Emerson Exchange 365

"With countless flow measuring instruments currently available, making an optimal flowmeter choice is often a daunting task. Users have traditionally based their flowmeter selection decision on price and published product specifications.

However, users have also discovered that:

• Flowmeter selection decisions based on the lowest price often result in the highest installed cost
• Selecting the highest accuracy meter based on product specifications often results in the least measurement accuracy in actual applications
• Relying on a comparison of published product specifications alone may actually result in costly process downtime.  

After experiencing some of the risks in using these outdated selection techniques, many users are seeking a best-in-class approach to flowmeter selection that can consistently produce optimal decisions. To avoid surprises and reduce project risks, a systematic repeatable approach based on best-in-class methodology is required to identify the optimal flowmeter selection in virtually any flow application."

What is your favorite flowmeter selection methodology?  Below is a link to a recently written article outlining simple, yet often overlooked, methodologies to selecting the right flowmeter.

http://www.plantengineering.com/home/single-article/optimizing-flowmeter-selection/213fccd9dd6aa4a51bebc235be01cf2d.html