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  • API MPM CH4.8 : 2013

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    MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 4.8: OPERATION OF PROVING SYSTEMS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  10-08-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-09-2013

    Publisher:  American Petroleum Institute

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    1 Scope
    2 Normative References
    3 Terms and Definitions
    4 Basic Principles
    5 The Need to Prove
    6 Frequency of Meter Proving
    7 General Considerations for Meters and Provers
    8 Proving Locations
    9 Types of Provers
    10 Prover Calibration Frequency
    11 Proving Methods
    12 Assessment of Proving Results
    13 Proving Concerns
    Annex A (normative) - Evaluating Meter Proving Data
    Annex B (normative) - Method for Determining the Frequency of
                          Calibrating Provers
    Annex C (informative) - Meter Prover Operation
    Annex D (informative) - Proving Form Examples
    Bibliography

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    Gives information for operating meter provers on single-phase liquid hydrocarbons.

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    Document Type Standard
    Product Note This product is unavailable in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria
    Publisher American Petroleum Institute
    Status Superseded
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    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    API MPM CH4.5 SPANISH : 2011 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 4.5: MASTER METER PROVERS
    API MPM CH4.7 REDLINE : 2009 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS CHAPTER 4 - PROVING SYSTEMS SECTION 7 - FIELD STANDARD TEST MEASURES - INCLUDES STANDARD + REDLINE (PDF)
    API 2560 : 2003 RECONCILIATION OF LIQUID PIPELINE QUANTITIES
    BS ISO 2714:2017 Liquid hydrocarbons. Volumetric measurement by displacement meter Volumetric measurement by displacement meter systems other than dispensing pumps
    API MPM CH5.8 SPANISH : 2011 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 5.8: MEASUREMENT OF LIQUID HYDROCARBONS BY ULTRASONIC FLOW METERS
    API MPM CH4.9.3:2010 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 4: PROVING SYSTEMS - SECTION 9: METHODS OF CALIBRATION FOR DISPLACEMENT AND VOLUMETRIC TANK PROVERS - PART 3: DETERMINATION OF THE VOLUME OF DISPLACEMENT PROVERS BY THE MASTER METER METHOD OF CALIBRATION
    ISO 2714:2017 Liquid hydrocarbons — Volumetric measurement by displacement meter
    API MPM CH4.7 : 2009 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 4: PROVING SYSTEMS - SECTION 7: FIELD STANDARD TEST MEASURES
    API 551 : 2016 PROCESS MEASUREMENT
    API MPM CH4.9.3 : 2010(R2015) MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 4: PROVING SYSTEMS - SECTION 9: METHODS OF CALIBRATION FOR DISPLACEMENT AND VOLUMETRIC TANK PROVERS - PART 3: DETERMINATION OF THE VOLUME OF DISPLACEMENT PROVERS BY THE MASTER METER METHOD OF CALIBRATION
    API MPM CH5.8 : 2011 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 5.8: MEASUREMENT OF LIQUID HYDROCARBONS BY ULTRASONIC FLOW METERS
    ISO 2715:2017 Liquid hydrocarbons — Volumetric measurement by turbine flowmeter
    API MPM CH4.5 : 2016 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 4.5: MASTER METER PROVERS
    API MPM CH23.1 : 2016 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 23.1: RECONCILIATION OF LIQUID PIPELINE QUANTITIES
    17/30331584 DC : 0 BS ISO 2715 - LIQUID HYDROCARBONS - VOLUMETRIC MEASUREMENT BY TURBINE FLOWMETER
    17/30331581 DC : 0 BS ISO 2714 - LIQUID HYDROCARBONS - VOLUMETRIC MEASUREMENT BY DISPLACEMENT METER
    PIP PCEFL001 : 2017 FLOW MEASUREMENT GUIDELINES

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    API MPM CH4.5 : 2016 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 4.5: MASTER METER PROVERS
    API MPM CH5.8 : 2011 MANUAL OF PETROLEUM MEASUREMENT STANDARDS - CHAPTER 5.8: MEASUREMENT OF LIQUID HYDROCARBONS BY ULTRASONIC FLOW METERS
    API MPM CH7.2 : 1995 TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION - PORTABLE ELECTRONIC THERMOMETERS
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