API MPM CH4.9.1 : 2005(R2015)
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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
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14-04-2022
English
01-01-2015
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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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Provers are precision devices, defined as volumetric standards, which are used to verify the accuracy of liquid volumetric meters used for custody transfer measurement.
| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
30
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| ProductNote |
Reconfirmed 2015 This product is unavailable in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria
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| PublisherName |
American Petroleum Institute
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| 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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