API MPM CH4.9.1:2005
Superseded
A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.
A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.
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
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19-10-2018
English
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
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