Extracted from a variety of different sources, natural gas is composed of many different hydrocarbons and includes other, less desirable, impurities. These impurities – such as water, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide – are removed due to adverse effects, including:
Topics: Moisture Measurement Solutions, AMETEK Process Instruments
Written By TechStar Solution Specialist, Josh Longcor
It is safe to say that everyone’s goal in process control is to increase reliability of their process measurements. Facilities spend endless resources to identify and displace problematic points, also know as “bad actors”. One common problem area in a refinery is reliably measuring the heavy residual hydrocarbons from the “bottoms” of the distillation towers in the crude unit. Typically, these applications are Vaccum Distillation (VDU) Feed & Delayed Coker (DCU) Feed; also known as crude furnace pass flows.
Topics: Yokogawa, Ultrasonic Flow, flow
Providing exceptional low-flow sensitivity for accurate measurement over a wide range of flaring operations
Flare stacks and combustors are used to burn waste gases from the plant, converting chemical and organic hydrocarbons into primarily water vapor and CO2. Some processes also use relief valves to vent flammable gases to the flare stack during upset conditions.
Applications include oil and gas well drilling operations, oil refineries, chemical process plants, gas distribution infrastructure, and landfills. Flares are subject to stringent regulations, requiring operators to measure, record and report the amount of flared gases.
Due to the potential for large changes in flow rates, density, pressure and gas composition, flare gas measurement is one of the most difficult and demanding flow applications. Fox Thermal flow meters have demonstrated their ability to measure the low-flow rates typical of normal flare conditions, and also the high velocities found in upset conditions.
Fluid composition and installation anomalies can also affect flow meter performance. Fox Thermal's calibration lab employs a wide range of gases, gas mixtures, temperatures, pressures and line sizes to simulate actual fluid and process conditions. This real-world approach improves installed accuracy and minimizes measurement uncertainty.
Fox Flow Meter Advantages in Emissions Monitoring Applications
Exceptional low-flow sensitivity for accurate measurement over a wide range of flaring operations
Stainless steel sensor is suitable for corrosive, particulate-laden gas streams
No temperature and pressure compensation required
Direct mass flow measurement
Built-in alarms, totalizers and a wide variety of communications protocols available for easy interfacing with emissions management systems
Oil and Gas Well Drilling Operations (On and Off shore)
Oil Refineries
Chemical/Petrochemical Processing Plants
Gas Distribution Infrastructure
Landfills
Topics: Fox Thermal, Thermal Gas Mass Flow Meters, Flow Solutions, Flare Gas
Written By TechStar Solutions Specialist, Josh Longcor
Lift stations are collection facilities designed to move wastewater from lower to higher elevation through pipe systems, particularly where elevation changes are not able to provide gravity flow or where excavation and sewer construction costs are high. These collection stations are automated because there is no regular onsite personnel present to ensure their operation. They use electrical, mechanical and control equipment to ensure reliable operation and require intermittent inspection to ensure they function properly and are not nearing a potential failure.
Topics: Pressure Solutions, Wastewater
Written By TechStar Solutions Specialist, Don Wyatt
Do you have Fired Heaters, High Performance Furnaces, Incinerators, Selective Catalytic Reduction Units (SCRs), Flare Lines, Tanks to blanket, Reactors to monitor, Marine Terminals for loading or unloading ships and barges? If so, then you probably either have online gas analyzers or need them. Many people that own these assets really don’t like online process analyzers or don’t like what it take to keep them running. Traditionally these analyzers have been more complex then most of the instrumentation that is used in our industry. This leads to performance less than the user would expect.
Topics: Yokogawa, Analytical Solutions
Measuring the flow of a fluid or gas is essential to many industrial processes. Many technologies exist to measure flow including Electromagnetic, Ultrasonic, Turbine, Vortex, Positive Displacement, Coriolis, and Thermal Mass flow meters. The ability to monitor the flow rate and flow totals from various flow meters wirelessly enables users to avoid costly conduit runs from the point of the flow measurement back to a central controller.
Topics: Flow Meter Solutions, Signal Fire, Wireless and Telemetry Solutions
Interactive training that is specific to your company’s process is always preferred but interrupting production to test your new knowledge is probably not an option. This is where the newest addition to our Training & Development Solutions, The Functional Verification Unit – THE UNIT, comes into play.
Industrial compressors are often used in large chemical plants to supply headers with air for pneumatic instruments and valves. These compressors have to run at precise speeds. If they start to run too fast they can become very dangerous and expensive to repair.
Topics: Moore Industries, Temperature Solutions
No matter your industry, an accurate flow measurement has a significant impact on safety, environmental protection/compliance and your bottom line. With so many moving parts within your process, it can be a challenge to keep up with flow rate over long periods of time.
Learn how a municipality conducted a flow survey to retrieve wastewater flow data without having to entering manholes.
Topics: flow survey
The SignalFire Ranger have announced several new improvements to the user interface that went in to effect on April 7th. It simply requires you to close your browser and re-open it for the new look and feel to become active.
