which a compartment comprising a first type of hydrocarbon product is coupled to a loading arm delivering another type of hydrocarbon product.
  • the information storage means 11 may comprise information related to the identification of the compartment 2 for the tanker vehicle 1, for example the number of the compartment of the tanker vehicle 1, as well as a unique identifier of the compartment, and related information. to the capacity of compartment 2.
  • the compartment number allows the system 10 to check the nature of the hydrocarbon product to be loaded in the compartment 2, and thus to avoid any mixture of different fluids, and especially different hydrocarbons, in the compartment 2.
  • the unique identifier allows the system 10 to automatically check that the tanker 1 which is at the loading station 5 is the one that is expected. The unique identifier thus makes it possible to automatically prevent possible fraud.
  • the information relating to the capacity of compartment 2 contributes to the prevention of overflows.
  • the information storage means 11 may for example use radio identification electronic tags (RFID in English for Radio Frequency Identification).
  • the information storage means 11 and reads 12 are designed to meet the requirements of the "dangerous atmosphere" type.
  • the reading means 12 and the storage means 11 are arranged in proximity, respectively on the coupler 6 and on the adapter 3, so as to allow compliance with the proximity requirements mentioned above, so that the reading means can not be read. can only read that the information stored on the storage means 11 mounted on the adapter 3 to which the coupler 6 is connected and this, regardless of their respective positions and in particular, regardless of their respective orientations.
  • a loading / unloading station 5 an identification set comprising a plurality of detection systems 10 with separate reading means 12 mounted on arms 4 of the station 5 and making it possible to collect the stored information. on the information storage means 11 associated with each of the compartments 2 of the tanker vehicle 1 to which the arms 4 are respectively coupled.
  • FIG. 2 On the figure 2 is shown a flowchart of a method of identifying a compartment 2 of a tanker vehicle 1 by a loading / unloading station 5 according to an embodiment.
  • each compartment 2 of the tanker vehicle 1 is connected to an arm 4 of the station 5 as a function of a trucking plan defining for each compartment 2 the product to be loaded.
  • the connection is made between the coupler 6 mounted on the free end of the arm 4 and the adapter 3 of the compartment 2 mounted on a loading port.
  • Each compartment 2 comprises information storage means 11, such as an electronic tag, mounted on the adapter 3 of the compartment 2.
  • information storage means 11 such as an electronic tag
  • step 202 is performed a reading of the information stored in the information storage means 11.
  • the reading is performed using reading means 12 mounted on the coupler 6 of the loading arm 4 coupled to the adapter 3 of the compartment 2.
  • the reading means 12 may be RFID means allowing to use an electromagnetic coupling for the transmission of the information to be read.
  • Step 202 of reading the information stored in the information information storage means 11 consists in reading only the information stored on the electronic tag 11 of the compartment 2 to which the coupler 6 of the loading arm 4 is coupled, and this, regardless of the relative position of the reading means 12 with respect to the information storage means 11.
  • the reading is configured to allow a reading of the stored information on the compartment 2 to which the arm 4 is coupled, without reading the information of the electronic tag of the neighboring compartment.
  • a next step 203 the information thus read is processed to identify the compartment 2 and the tanker vehicle 1 to which the arm 4 is coupled, and thus, firstly, to verify that the fluid associated with the compartment 2 corresponds to that which the arm 4 is ready to deliver, and possibly determine the amount of product to be delivered.
  • the identification of the compartment 2 thus makes it possible not only to control the product to be loaded in the compartment 2, but also to automatically prevent possible fraud by checking the identifications of the adapters of the associated tanker vehicle 1.
  • the quantity of product to be delivered can be determined from the capacity of the compartment 2 thus obtained.
  • This information can be stored with the unique identifier of the compartment 2 directly on the information storage means 11.
  • the reading means 12 can also be coupled via the processing means 13 to a central computer in which are listed additional information for compartment 2 as the quantity of product remaining in compartment 2. It is thus possible to determine the exact quantity of product to be loaded in compartment 2.
  • the invention allows an automatic identification of a compartment of a participating tank vehicle to limit the risk of overflow and possible fraud during loading.

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DE4331607C1 (de) 1993-09-17 1995-01-05 Fass Werner Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Befüllen transportabler Behälter, insbesondere Eisenbahnwagen mit Flüssigkeit
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DE4119677A1 (de) * 1991-06-14 1992-12-17 Sening Fa F A System zur unverwechselbaren zuordnung von tankabteilen eines tankwagens zu einem stationaeren abgabe- oder aufnahmetank
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DE4331607C1 (de) 1993-09-17 1995-01-05 Fass Werner Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Befüllen transportabler Behälter, insbesondere Eisenbahnwagen mit Flüssigkeit
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