METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF FLUID STORAGE SYSTEMS

摘要

A method and apparatus for monitoring a fluid storage and dispensing system such as a fuel storage tank includes a dispensing apparatus which dispenses a quantity of fluid from the system based on an authorization, e.g., provided by a fuel access control system. Measurement data from the dispensing apparatus are collected in a form readable by a computer (70) and stored in a memory (74). The stored measurement data are statistically analyzed to calculate a volume of fluid based on the measurement data collected from the dispensing apparatus.