International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 08 Issue: 12 | Dec 2021 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2021, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.529 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 546 Temperature Control Mechanism, A Panacea for Effective Fluids Storage Nsan-Awaji Peterson Ene-Nte 1 , Matthew Olubiwe 1 , Isdore Onyema Akwukwaebgu 1 , Oyet Gogomary Israel 2 , Samuel Okechukwu Okozi 1 , Chisom Patrick Mbachu 1 , Samuel Effiom Whiley 1 1 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. 2 MCVOU Limited, #6 White House Peace Land Estate, Lagos, Nigeria. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***---------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - There is of course a continuing large-scale demand for many of the traditional staple products, but with the intense competition in these areas, the producers will have to make their processes more efficient with adequate storage systems. Sources of raw materials will be more varied and market demand more uncertain, creating the need for more flexible tank storage that is capable of storing economically all the process end products. Tighter environmental constraints and tighter requirements for hygiene, health and safety on the plant means that processes must be more closely monitored. The Resistant Temperature Detector (RTD) is used in areas where high precision is needed and narrow temperature spans are required in order to accurately control a process as to ensure the stability and safety of a process product, the precise and quantitative measurement of temperature is required and this is accomplished with the aid of a temperature sensor and the signals receive from the sensor is being process by the temperature regulators. Key Words: Environment, Product, Safety, Storage, Temperature. 1. INTRODUCTION Temperature control is the measurement of temperature transition of an object collectively within a space and the passage of heat energy is alternated in and out of the space in other for the average temperature to be achieved. In ensuring the stability and safety of a process product there are various methods that can be applied in measurement and control of temperature of the storage systems. Stability can be referred to two main issues for fuels: stability at elevated temperature and pressure of the recirculation of fuel in an engine system and aging or long-term storage stability [1]. In petroleum products, Stability of fuel temperature at elevated fuel system is referred to as Thermal stability while Oxidative stability as the long-term storage stability. The principles which help in identifying combustible, flammable and storage conditions in order to ensure the highest level of stability are [2]: i. Fluids must be stored in a separate storage system away from the storage of metals like lead, rust, zinc, brass bronze, tin, copper and iron so as to reduce a high means of sedimentation and its degradation processes. ii. With the use of a nitrogen blanket on storage tanks and storage of fuel in a well-sealed drum Oxidation of fuel which is the removal of oxygen from the fuel can be achieved and storage life can be prolonged. iii. The increase in the unsaturation level from monounsaturated to polyunsaturated causes the stability of the fuel to exponentially decrease since the fluids oxidize most likely at a higher level of unsaturation as saturated fatty acid esters are fairly stable. The reaction of oxygen at the point of unsaturation of the fuel molecules can form peroxides which breaks down into gums, acids and sediments. iv. Sunlight and heat can significantly facilitate these processes. v. Antioxidants either incorporated as additives or natural can greatly increase the stability of fluids as well as its storage life. Temperature sensors are highly essential as there are products that greatly rely on temperature control and maintenance to function appropriately such as thermostats, refrigerators and oven. The control of temperature plays an important role in control and process engineering, examples which include the maintenance of a chemical reactor at an ideal set-point temperature, monitoring the temperature to guarantee the safety of the personnel in the event of a runaway reaction and to reduce harmful environmental impact, temperature of the streams to be released into the environment should be maintained and monitoring of temperature of fluids in tank farms [3]. While temperature is generally sensed by humans as “hot”, “neutral”, or “cold”, control engineering requires precise, quantitative measurements of temperature in order to accurately control a process, this is accomplished with the aid of a temperature sensors and the signals receive from the sensors are being process by the temperature regulators. As heat is added to a system, molecular motion increases which result in the system experiencing an increase in temperature. Temperature changes as a function of the average energy of