Patent ID: 8249829

Claim:
A method for online condition-based monitoring (CBM) of at least one tank farm including a plurality of storage tanks, comprising: providing a tank model comprising at least one of a diagnostic tank model and a predictive tank model based on calculated tank metrics archived in a data store that is derived from collected historical data including tank operational data, said calculated tank metrics including tank operational metrics based on said tank operational data for said plurality of storage tanks and tank condition metrics based on tank inspection data or tank maintenance data for said plurality of storage tanks, said tank model providing relationships between said tank condition metrics and said tank operational metrics; generating results using said tank model including at least one failure indicia for at least a first of said plurality of storage tanks using said calculated tank metrics archived in said data store and current data for said first tank as inputs to said tank model, and processing said failure indicia for scheduling at least one maintenance task for said first tank.