Automation of a LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Plant

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is one of the most widely used energy sources in the world, both domestically and industrially, and its use are constantly increasing. Its handling represents a complex and delicate process, which on many occasions the stages of provision of the product lead to errors. For this reason, it is necessary to minimize the operations and controls under human supervision, taking into account that the variables that influence their handling and that depend on the control devices must be continuously verified, such as product levels, pressure and temperature in the spheres that are used for storage. These variables must be within the established security parameters. The non-use of automation techniques maintaining the LPG dispensing service manually is very inefficient both from an operational and economic point of view, so automating an LPG dispensing system is necessary from both points of view in order to ensure its correct handling and efficiency in delivery as well as a result of these improvements increase the financial benefit of its operation. In this work, the results of automating a LPG liquefied petroleum gas plant are presented, being the same from the operational and financial point of view, being the same highly positive, achieving the maximization of safety in the handling of LPG, promoting the reduction of cost and time savings in operations.