Revap has an installed park with more than 100 radars (former Rosemount TRL model) in its tanks and spheres, some with more than 20 years of installation and good operation. In the last two years, due to the discontinuation of this series, the need for repair and some spares that are no longer supplied by the manufacturer has arisen.
In partnership with Revap's maintenance management, Fluxo found a good solution by changing the TRL electronic heads for REX model heads, using the same old antenna, just upgrading the FCU (field communication unit) and providing more an FCU for redundancy.
This output is bringing more reliability and availability to the refinery's telemetry system, at a lower cost than replacing the complete meter. In new diesel tanks, Fluxo has already supplied the latest generation radar level gauges Raptor model, much more compact and light, whose installation is based on a small internal communication network in the system in Fieldbus-Intrinsically Safe, that is, with just one twisted pair of wires, all the devices are installed (radar, thermometer tape, differential pressure gauge and the FCU).
Also at Revap, a refinery that has around six networks in Pakscan communication, Fluxo is also supplying the new Master Stations (MS) model P3 with redundancy and access to diagnostics, thus replacing the old ones, model P1. The wealth of diagnostics and the redundant system of the MS model P3 also bring greater reliability and availability to the STVM (motorized valve telecommand system).
In the Transfer and Storage area of Recap and Transpetro of Itajaí, Fluxo also upgraded the Master Stations together with the maintenance teams, thus obtaining greater network reliability and availability.
Both FCUs and MS were provided in dedicated, ready-to-install panels
In addition, we are supplying to Revap's GLP and C5+ Project, through Potencial Engenharia, another Panel with redundant MS of 240 channels and two redundant FCUs also in dedicated panels.