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API MPM CH4.9.1:2005

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MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 4 - PROVING SYSTEMS - SECTION 9 - METHODS OF CALIBRATION FOR DISPLACEMENT AND VOLUMETRIC TANK PROVERS - PART 1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE VOLUME OF DISPLACEMENT AND TANK PROVERS
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

10-19-2018

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2015

1.0 INTRODUCTION
    1.1 U.S. Customary and Metric (SI) Units
    1.2 National Weights and Measures Agencies
    1.3 Safety Considerations
2.0 SCOPE
3.0 REFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
4.0 TERMS, SYMBOLS AND APPLICATIONS
    4.1 Terms
    4.2 Symbols
    4.3 Applications
5.0 TYPES OF PROVERS
    5.1 Displacement Type Unidirectional Provers With
         Free Displacers
    5.2 Displacement Type Bi-directional Provers with
         Free Displacers
    5.3 Displacement Type Meter Provers With Captive
         Displacers
    5.4 Displacement Type Meter Provers with Multiple
         Volumes
    5.5 Atmospheric Tank Provers
6.0 EQUIPMENT
    6.1 Prover Detector Switches
    6.2 Launching Chambers and Transfer Chambers
    6.3 Sphere Interchanges
    6.4 Four-Way Valves
    6.5 Displacers
    6.6 Valves, Relief Valves, Drains and Vents
    6.7 Temperature and Pressure Indicators
    6.8 Hoses, Pumps and Connections
    6.9 Solenoid Valves and Logic Circuits
    6.10 Field Standard Test Measures
    6.11 Master Meter
    6.12 Master Prover
    6.13 Mobile Equipment
    6.14 Gravimetric Equipment
7.0 DOCUMENTATION AND RECORD KEEPING
8.0 CALIBRATION TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
APPENDIX A (INFORMATIVE) CALIBRATION WITNESSES
APPENDIX B (INFORMATIVE) A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE
FREQUENCY OF CALIBRATING PIPE PROVERS
Figures
Table

Describes all the procedures required to determine the field data necessary to calculate a Base Prover Volume (BPV) of either Displacement Provers or Volumetric Tank Provers.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
29
ProductNote
Reconfirmed 2005
PublisherName
American Petroleum Institute
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

API MPM CH7 : 2001 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 7 - TEMPERATUREDETERMINATION
API MPM CH4 : 1ED 78 PROVING SYSTEMS
API MPM CH1 : 1994 Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards - Chapter 1: Vocabulary

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