School Heating Oil Bulk Tank Ultrasonic Level Measurement

When a Nova Scotia elementary school needed reliable level measurement of their heating oil tanks, they turned to Flowline. With an average winter temperature of -2º C., school classrooms are heated via forced air furnaces. Each burner is fueled by a 500-gallon heating oil tank that’s truck refilled on a regular basis. Their previous float level switches would often stick and required ongoing maintenance. This led to fuel outages, cold students and angry parents. A system integrator was hired to replace the switches with intrinsically safe non-contact level measurement, and push the data to the cloud for inventory status. For these reasons, Flowline suggested our intrinsically safe US01 ultrasonic sensors that are ideal for heating oil and diesel fuel. The ultrasonic sensors provide reliable level data to the RTU’s, which upload the level data and send email notifications for replenishment. Flowline is reliable level measurement.