JPH0780519B2 - Inventory control system at gas stations - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inventory amount adjusting system for effectively utilizing inventory in a gas station having a plurality of underground tanks of the same oil type.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG.
Although 1 and 2 weighing machines 37-40 were connected from 1,32 via the oil supply pipes 33-36, the vehicle was refueled,
Depending on the installation location of the weighing machine, there are weighing machines that are frequently entered by the vehicle and weighing machines that are infrequently used, resulting in a large difference in the amount of refueling.

The difference in the amount of refueling is directly related to the amount of stock in the underground tank, and even for the same tank of 10 kiloliters,
Inventories of tanks connected to weighing machines with high refueling volume decrease rapidly, and tanks connected to weighing machines with low refueling volume decrease only slightly.

Finally, although one tank is sufficiently in stock, the other tank is out of stock, and the weighing machine connected to the unstocked tank cannot be used. There is a lot of waste, such as inducing tanks and arranging tank trucks just for tanks that are out of stock.

In order to solve this, there is an automatic balancing system as shown in FIG. This is the underground tank 5
The suction pipes from 0 to 54 are connected to the three-way valves 61 to 63, and the liquid level detectors 70 provided in the respective underground tanks 50 to 54
This is a system in which the output of 74 is monitored by a digital liquid level gauge 81, and the controller 82 operates the three-way valves 61 to 63 according to the change of the stock amount to switch the underground tank to be used.

[0006]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, if the system is to be installed at an existing gas station, it is necessary to replace all the piping from the tank to the weighing machine, which requires a long construction period and hinders gas station operations. There are many problems such as being done.

[0007] The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a system for adjusting the stock quantity of an underground tank at a gas station and efficiently utilizing the stock without modifying any existing equipment.

[0008]

In order to solve this problem, the inventory amount adjusting system of the present invention has an inventory level adjusting system of each of the underground tank and the ground in a gas station having a plurality of underground tanks storing the same type of oil . the proximal each other of the riser which connects a plurality of oil port, ground in the riser
It is characterized in that it is provided with means for supplying oil from an underground tank through the same pipe to the other underground tank at the portion exposed to the above.

When it is determined that a particular underground tank is used less frequently, the system for refueling that underground tank is omitted, and only the refueling system from that underground tank to other underground tanks is used. You can also

As means for supplying oil from one underground tank to another underground tank, a pump is provided in the middle of the pipe to suck oil in one underground tank and supply it to the other underground tank. An opening / closing solenoid valve, a two-way solenoid valve, a three-way solenoid valve, or a check valve can be provided at required places in the piping on the inlet side and the outlet side of this pump.

The oil supply between the tanks may be performed manually by monitoring the oil amount or the liquid level in each underground tank.
Depending on the signal from the sensor that detects the oil amount or liquid level in each underground tank, the oil amount or liquid level in one of the underground tanks is below a certain level or the difference in the oil amount or liquid level from other underground tanks is above a certain level. It is desirable to provide a control device that drives the pump to supply oil from an underground tank having a large amount of oil or a high liquid level to an underground tank having a small amount of oil or a low liquid level.

Further, a construction is provided in which the base ends of the rising pipes connected to the respective underground tanks are connected by pipes, and the pipes are provided with a solenoid valve connected to the atmosphere side and a solenoid valve connected to the suction device. You can also do it.

In this case, a pump is used as the suction device, and the amount of oil or liquid level in each underground tank is monitored to manually operate the pump, or a sensor for detecting the amount of oil or liquid level in each underground tank is used. Depending on the signal, when the oil amount or liquid level in one of the underground tanks is below a certain level or the difference in the oil amount or liquid level from other underground tanks is above a certain level, the pump is automatically driven and each rising pipe Fill the tank with oil so that the liquid level in all underground tanks becomes equal by siphoning.

[0014]

In the present invention, the oil amount or the liquid level of each underground tank is monitored, and the oil amount or the liquid level of any of the underground tanks is below a certain level or the oil amount or the liquid level of another underground tank. When the difference exceeds a certain level, oil is automatically or manually operated from the underground tank with a large remaining amount to the underground tank with a small remaining amount, and oil is supplied via the riser pipe to the remaining tanks of each underground tank. The amounts are almost equal.

Further, by using the siphon phenomenon to equalize the liquid levels in all underground tanks, the remaining amount in each underground tank becomes substantially equal.

If it is determined that a particular underground tank is used less frequently, the cost of the equipment can be reduced by omitting the system for refueling the underground tank.

The work for remodeling can be performed without modifying the existing equipment.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the first embodiment of the system according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 and 2 are underground tanks, 3 and 4 are rising pipes, and 5 and 6 are lubrication ports. The rising pipes 3 and 4 are existing ones. Adapters 7 and 8 are provided at the base ends of the rising pipes 3 and 4, and a pipe 9 is connected to the adapters 7 and 8. The pipe 9 is for supplying oil from the underground tanks 1 to 2 or from the underground tanks 2 to 1, and the pipelines 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-
It consists of 4, 9-5, 9-6. Pipe lines 9-1 and 9-2 are
Along the way, the pipe line 9-3, the suction opening / closing solenoid valves 10, 11,
It is connected via a pipe line 9-4, and is further connected via a lubrication opening / closing solenoid valve 12, 13 at the tip. Solenoid valves for suction opening / closing 10, 11 and solenoid valves for oiling opening / closing 12, 1
An oil supply pump 14 is provided between the oil supply pump 3 and the oil supply pump 3. 1 in the figure
Reference numeral 5 is a motor that drives the oil supply pump 14.

The underground tanks 1 and 2 are respectively provided with oil level sensors 16 and 17 for detecting the stock quantity, and the detection outputs thereof are input to a digital indicator 18. The output of the digital indicator 18 is input to the solenoid valve control device 19.

One of the stock quantities of oil in the respective underground tanks 1 and 2 detected by the oil level sensors 16 and 17, for example, the stock quantity of the underground tank 1 is below a certain value, or the mutual difference is a certain value. As described above, the solenoid valve control device 19 issues a command to open the suction opening / closing solenoid valve 11 and the oil supply opening / closing solenoid valve 12, and operates the oil supply pump 14. This allows
The oil in the underground tank 2 is sucked up through the rising pipe 4, and the pipelines 9-2, 9-4, the solenoid valve 11, the pipeline 9-5, the oil supply pump 14, the pipeline 9-6, the solenoid valve 12, It is sent to the adapter 7 on the lubrication port 5 side via the pipe line 9-1, and the rising pipe 3
Oil is supplied to the underground tank 1 through the. When the stock quantity in the underground tanks 1 and 2 reaches a nearly equilibrium value, the pump 14 is stopped and the solenoid valves 11 and 12 are closed.

Instead of the suction opening / closing solenoid valves 10 and 11 and the oiling opening / closing solenoid valves 12 and 13, two-way solenoid valves or three-way solenoid valves can be used.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment, in which two three-way solenoid valves 20 and 21 are used instead of the opening / closing solenoid valves 10, 11, 12 and 13 in the first embodiment to obtain the same oil. It is made possible to supply.

In this embodiment, for example, when refueling from the underground tank 2 to the underground tank 1, the pipe line 9-2, the three-way solenoid valve 21, the pipe line 9-9, the oil supply pump 14, the pipe line 9-
Oil is supplied through 10, 9-7, the three-way solenoid valve 20, and the pipe line 9-1.

The above-mentioned first and second embodiments are examples in the case of two underground tanks, but can be similarly applied to the case of three or more underground tanks.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show an example in which the same system as the first and second embodiments is applied to three underground tanks.

In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the rising pipes 3, 4, 4a of the three underground tanks 1, 2, 2a are used.
A pipe 9 is connected to the adapters 7, 8, 8a at the base end of the. The pipe 9 is formed by adding pipe lines 9a-1 and 9a-2 and opening / closing solenoid valves 11a and 13a to the pipe 9 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

Further, in the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the pipe 9a-is connected to the pipe 9 of the second embodiment shown in FIG.
1, 9a-2 and a three-way solenoid valve 21a are additionally provided.

In the case of these third and fourth embodiments, the first,
As in the case of the second embodiment, oil can be supplied from another tank to a tank with a small remaining amount.

The above is an example of a system in which all underground tanks can be refueled with each other. However, depending on the filling station, the underground tanks that are frequently used due to the installation location of the weighing machine or the like. In some cases, there are certain underground tanks that are rarely used. Therefore, when the system of FIGS. 1 to 4 is installed, the refueling system for a specific underground tank may not be used. Therefore, it is possible to provide a system in which only an oil supply system from an underground tank that is rarely used to an underground tank that is frequently used is provided.

FIG. 5 shows a fifth embodiment in which the underground tank 1 is used less frequently and the underground tank 2 is used more frequently. In this case, the pipe 9 is the pipeline 9-1.
And the pipe line 9-2 are connected via the oil supply pump 14, and the flow of oil is in one direction from the pipe line 9-1 to the pipe line 9-2 side. As a result, when the oil amount or the liquid level in the underground tank 2 becomes a certain value or less, or when the difference from the oil amount or the liquid level in the underground tank 1 becomes a certain value or more, the output of the digital indicator 18 causes the pump drive device 22. The oil in the underground tank 1 is sucked up through the rising pipe 3 to drive the motor 15 to operate the refueling pump 14.
4, the pipe line 9-2, and the rising pipe 4 to be supplied into the underground tank 2. When the stock quantity in the underground tanks 1 and 2 reaches a nearly equilibrium value, the fuel pump 14 is stopped. As described above, the system of the present embodiment can be sufficiently applied when there is an underground tank which is frequently used and whose oil amount or liquid level often decreases, and the equipment cost is also higher than that of the system of FIG. Can be lowered.

FIG. 6 shows a sixth embodiment, in which a check valve 23 is provided in the middle of the conduit 9-1 of the embodiment of FIG. 5, the oil supply pump 14 is stopped, and then the rising pipe 3 is provided. It prevents oil from falling. The other configurations are similar to those of the system of FIG. 5, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 7 shows a seventh embodiment, and 3
The system in the case where the underground tank 1 is a tank which is rarely used among the basic underground tanks 1, 2, and 2a is shown. In this case, the underground tank 2 in the system of FIG.
(A) is attached to an element having the same configuration as that having a plurality of systems. Then, the oil supply pump 1 is connected to the rising pipes 4 and 4a via the solenoid valves 24, 24a.
Connected to 4. Therefore, when the oil amount or the liquid level of either the underground tank 2 or 2a, for example, the underground tank 2a becomes a certain value or less or the difference from the oil amount or the liquid level of the underground tank 1 becomes a certain value or more, the digital indicator The output of 18 is transmitted to the solenoid valve control device 19, the corresponding solenoid valve 24a is opened, and the motor 15 is driven to drive the fuel pump 1.
4 is activated to suck up the oil in the underground tank 1 via the rising pipe 3, and the pipe line 9-1, the oil supply pump 14, the solenoid valve 2
4a, the pipe line 9-2a, and the rising pipe 4a, and is supplied into the underground tank 2a. In the case of the other underground tank 2, oil is similarly supplied from the underground tank 1.

In the first to seventh embodiments described above, the oil level sensors 16, 17, 17 of the underground tanks 1, 2, 2a are used.
An automatic device that automatically drives the solenoid valve control device 19 or the pump drive device 22 according to the detected value of a to transfer the oil is shown. However, in the case where there is no oil level sensor etc., the operator manually operates the electromagnetic valve. Valve control device 19 or pump drive device 2
It is also possible to operate 2 to transfer the oil.

FIG. 8 shows an eighth embodiment of the present invention, in which the adapters 7 at the base ends of the rising pipes 3, 4, and 4a.
The pipe lines 9-1, 9-2, 9-2a connected to 8, 8a are integrated into one, and solenoid valves 25, 26 are provided. When there is a difference in the remaining amount of any of the underground tanks 1, 2 and 2a, the electromagnetic valve 26 that automatically connects to the atmosphere is closed and the pump 14 is operated. The suction of the pump 14 starts, and the pipe lines 9-1, 9
When the air in the -2, 9-2a and the rising pipes 3, 4, 4a is discharged, the solenoid valve 25 is automatically closed and the pump 1
When 4 is stopped, tanks 1, 2 and 2 are siphoned.
The oil moves naturally until the level of the liquid surface in a becomes uniform. Oil level sensor 16, 17, 17a
Automatically opens the solenoid valve 26 by receiving from the pipe line 9-1, 9
-Drain the oil in 2, 9-2a so that it does not always become a siphon.

The ninth embodiment of FIG. 9 uses a three-way solenoid valve 27 instead of the opening / closing solenoid valves 25 and 26 of FIG. 8, and since the other construction and operation are the same, the description thereof will be omitted.

In the eighth and ninth embodiments, the signals from the oil level sensors 16, 17, 17a are input to the solenoid valve control device 19 to check the oil level in the underground tanks 1, 2, 2a. Although the leveling is performed, if there is no oil level sensor or the like, the operator manually operates the solenoid valve control device 19 to level the oil level in the underground tanks 1, 2, 2a. You can also

By the way, according to the present Fire Defense Law, suction from an underground tank during unloading, that is, sale of oil and movement of oil by a weighing machine is prohibited, so during inventory unloading the inventory amount according to the present invention is automatically adjusted. It is desirable to keep the regulation system inoperative. For example, when the level of the underground tank is increasing at a constant speed, it is automatically detected that the tank is being unloaded, and the power supply of the inventory amount automatic adjustment system of the present invention is turned off, or the movement of oil is stopped. When the operation is completed, it will be automatically restored.

[0039]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects.

Since the system can be configured without any modification to the existing equipment, there is no business interruption time during installation.

By adjusting the inventory amount, it is possible to prevent the inventory assets of the tank with poor rotation from being left for a long time, and it is possible to effectively utilize the inventory.

The frequency of stays decreases significantly with the number of times a tank truck is arranged.

It is not necessary to run out of oil in the specific weighing machine, and it is not necessary to guide or replace the passenger car.

Since the inventory quantity of a plurality of tanks is uniformly reduced at the gas station, the amount of oil received at one time is increased, and the oil loading amount of the tank truck is extremely increased, and accordingly, the number of dispatched vehicles is also decreased. The cost can be reduced.

Since the consumption stock amount can be afforded, the time designation when arranging a tank truck vehicle is drastically reduced.

Since the amount of oil received per gas station is large,
The number of vehicles for two gas stations will be extremely reduced, and trailer delivery will be possible.

When it is determined that the frequency of use of a particular underground tank is low, it is possible to reduce the equipment cost by omitting the system for refueling the underground tank.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of a system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a third embodiment of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a fifth embodiment of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a sixth embodiment of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing a seventh embodiment of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing an eighth embodiment of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing a ninth embodiment of the system of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a conventional refueling facility.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a conventional inventory balance system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,2,2a Underground tank, 3,4,4a Rise pipe, 5,6,6a Oil inlet, 7,8,8a Adapter, 9 Piping 10,11,11a, 12,13,13
a solenoid valve, 14 oil pump, 15 motor, 16,
17, 17a Oil level sensor, 18 Digital indicator, 1
9 solenoid valve control device, 20, 21 solenoid valve, 22 pump drive device, 23 check valve, 24, 24a, 25, 2
6,27 Solenoid valve

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. In a gas station having a plurality of underground tanks that store the same type of oil, each underground tank and above ground tank
Site smell proximal each other of the riser, and exposed on the ground in the riser connecting the plurality of oil port of
And a means for supplying oil to another underground tank from the underground tank connected through the pipe, and the inventory adjustment system at the gas station. 2. The inventory amount adjusting system in a gas station according to claim 1, wherein the means for supplying oil from one underground tank to another underground tank is a pump provided in the middle of the pipe. 3. The inventory quantity adjusting system at a gas station according to claim 2, wherein solenoid valves are provided in the pipelines on the inlet side and the outlet side of the pump. 4. The inventory quantity adjusting system in a gas station according to claim 2, wherein a three-way solenoid valve is provided in a pipe line on the inlet side of the pump. 5. The inventory quantity adjusting system in a gas station according to claim 2, wherein a check valve is provided in a pipeline on the inlet side of the pump. 6. The inventory adjustment system in a gas station according to claim 2, wherein an electromagnetic valve is provided in a pipe line on the outlet side of the pump. 7. A signal from a sensor that detects the amount of oil in each underground tank causes the amount of oil in one of the underground tanks or the liquid level to be below a certain level, or the difference in the amount of oil or the liquid level from another underground tank above a certain level. And a control device that drives the pump to supply oil from an underground tank with a large amount of oil or a high liquid level to an underground tank with a small amount of oil or a low liquid level when 7. The inventory adjustment system at a gas station according to any one of 2 to 6. 8. In a gas station having a plurality of underground tanks storing the same type of oil, the base ends of the rising pipes connected to the respective underground tanks are connected by piping, and
An inventory adjustment system at a gas station, wherein a solenoid valve connected to the atmosphere side and a solenoid valve connected to a suction device are provided in the same pipe. 9. The inventory adjustment system in a gas station according to claim 8, wherein the suction device is a pump. 10. The signal of a sensor for detecting the amount of oil in each underground tank causes the amount of oil or the liquid level in any of the underground tanks to be below a certain level, or the difference in the amount of oil or the liquid level from other underground tanks to be above a certain level. 10. The stock adjustment at the gas station according to claim 9, wherein the pump is driven to fill the rising pipes and pipes of each underground tank with oil so that the liquid levels in all underground tanks become equal due to the siphon phenomenon. system.