When I worked in the offshore oil & gas business many years ago, production platforms typically had low-voltage electrical systems running motors no larger than 480VAC. Over the years as the process sophistication grew and motors with variable speed drives...
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Proof Testing Level Measurement Devices
Safety instrumented systems (SIS) include the sensor(s), final control element(s) and logic solver(s) for each of the safety instrumented functions (SIFs) in the SIS. To verify the SIFs are performing the amount of risk reduction intended for their application, they...
Continuous Emissions Monitoring for Energy Optimization
For process manufacturers, the energy bill can up to 40-60% of the total operating budget. One way to optimize the energy expended is with Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS). Many people think of CEMS as something used for emissions regulatory reporting to...
Moving Beyond Local Pressure Gauge Readings
Walk around most any industrial process manufacturing or production process and you'll likely see pressure gauges providing feedback to operators who walk by. According to the Pressure Gauge entry in Encyclopedia.com, this technology: …was invented by French...
Characterizing and Configuring Micro Motion Coriolis Meter How-To Video
Here's another in the great series of Micro Motion flow and density measurement "how to" videos. This 8:14 video, Micro Motion Coriolis Meter Characterization and Configuration Using the Transmitter Display describes how to characterize and configure a Micro Motion...
Remote Partial Proof Testing Level Sensors
For safety instrumented functions (SIFs), proof testing is the process of identifying undetected dangerous failures in the sensor, final control element and logic solver which comprise the SIF. Dangerous failures are those that could put the safety instrumented system...
Using Flushing/Drip/Calibration Rings in Pressure and Level Measurements
If you work with pressure measurement instrumentation, you may have heard the phrases drip rings, flushing rings or calibration rings. These are used for pressure and differential pressure (DP) level measurement devices where diaphragm seals are used. I bring this up...
Continuous Floating Roof Tank Condition Monitoring
Floating roofs are used on storage tanks to minimize vapor space between the top of the tank and the level of the liquid, typically a petroleum-based product, inside the tank. Per the External floating roof tank Wikipedia entry: The roof rises and falls with the...
Instrumentation Diagnostics and Safe, Reliable Operations
As technology has advanced in power and sophistication, its ability to self-diagnose and perform predictive diagnostics has too. In a Plant Engineering article, Using diagnostic functions to improve system safety, Emerson's Mark Menezes shares examples of how these...
Accurate Level Measurement for Efficient & Reliable Boiler Performance
If you're unfamiliar with the phrase "heat rate" used in the electrical power generation industry, it means the amount of heat energy in BTUs as input to the turbine generators divided by the amount of electricity generated in kilowatts. Accurate level measurement in...
How to Install Micro Motion Transmitters Video
In the continuing series of "how to" videos across the Emerson Automation Solutions YouTube channels, the Micro Motion channel has a recent Installing a Micro Motion Coriolis transmitter video (run time 6:51). This video walks you through the steps in how to install a...
Engineer’s Guide to Tank Gauging
Tank gauging is the process of measuring liquids in storage tanks to determine the volume and mass of the liquid. Typically, these measurements include level, temperature and pressure. A new user guide, The Engineer's Guide To Tank Gauging is available to request for...
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