Safety System Design and Overfill Protection for Loading Asphalt onto Trucks

Wendy Ampadu, Hassan Malik, Ray Diezmos and Jeremy Hyslob, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

ABSTRACT

The objective of this report was to develop a system for overflow protection of loading hot bitumen to tanker trucks and the safe redesign of loading docks McAsphalt Industries Limited (MCA), an asphalt emulsion distribution and production company based in Toronto, Canada with over 25 locations across Canada. The engineering design approach was used to create multiple redesign concepts for the loading dock system. Research on overfill systems was also completed by surveying the existing market for technologies and securing quotes from over 20 Canadian and United States instrumentation companies. A final loading dock redesign and level transmitter for overfill protection solution was chosen.

KEYWORDS

Level Transmitters, Loading Dock, Asphalt, Bitumen, Process Safety Management.