Archive for the ‘Measurement’ Category

DP Level Measurement with Electronic Remote Sensors Innovation Recognized

Posted in Level, Pressure, Technologies on Thursday, January 12th, 2012. No comments yet
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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 with capillary tubing, this technology includes: Two 3051S pressure transmitter… mounted on the high and low [...]

Coriolis Measurement in Filling and Combustion Applications

Posted in Combustion, Flow on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012. No comments yet
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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. They are good examples showing how Coriolis flow and density measurement is applied in filling and combustion [...]

The Peaks Provide the Early Warning in Machinery Protection

Posted in Asset Optimization, Measurement on Thursday, December 8th, 2011. 3 comments so far
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I was in Knoxville this week visiting our Machinery Health Management team. They are the team behind the Emerson CSI Technologies machinery monitoring and analysis products. I had the chance to sit down and connect with Emerson’s Robert Skeirik, who leads the wireless program. We discussed a wide range of issues with the health of [...]

Reliability and Robustness Demonstrated Through Fun Videos

Posted in Pressure, Technologies on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011. 2 comments so far
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A colleague alerted me to a series of fun videos from the Rosemount Measurement team. The videos star Emerson’s Caitlin Breen and Daniel Lucey in the role of white lab-coated Rosemount 3051S Series instrumentation torture specialists. It’s one thing to say your products are reliable and robust. It’s another to show it. And that they [...]

Greg McMillan Temperature Control Solutions Webinar TODAY

Posted in Education, Temperature on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011. 3 comments so far
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In the spirit of “better late than never”, I wanted to highlight a live webinar by ModelingAndControl.com’s Greg McMillan. His topic will be Temperature Control Solutions and will share: …how to get the best temperature measurement and control performance for important unit operations in the process industry. It is recommended for control engineers, DCS configuration [...]

When the Heat is on, Control with Wireless

Posted in Metals, Mining, Minerals, Temperature, Wireless on Monday, November 21st, 2011. No comments yet
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Emerson’s Michael Pearson, a member of the Rosemount Temperature team, provides today’s guest post and highlights how wireless instrumentation can avoid issues with process-caused damaged wiring and other causes. Many temperature measurement challenges exist when monitoring high temperature assets including heat damage, moving equipment, and high electromagnetic interference (EMI). North Star Bluescope Steel had all [...]

Coriolis and Wireless Measurement in Pipeline Leak Detection

Posted in Flow, Wireless on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011. No comments yet
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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 pipeline leak detection technologies and related practices and have their technologies reviewed and appraised by ADEC. The overall objective of the Conference is [...]

Celebrating 10 Years of the Rosemount 3051S in Action

Posted in Measurement, Wireless on Tuesday, October 25th, 2011. No comments yet
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The old cliché, “time flies when you’re having fun” applies to the many Emerson folks who had a hand in the development, launch, and widespread use of the Rosemount 3051S Series of pressure, DP [differential pressure] level, and DP flow transmitters. Congratulations on this milestone! The continued advance of technology as predicted by Moore’s Law [...]

Tank Storage Wireless Level Measurement and Overspill Protection

Posted in Level, Terminal, Wireless on Wednesday, September 7th, 2011. No comments yet
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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 story told by Process Industry Informer. The article, EMERSON’S [...]

Magnetic Flowmeter Calibration Verification and Diagnostics

Posted in Measurement, Water & Wastewater on Thursday, September 1st, 2011. No comments yet
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Magnetic flowmeters (magmeters) are often used in water and wastewater applications due to the conductivity properties of the water. In a Water & Wastewater Asia magazine article, Better flowmeter management with EDDL, Emerson’s Jonas Berge describes how intelligent magmeters provide: …accurate and reliable measurement, more reliable empty pipe detection, and low maintenance costs for calibration… [...]

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