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Level Measurement and Overspill Protection

Jim Cahill

For oil & gas, chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical producers, measuring levels in tanks is an important component for inventory management. I saw a write up by Emerson’s Kevin Cullen that describes how level measurement is not only important for...
- 8 May 2012
emag version of our level handbook is available

Peta Glenister

For those of you who would like to view our Level Engineer's handbook on-line, it is available as an ebook here: http://bit.ly/handbookemag
- 26 Apr 2012
New proven result describes how an olive ranch in California improved inventory tracking with guided wave radar

Peta Glenister

Our latest proven result details how the Rosemount 5302 Guided Wave Radar enables reliable inventory tracking with very reliable measurements, while meeting California Olive Ranch’s food safety requirements. See more here: http://bit.ly/oliveranch
- 10 Apr 2012
Mobrey Horizontal Float Level Switches are approved for safety instrumented systems

Peta Glenister

Our Mobrey Horizontal Magnetic Float Level Switches are approved for safety instrumented systems. Read more here: http://bit.ly/mobreySIL
- 5 Apr 2012
Diagnostics in Vibrating Fork Level Switches

Jim Cahill

An Emerson Exchange 365 community post, How Level Switches with Built–In Diagnostics Reduce Maintenance Costs, alerted me to a Process Worldwide article with the same title by Emerson’s Kevin Cullen. Kevin describes the advanced diagnostics available...
- 29 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
Proven result videos on Youtube!

Peta Glenister

We are extending our proven results accessibility with youtube videos. Check out our first movie in which BP's Kafeel Khawaja and Emerson's William Fernandes describe how the implementation of Rosemount Series 5300 guided wave radars on a floating, production, storage and off loading vessel (FPSO) increased the safety of platform operations, eliminated shutdowns due to incorrect levels and increased production due…
- 19 Jan 2012
Reliability with Advanced Diagnostics

Anonymous

Using instruments with Advanced Diagnostics is one of the three main strategies I commonly present to achieve process control and instrumentation reliability. There is a lot of diagnostic information available about your process that is not currently...
- 17 Jan 2012
DP Level Measurement with Electronic Remote Sensors Innovation Recognized

Jim Cahill

You may recall from a post, Eliminating Temperature Effects in DP Level Measurement, a cool new technology—Rosemount 3015S Electronic Remote Sensors (ERS) system. To avoid some of the temperature and response time issues that I highlighted in the post...
- 12 Jan 2012
Radar Level Instrumentation

Anonymous

The biggest challenge plants have for process instrumentation is level measurement. Pressure, temperature and flow all seem to be addressed well but level continues to be a problem. This post is a reprise of previous posts, but given the number of challenges...
- 14 Nov 2011
New handbook for level engineers

Peta Glenister

It's what you have all been waiting for! Our new handbook "The Engineer's Guide to Level Measurement" is now available! It is designed to support engineers applying level measurement to projects in the process industries. Request your copy by emailing: [email protected]
- 19 Oct 2011
Measuring Low Dielectric Products with Guided Wave Radar

Anonymous

Radar level measurement is considered the “best practice” technology within a process plant. However, there are still a number of challenges with it. Foam, agitation and condensing liquids are not the easiest to measure. As a result of improved radar...
- 17 Oct 2011
Keeping Your Stilling Well Clean

Anonymous

Guided Wave Radar (GWR) and non-contact radar is the most common technology for new level measurement applications. While it has a number of advantages over other level technology a low dielectric product, foam and excessive agitation can present a ...
- 4 Oct 2011
Guidance for Radar Level Measurement Applications

Jim Cahill

Recently we've had a few level measurement-related posts--one on a refinery desalter vessel application and another on guided wave radar setup, calibration, and diagnostics . To continue on this theme, I've discovered an article, Determining the level best in radar measurement , on the U.K.-based ConnectingIndustry.com website. Emerson's Sarah Parker highlights contacting and non-contacting radar level measurement application…
- 3 Oct 2011
Transient Protection for Instrumentation

Anonymous

Transient protection is one of the biggest challenges to instrumentation. Lightning strikes, power surges and even static dissipation can cause significant damage to an instrument. This is especially true for instruments that are outside and in remote...
- 26 Sep 2011
Level Measurement for Control and Alarm

Anonymous

A properly instrumented vessel will include a level measurement for both control and alarm notification. This minimally requires a continuous level measurement of the process fluid. Differential pressure (DP), radar and nuclear are all great technologies...
- 21 Sep 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
Tank Storage Wireless Level Measurement and Overspill Protection

Jim Cahill

Imagine being an operator for a Swedish tank storage facility aside the Baltic Sea and having to manually measure tank levels in the dead of winter. That’s exactly what operators at FH Tank Storage AB have had to do at the Kalmar storage terminal in a...
- 7 Sep 2011
Avoiding Shutdowns with Accurate Level Measurement

Jim Cahill

For plants and mills that use steam in the production process, measuring the steam condensate level accurately can be the difference between operating reliably and fighting unplanned shutdowns. So was the case for a U.S. ethanol producer, Absolute Energy...
- 30 Aug 2011
Nuclear Level Measurement

Anonymous

Level measurement is often times the most challenging measurement in a process plant. There are many technologies that can be used, including differential pressure (DP), capacitance, ultrasonic and radar . Each of these technologies can be used in many...
- 30 Aug 2011
Level Measurement with Foam

Anonymous

Level measurement is often the most challenging measurement in a process plant. Until ultrasonic and radar technology were introduced, level measurement was done with some type of contact technology. Among these are differential pressure (DP), capacitance...
- 16 Aug 2011
Eliminating Temperature Effects in DP Level Measurement

Jim Cahill

Differential pressure (DP) measurement has long been used in tank and other vessel level measurement. Level is calculated by taking the difference in pressure divided by the specific gravity of the liquid. I caught up with Emerson’s Anshuman Prasad, a...
- 6 May 2011
Guidance for Radar Level Measurement Applications

Jim Cahill

Recently we’ve had a few level measurement-related posts–one on a refinery desalter vessel application and another on guided wave radar setup, calibration, and diagnostics. To continue on this theme, I’ve discovered an article, Determining the level best...
- 19 Apr 2011