Automind designs and implements the AOPS System at Ultracargo – API 2350

Accurate and reliable tank level monitoring is important to avoid overflow situations. Overfill prevention practices are presented in the American standard API - 2350.

One of the protection methods presented in API – 2350 is the AOPS (Automatic Overfill Prevention System). AOPS is composed of three components: sensor element, logic solver and actuator.

Automind was selected by Ultracargo to design the AOPS System for the Suape, Aratu and Santos terminals and implement it in the Suape and Aratu terminals.

The project was prepared in accordance with the requirements of the API -2350 standard and its recommendations, but also in line with Ultracargo's engineering philosophy, which is to have an AOPS System with an open architecture at the end of the project, enabling integration with TMS (Terminal Management System) installed in the terminal.

The AOPS System was designed with the following characteristics:

• Proof Test
• Minimum security level SIL 1
• Number of tanks monitored per expandable panel
• Modbus – TCP protocol for integration with TMS
• remote monitoring HMI

For the implementation of the AOPS System at the Aratu and Suape terminals, Automind was responsible for supplying and implementing the logic solver function, integrating the sensor and actuator elements acquired by Ultracargo.