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Preventing Overfills with a Wireless Network
Jim Cahill
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...
8 Apr 2013
Terminal and Refinery Tank Gauging Systems
Jim Cahill
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...
1 Apr 2013
Overfill Prevention Standard and Path Forward
Jim Cahill
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...
21 Mar 2013
Better Tank-Level Measurement Using Multivariable Devices
Jim Cahill
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...
27 Feb 2013
More Level Measurement Technologies and Applications in Action
Jim Cahill
Yesterday we highlighted demonstrations of vibrating fork, ultrasonic, and guided wave radar level measurement technologies. Today we’ll highlight the rest of the new videos from Emerson’s Rosemount Level team. In this 3:53 YouTube video, Rosemount 5300...
21 Feb 2013
Examples of Level Measurement in Action
Jim Cahill
At the past Emerson Exchange technical conference in Anaheim, Emerson’s Rosemount Level team captured a number of video demonstrations. I’ll highlight the new ones added to the Rosemount Level YouTube playlist. In this 2:31 YouTube video, Rosemount 2130...
20 Feb 2013
Help with API 2350 Overfill Protection Compliance
Jim Cahill
Earlier this week, we highlighted an updated thermowell installation standard. Today let’s talk about the 4th version of API 2350 Overfill Protection standard. This standard applies to petroleum storage tanks associated with marketing, refining, pipeline...
31 Jan 2013
Vibrating fork switches update
Peta Glenister
Just wanted to let you know that our Rosemount Series 2130 vibrating fork level switch is SIL2 certified and now includes a new 8/16mA output option too.
23 Jan 2013
Radar Level Gauges in Tank Overfill Prevention Safety Applications
Jim Cahill
Bulk liquid storage tanks are found in many industrial processes including refineries, tank terminals, pipeline terminals, petrochemical and LNG plants, and aviation fuel depots to name a few. There are two predominant requirements from a process safety...
16 Jan 2013
Avoiding Dangerous Conditions through Tank Floating Roof Level Monitoring
Jim Cahill
Happy New Year everyone! Our new year here at the Emerson Process Experts blog got off to a rocky start with a database crash late yesterday. We seem to have things restored and will be spot checking everything, but leave a comment if you encounter anything...
3 Jan 2013
Installing guided wave radar in stilling wells and bypass chambers
Peta Glenister
For anyone wanting to choose or install a guided wave radar in a stilling well or bypass chamber, we have a new technical bulletin which will give you all the info you need! Download here: http://www2.emersonprocess.com/siteadmincenter/PM%20Rosemount%20Documents/00840-0300-4024.pdf
22 Nov 2012
Chamber-based Guided Wave Radar Level Measurement Best Practices
Jim Cahill
Installation best practices are always a good thing to have when you need them. If you’re installing guided wave radar (GWR) transmitters in vessels with restrictions, then this article, Best Practices for Installing Guided Wave Radar Transmitters in...
25 Sep 2012
A new proven result video available for remote seal systems
Peta Glenister
Our second proven result video is now available on YouTube! The video explains how the installation of a Rosemount Remote Seal System solved a significant measurement problem with a Direct-Contact Aftercooler (DCA) application for Praxair. Ernest Presto from Praxair discusses the application with Randy DeBrine. View the video here. www.youtube.com/watch
6 Aug 2012
Using radar technology to reliably and accurately measure the level of ammonia
Peta Glenister
An interesting article by Sarah Parker looks at the difficulties when measuring levels of aqueous and anhydrous ammonia stored in vessels, and explains how radar technology provides a perfect solution for many of these applications. Read the article here: http://bit.ly/ammoniaarticle
12 Jul 2012
Increasing safety, reducing shutdowns and increasing production on an FPSO vessel
Peta Glenister
BP Exploration has replaced unreliable level transmitters previously used on a floating production, storage and off-loading (FPSO) vessel with Rosemount 5300 guided wave radars. The more accurate and reliable level readings from the 5300 Series GWR transmitters have helped BP Exploration increase safety, reduce shutdowns and increase production To read more, click here http://bit.ly/BPFPSO
26 Jun 2012
Expanding Level Measurement Technologies and Applications
Jim Cahill
Level measurement plays a large role in most process manufacturing facilities. It’s a subject we address here on the blog from time to time in the level category. I mention this in case you didn’t see the recent news—Emerson acquires ISE Magtech. ISE...
22 May 2012
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
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