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  • Tank Gauging Blog: Detecting Floating Roof Tilt

    In an earlier post, Avoiding Dangerous Conditions through Tank Floating Roof Level Monitoring, we highlighted how technology can assist in providing early warning for abnormal situations such as roof tilt in tank farms. I received an email question: …so when the roof moves, the radar moves with it. How...
  • Flow Blog: Coriolis Meter and Meter Verification Educational Video

    Coriolis mass flow and density measurement is used in a multitude of applications such as custody transfer, dirty/wet gas, cryogenic, critical phase fluids, sanitary, corrosive liquids, and more. Emerson’s Micro Motion team has put together and excellent...
  • Pressure Blog: Detecting Fired Heater Flame Loss

    The AIChE 2013 Spring Meeting and 9th Global Congress on Process Safety is taking place this week down the road from me in San Antonio, Texas. I just heard the news from Emerson’s Tim Olsen, Chair of the AIChE Fuels & Petrochemicals Division, that a paper...
  • Pressure Blog: Detecting Fired Heater Flame Loss

    The AIChE 2013 Spring Meeting and 9th Global Congress on Process Safety is taking place this week down the road from me in San Antonio, Texas. I just heard the news from Emerson’s Tim Olsen , Chair of the AIChE Fuels & Petrochemicals Division , that a paper on detecting fired heater flame loss won best paper in its track. The paper, Detecting Loss of Flame in Oil Refinery Fired Heaters Using Advanced Pressure Diagnostics…
  • Pressure Blog: Detecting Fired Heater Flame Loss

    The AIChE 2013 Spring Meeting and 9th Global Congress on Process Safety is taking place this week down the road from me in San Antonio, Texas. I just heard the news from Emerson’s Tim Olsen , Chair of the AIChE Fuels & Petrochemicals Division , that a paper on detecting fired heater flame loss won best paper in its track. The paper, Detecting Loss of Flame in Oil Refinery Fired Heaters Using Advanced Pressure Diagnostics…
  • Pressure Blog: Detecting Fired Heater Flame Loss

    The AIChE 2013 Spring Meeting and 9th Global Congress on Process Safety is taking place this week down the road from me in San Antonio, Texas. I just heard the news from Emerson’s Tim Olsen , Chair of the AIChE Fuels & Petrochemicals Division , that a paper on detecting fired heater flame loss won best paper in its track. The paper, Detecting Loss of Flame in Oil Refinery Fired Heaters Using Advanced Pressure Diagnostics…
  • Pressure Blog: Detecting Fired Heater Flame Loss

    The AIChE 2013 Spring Meeting and 9th Global Congress on Process Safety is taking place this week down the road from me in San Antonio, Texas. I just heard the news from Emerson’s Tim Olsen , Chair of the AIChE Fuels & Petrochemicals Division , that a paper on detecting fired heater flame loss won best paper in its track. The paper, Detecting Loss of Flame in Oil Refinery Fired Heaters Using Advanced Pressure Diagnostics…
  • Flow Blog: Installing an Annubar Averaging Pitot Tube Flowmeter

    It’s been a week of travel, so we’ll close it with a video from Emerson’s Rosemount measurement team on how to install an Annubar averaging pitot tube flowmeter. The Youtube video shows the installation process for a Rosemount 485 Pak-Lok flowmeter. This...
  • Analytical Experts Blog: Pure Drinking Water through Analytical Measurement

    Pure drinking water ranks among our top, global priorities. Emerson’s Ryo Hashimoto, describes the importance of analytical measurements in assuring purity in a Control Engineering Asia article, Pure by Analysis. Ryo highlights the challenges with drinking...
  • Level Blog: For critical high and low level alarms

    For customers want their high or low level alarm solution to be seamlessly integrated in their analogue I/O control systems, we have the solution: o ur enhanced Rosemount 2120 vibrating fork level switch now includes 8/16mA and DPDT relay output options.
  • Analytical Experts Blog: Pure Drinking Water through Analytical Measurement

    Pure drinking water ranks among our top, global priorities. Emerson’s Ryo Hashimoto , describes the importance of analytical measurements in assuring purity in a Control Engineering Asia article, Pure by Analysis . Ryo highlights the challenges with drinking water in Asia: Regionally, Asia faces severe stress on water availability, primarily due to high population density, agriculture and industrial uses. The quality…
  • Analytical Experts Blog: Pure Drinking Water through Analytical Measurement

    Pure drinking water ranks among our top, global priorities. Emerson’s Ryo Hashimoto , describes the importance of analytical measurements in assuring purity in a Control Engineering Asia article, Pure by Analysis . Ryo highlights the challenges with drinking water in Asia: Regionally, Asia faces severe stress on water availability, primarily due to high population density, agriculture and industrial uses. The quality…
  • Analytical Experts Blog: Pure Drinking Water through Analytical Measurement

    Pure drinking water ranks among our top, global priorities. Emerson’s Ryo Hashimoto , describes the importance of analytical measurements in assuring purity in a Control Engineering Asia article, Pure by Analysis . Ryo highlights the challenges with drinking water in Asia: Regionally, Asia faces severe stress on water availability, primarily due to high population density, agriculture and industrial uses. The quality…
  • Analytical Experts Blog: Pure Drinking Water through Analytical Measurement

    Pure drinking water ranks among our top, global priorities. Emerson’s Ryo Hashimoto , describes the importance of analytical measurements in assuring purity in a Control Engineering Asia article, Pure by Analysis . Ryo highlights the challenges with drinking water in Asia: Regionally, Asia faces severe stress on water availability, primarily due to high population density, agriculture and industrial uses. The quality…
  • Level Blog: For reliable measurement in environments with high pressure saturated steam read on...

    The Rosemount 5300 Series guided wave radar is now available with a new steam HTHP seal and 3-4" Dynamic Vapor Compensation (DVC) probe. The new seal is optimized for high pressure steam applications and has new ceramic insulators with added resistance to steam corrosion, plus several other enhancements to increase measurement robustness. The new DVC probe is designed for easy installation, commissioning and optimal…
  • Level Blog: Preventing Overfills with a Wireless Network

    Hi, it’s Chris Womack again with another guest post about terminals. So, how do you quickly modify an acid terminal to dramatically reduce overfills—and their attendant clean-up costs, product losses, and environmental compliance headaches—to save a bit...
  • Flow Blog: In-Situ Proof Test Coverage for Coriolis Flow and Density Meters

    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...
  • Level Blog: Terminal and Refinery Tank Gauging Systems

    I wanted to share two videos from Emerson’s Rosemount Tank Gauging team. Both feature Emerson’s Ulf Johannesson. In the first, short 1:36 video, StocExpo 2013 – Tank Gauging Solutions, from the recent StocExpo 2013 conference, Ulf describes elements of...
  • Tank Gauging Blog: Terminal and Refinery Tank Gauging Systems

    I wanted to share two videos from Emerson’s Rosemount Tank Gauging team. Both feature Emerson’s Ulf Johannesson. In the first, short 1:36 video, StocExpo 2013 – Tank Gauging Solutions, from the recent StocExpo 2013 conference, Ulf describes elements of the Raptor Tank Gauging system including guided...
  • Flow Blog: LNG Fuel Custody Transfer for Marine Vessels

    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...
  • Level Blog: Overfill Prevention Standard and Path Forward

    One of Europe’s leading events for the tank terminal industry is StocExpo, going on this week in Antwerp, Belgium. The Emerson team is there showing tank gauging and terminal management solutions. I had the opportunity to get my hands on a presentation...
  • Analytical Experts Blog: Measuring Hydrocarbon Dew Point with Gas Chromatographs

    One of the challenges in measuring hydrocarbon gases is the precipitation of liquids, which can impact measurement accuracy and create maintenance issues. Emerson’s Shane Hale authors an article, Hydrocarbon Dew Point Measurement Using Gas Chromatographs...
  • Pressure Blog: Efficient Distillation Columns Require Accurate DP Measurements

    The distillation process is used in many industries to separate mixtures into components. It is defined as: …a process in which a liquid or vapour mixture of two or more substances is separated into its component fractions of desired purity, by the application...
  • Pressure Blog: Efficient Distillation Columns Require Accurate DP Measurements

    The distillation process is used in many industries to separate mixtures into components. It is defined as : …a process in which a liquid or vapour mixture of two or more substances is separated into its component fractions of desired purity, by the application and removal of heat. Emerson’s Daniel Lucey has written an Intech article, Improving distillation tower operation . In it, he discusses the importance…
  • Level Blog: Better Tank-Level Measurement Using Multivariable Devices

    Chris Womack recaps an Emerson Exchange presentation on storage tank process availability. It’s crucial to keep storage tanks—and terminal facilities—constantly monitored, so they’re always associated with an ongoing cost. But that cost is going down...