Table of Contents

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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Abstract

Describes all the procedures required to determine the field data necessary to calculate a Base Prover Volume (BPV) of either Displacement Provers or Volumetric Tank Provers.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	American Petroleum Institute
ProductNote	Reconfirmed 2005
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