Application of computing technology in oil supply (1979)

Storage tanks for petroleum products at a distribution oil depot.

A train with liquid fuel arrives at the oil depot.

Unloading tanks.

Panoramic view of the oil depot.

Refueling tank trucks.

A tank truck is driving along the road.

Automated system for loading liquid petroleum products.

The volume of petroleum product to be dispensed is programmed on a special control panel and an electronic key is issued for the fuel loading device.

The driver fills the tank and returns the electronic key with the information to the dispatcher.

Registration of an invoice.

Stock department.

Types of paper information carriers.

Registration of customer cards.

Transport movement at an oil depot.

Systems for entering information into an automated control system for the sale and simultaneous registration of invoices.

Beginning of the morning shift.

The values of the standard density of each grade of petroleum product to be dispensed are entered into the computer's RAM. Other information necessary for dispensing the petroleum product is also entered.

Beginning of the shift.

Along with the invoice, each tank truck driver hands the operator special punched tokens.

Information encoded on a punched token.

Information about the code of the petroleum product being dispensed, its cost, and the availability of a discount is entered.

Information processing scheme.

Invoice preparation.

Parallel entry of information onto punched tape.

Entering information on a new petroleum product.

If there is no punched token, information is entered from the control panel.

Transferring information from the punched tape to the computer center.

Memory on the magnetic tape of the computer.

Information is analyzed.

The output device prints out various reports on the oil depot.

Large oil depots use electronic accounting machines that have additional functions.

Magnetic cards are used as an information characteristic of each consumer.

Information encoded on the card.

Scheme for processing information from a punched token and a magnetic card.

Daily summary of petroleum product sales at the oil depot.

Tank farm of an oil depot.

Device for measuring the level of petroleum product in a tank, its average temperature.

Scheme for calculating the weight of petroleum product in a tank.

At the same time, this data is recorded on a printout.

Scheme for determining the weight of a product based on one parameter - hydrostatic pressure in a tank.

Cartoon explaining the operation of the immersion method, which is the basis for measuring weight using this method.

Control panel for the main operational processes at an oil depot.

In order to accept petroleum products from a tanker into specified tanks, the dispatcher must set the pumping route.

The computer will transmit commands to switch the corresponding valves, turn on the pumps, and monitor the correctness of these commands.

Cartoon explaining control over filling a tank.

Alternating frames from a film.