Intelligent Terminal Automation System

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Rockwell Automation intelligent Terminal
Automation Systems provide a complete
automation solution for tank terminals beyond
your expectations……
The Rockwell Automation intelligent Terminal Automation System(TAS) provides monitoring,
control and management of the entire product handling process from receiving to storage to
distribution. Our terminal and tank farm experience includes products such as crude oil, refined
oil, liquefied natural gas, petroleum gas and chemical tank farms, utilizing loading systems
for ships, trains, trucks and pipelines. With data integration as the system’s core, TAS combines
automatic control and business management functions. It is an integrated, modular, open and
scalable solution that helps ensure the safe and stable operation, optimal management and
profit maximization of the terminal, as well as lowering production costs.

Terminal Automation Control

• Process control
• Safety control
• Fire & Gas control

Terminal Business Management

• Material transfer (truck loading/unloading, vessel
loading/unloading, tanking, pipelining etc.)
• Material tracking
• Storage tanks and inventory management
• Material sorting/classification management
• Customer management
• Vehicles and vessels management
• Equipment and assets management
• Order and contract management
• Distribution statements
• Supervisor query
• ERP interface

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Main features
Terminal Management System (TMS)
TMS is an integrated terminal management system at As a TMS network usually adopts the B/S (browser/
MES level. It can send commands to the control system server) structure, the terminal management may
via the interface with the process control system, and perform data entry, editing, management, query,
also transmit necessary data to the ERP system. statistics and summary, statements review and printing,
and online release through the Web server using a
TMS is mainly responsible for the operations and browser with appropriate authority. Additionally, special
management of the entire production and business software does not need to be installed in the system to
processes at the terminal. It includes operations of perform this task.
material receiving and distribution, stock tracking, tank
farm condition monitoring, stock material change, stock With a standard database as its core, TMS provides data
calculation, metrical information collection of volume display and output in various forms of data sheets and
and quality data, water separation, tank cleaning, data graphs.
management of operation records, receipt preparation,
log books distribution, at the same time analyzing The Rockwell Automation TMS is modular and can
operation and business data, while performing position be customized based on customer requirements. Its
operation guidance and management. With integrated flexibility and ease of use help customers to reduce
management throughout all business processes, their total operating costs.
besides being able to enhance the operation efficiency
at the terminal, it is also able to standardize and improve
terminal companies’ management effectiveness.

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 Process Control System
The Rockwell Automation PlantPAx Process Control
system is a unified platform for sequential control,
process control, electrical control and safety control.
It provides a powerful, flexible, low-cost and all-in-
one solution for process monitoring and safety at tank
farms.

PlantPAx performs data acquisition, control and

management of production control, and transmits
and receives process variables from the control center.
Authorized staff at the plant may perform monitoring,
control, scheduling and management over the entire
plant through the control center. Its main features
include:

• Data acquisition: to collect, display, record and provide

alarms on process parameters, fire control, electrics,
cathodic protection and equipment condition (failure
and analysis of oil pumps and instruments) as well as
other related data
• Control: real-time control of equipment (valves/
pumps)
• Display: running status, operating instructions,
dynamic trends, historical trends, simulative process
flow diagrams
• Authorization and user management
• Alarm report processing: display of alarms and events
and printing of reports
• Database: real-time data collection and establishment
of historical and real-time databases of the control
system
• Programming and configuration: programming,
configuration and data editing of the control system
• Communication: communication among the
measuring system, automation system and other
subsystems

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Safety System Terminal Loading System
Safety control at the terminal involves equipment safety, The terminal loading system is applied in the storage and
personal safety and environmental safety, and thus is transportation operations at the terminal to improve the
the top priority in the terminal operation. TAS provides accuracy of product receipt or delivery, and lowers costs
solutions which comply to SIL2 or SIL3 standard, which and improves efficiency by automating shipping/trucking/
can effectively realize safety control of the entire plant barreling. At the same time, it helps to avoid accidents
including the tank farm, pump area and loading area. caused by static electricity, manual measurement, and
abnormal loss of product. Meanwhile, it also provides
accurate data to the upper ERP management system to
Fire & Gas System includes: significantly improve the management and macro-control
capability of the tank farm.
• Fire-area control philosophy
• Operator authorization management
• Automatic control, interlocking control and
monitoring of the fire pumps, electric valves and fire- • Driver and vehicle authorization management
fighting control • Fill in, submit and process bills of materials
• Automatic water replenishment of the fire water tank • Crane position allocation and condition monitoring
• High-pressure stability automation system • Loading preparation, execution and completion of the
• Heat, smoke and flame detectors, on-site manual entire management process
fire call point, combustible gas signal detection • Acquisition and use of flow and weight signals
acquisition, monitoring and alarm system
• Intelligent control and interlocking protection of
• Alarm signal to the industrial CCTV system pumps and valves
• Signals interlock to the emergency evacuation system • Dynamic screen display of loading process,
• Safety protection systems, static electric grounding as
well as recovery systems
• Reports, billing and invoice printing
• Data archiving and database management

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Motor Control system Communication
Rockwell Automation provides a complete set of By adopting a completely open architecture and
intelligent motor control centers, offering advanced and supporting standard communication interfaces and
reliable electrical control for the terminal. protocols, TAS allows easy and convenient data sharing
within an enterprise. The system can communicate with
third-party equipment and ERP system by means of
serial communication, DeviceNet, ControlNet,
Variable Frequency Drive System EtherNet/IP, OPC, etc.

Rockwell Automation PowerFlex variable frequency

drives provide a complete set of variable frequency
control solutions for truck loading pumps, shipping/
unshipping pumps, transfer pumps, and compressors.

Terminal Automation System Network Diagram

Customs
control Corporation

ERP
Redundant Server Engineer Operator Station Printer
station or function station
Internet/VNP
MES
Firewall

EtherNet
Print Server

PCS ESD F&G

ControlNet Other subsystems
at the tank farm
(for measurement,
simulation or leak
I/O testing etc.)

Loading system
DeviceNet

Condition
Monitoring
(XM)
Motor Control Variable Frequency Soft Starter
Center (MCC) Drive (SMC)
(VFD)

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Summary:
• Customizable to meet user requirements • Supports MES
• Applicable to all tank farms and terminals • Connects with commercial systems, such as ERP
• Suitable for highway loading, rail loadingg and • Offers seamless integration between process, electrical
shipping applications and information automation
• Improves efficiency and increase profits • Provides a complete end-to-end tank terminal
automation system
• Provides safety protection
• Delivered with domain expertise and industry
knowledge

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