Process of Crude Oil Tanks Filling and Discharging Using Distributed Control System (DCS) at Oil Fields

Abstract

A distributed control system (DCS) is a modern control system used to automate electromechanical processes, is frequently used when DCS implementing automated control, which is an important part of many modern industries. This research is based on monitoring Level, Pressure and flow of crude oil in the crude oil storage tank by using ABB Program. Automatic control of crude oil in vessel can work continuously and can provide accurate quantity of crude in less time. In such process there is no need of labor so there is no human error. Without human error, the quality of product is better and the cost of production would definitely decrease. The purpose of the research is to replace the manual system being used in the industry, compare the time, and manpower requirement for both the existing system with the proposed automated system. Using of DCS turns to a higher performance, great efficiency, minimize hardware and maintenance costs. So the automatic control system is better than manual control system