Emerson Exchange 365

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In-Situ Proof Test Coverage for Coriolis Flow and Density Meters

Jim Cahill

Process safety is a top concern for manufacturers with hazardous areas. I received a question on a blog post, Calibrating Coriolis Flowmeters In-Situ: What is Emerson’s statement of proof test coverage (e.g. for SIS testing) for the in-situ tests described...
- 4 Apr 2013
LNG Fuel Custody Transfer for Marine Vessels

Jim Cahill

In earlier posts, we’ve highlighted the use of bunker fuel for marine vessels. With the global trend for increased supplies and decreased costs of natural gas and tightening environmental regulations, marine transportation companies are looking at cleaner...
- 27 Mar 2013
Understanding and Handling Entrained Gas Flow Measurement

Jim Cahill

I was alerted to a nice series of videos on two-phase flow measurement, also known as liquid with entrained gas. These videos were developed by Emerson’s Micro Motion team. In the first video (2:37), Two-Phase Flow (entrained gas) Applications, Emerson...
- 23 Jan 2013
Systematic Flowmeter Selection Process

Jim Cahill

One of the challenges automation engineers face is in the selection of the best flow measurement technology for their application. Multitudes of technologies exist, each with their advantages and disadvantages. Emerson’s Brian Fretschel and Amy K. Johnson...
- 8 Jan 2013
Natural Gas as a Transportation Fuel

Jim Cahill

Natural gas has been used as a transportation fuel for many years in world areas such as Europe. With the differential in energy costs between natural gas and refined hydrocarbons, it’s being piloted and considered for use in other world areas such as...
- 7 Nov 2012
Non-Wetted Vortex Sensor for Reliable Flow Measurement

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Brad Burton provided a look at technology advancements in vortex flow measurement. His Emerson Exchange presentation abstract: The Rosemount 8800D Vortex flowmeter’s unique non-clog/non-leak design with a non-wetted vortex sensor enables sensor...
- 10 Oct 2012
Pipeline Liquid Pressure Surge Relief

Jim Cahill

If you’re in the business of transporting hydrocarbons through pipelines, you know that surge relief valves are often the last line of pipeline protection. Emerson’s Trilochan Gupta authored a recent Intech magazine article, Specifying surge relief valves...
- 4 Sep 2012
Liquefied Natural Gas Measurement Challenges

Jim Cahill

When your company ships its products to your customers, wouldn’t you like to be able to shrink the volume 600 times to save on shipping costs? If you’re in the business of liquefied natural gas (LNG), that’s exactly what you do. And, with the increasing...
- 23 Aug 2012
Remotely Monitoring Marine Vessel Fuel Consumption

Jim Cahill

We discussed the challenges in measuring bunker fuels on marine vessels in prior posts. Last week, you may have seen the news item Emerson introduces remote fuel consumption and bunkering monitoring system. The news from the release: Emerson Process Management...
- 31 Jul 2012
Compressed Natural Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas in China

Jim Cahill

I heard from Emerson’s Major Chu, who writes the Chinese-language Emerson Flow blog, about a recently published Asian NGV Communications article, East meets West-Three leading CNG/LNG stakeholders met in China (page 31). The article highlights the “three...
- 19 Jun 2012
Mass-Volume-Density Measurement in Oil and Gas Drilling and Production

Jim Cahill

If you’re in or have interest in the oil and gas industry, Emerson’s stewards of the Micro Motion brand of Coriolis flow and density meters have come up with some great new YouTube videos for drilling and production operations. Here are the videos with...
- 25 Apr 2012
Calibrating Coriolis Flowmeters In-Situ

Jim Cahill

Emerson’s Jonas Berge added a comment to a post, Mass Flow Measurement for Fuel Gases. In his comment, he pointed to a Control Engineering Asia article, Time for Calibration?, that he had written a couple years ago. In the article, Jonas explains how...
- 4 Apr 2012
The Longest Heated and Insulated Oil Pipeline in Action

Jim Cahill

At last October’s Emerson Exchange in Nashville, I highlighted a story told about a custody transfer application on the world’s longest heated and insulated pipeline. Here’s a quick summary of the story: Emerson’s Daniel business unit provided a custody...
- 28 Mar 2012
Upsizing Coriolis High Capacity Flow Measurement

Jim Cahill

I saw news recently of the Micro Motion high-capacity flow meters adding a 16″ (400mm) line connection size. The release notes: This ELITE High Capacity Coriolis meter addresses the need for high accuracy, large line size measuring instruments and provides...
- 13 Mar 2012
Reliability through Best Practices

Anonymous

While using best practices for your process control and instrumentation would seem obvious, best practices are not always common practices. Often times plants are unaware of a better way to control the process. The common adage is this is the way we...
- 24 Jan 2012
Coriolis Measurement in Filling and Combustion Applications

Jim Cahill

My YouTube subscription feed alerted me to a new pair of YouTube videos from Emerson’s Micro Motion brand team– Filling with Coriolis and Combustion Control with Coriolis. These videos were created at the Emerson Exchange conference this past October...
- 4 Jan 2012
Coriolis and Wireless Measurement in Pipeline Leak Detection

Jim Cahill

In September, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) Pipeline Leak Detection Technology Conference gathered to: …provide vendors, scientists, and research and development entities, the opportunity to describe the status of existing...
- 16 Nov 2011
Download latest software and firmware for Daniel ultrasonic flow meters

Gerard H

Usability of the documentation page at www.Daniel.com has been significantly enhanced in response to customer feedback - datasheets and collateral can now be seen on a single page. In addition, it is now possible to download the latest ultrasonic diagnostics software, meter firmware and modbus tables after registration. This means that we will be able to let you know when future releases become available.
- 11 Oct 2011
Measuring Raw Materials for Chemical Reactions

Anonymous

The chemical reactions are the most critical processes in a chemical plant. Reagents, catalysts and feedstocks are combined in chemical reaction vessels to produce other more valuable chemicals. Sometimes these are finished products. Other times these...
- 13 Sep 2011
Developing a Reliable Instrument Specification

Anonymous

A client of mine recently asked me what information was needed to create an instrument specification for a project. Naturally, this was the start of a fairly in-depth conversation. Overall, an instrument specification needs to be specific enough to...
- 8 Sep 2011
Industrial Gas Flow Using Wireless Technology

Anonymous

Industrial gas is used in many applications in a process plant. Nitrogen is used for tank blanketing or to eliminate oxygen in a combustible environment. Oxygen can be used in a process reaction or in waste water treatment to eliminate organic compounds...
- 7 Sep 2011
Thermowell Wake Frequency Calculation

Anonymous

The first wake frequency calculation standard was published by AMSE is 1974 and was based on a paper written by J.W. Murdock in the 1950s. This is the ASME PTC 19.3-1974 standard. However, it did not account for all installations. The Monju Fast Breeder...
- 2 Sep 2011
Advanced Diagnostics and Averaging Pitot Tubes

Anonymous

Advanced diagnostics is the name given to a class of transmitters that provide additional information about the condition of itself and the process. In addition to internal electronics problems, advance diagnostics can alert you to power supply issues...
- 17 Aug 2011
Differential Pressure versus Vortex Flowmeters

Anonymous

There are many kinds of flowmeters that can be used for steam and gas applications. These range from basic variable area (rotameter) and turbine flowmeters, to more advanced differential pressure (DP) and vortex flowmeters. While these are all good...
- 12 Aug 2011
Upgrading to Advanced Boiler Control

Anonymous

Pretty much every process plant has a boiler for the generation of steam. Steam is a commodity that is widely used around a process plant for many different applications. These include heating, steam jacketing, steam tracing, power generation ( turbomachinery...
- 9 Aug 2011