Featured Articles
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The Challenges Of Combined Heat And Power Generation From Biogas
3/16/2018
Driven by tight budgets and competing needs for limited CAPEX funds, wastewater treatment plants are increasingly looking to reduce their operating expenses. Many are now referring to themselves as water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs), reflecting a heightened focus on recovering nutrients, methane, and a host of other properties from their waste flows. The largest boon to date has come from thermal energy, but producing biogas comes with its own set of challenges, including accurate gas flow measurement.
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Money Down The Drain: The High Cost Of Poor Air Flow Metering
3/14/2018
The most common method of aeration for activated sludge systems is diffused air, but the energy costs associated with this process are often the largest non-labor-related expense a wastewater treatment facility has to bear.
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Highly Reliable Flow Switch Protects Pumps From Dry Running Conditions That Require Maintenance
2/26/2018
Engineers responsible for optimizing the up time of process flow networks in a wide range of demanding industries will find the FLT93 Flow Switch from Fluid Components International (FCI) provides a reliable early warning alert to the potential of dry running conditions, cavitation and other pump issues that can lead to emergency shutdowns, service interruptions and unplanned costly maintenance.
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SIL Compliant Thermal Flow Meters & Switches For Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)
1/24/2018
Engineers responsible for functional safety and safety instrumented systems (SIS) per standards IEC 61511 and 61508 will find that Fluid Components International (FCI) now offers the industry’s broadest offering of Safety Integrity Level (SIL) compliant thermal flow meters and liquid/gas flow switches and level switches.
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ST51 Landfill Gas Flow Meter Overcomes Wet And Dirty Gas Conditions For Co-Gen Power Systems
12/21/2017
Process and plant engineers challenged with measuring wet dirty mixed gases in solid waste operations with co-generation electric power systems will find the advanced ST51 Series Thermal Mass Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) provides continuously accurate measurement of landfill gas flow to the co-gen electric power engines.
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Point Level Monitoring & Control Switch Supports High Reliability Application Environments
11/30/2017
Process and plant engineers in search of a reliable point level monitoring and control solution will find the FLT Series Switch from Fluid Components International (FCI) is the answer with its excellent accuracy, dual trip points and relays, SIL 2 rating for ultra-reliability and full Ex agency approvals on the complete instrument.
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Thermal Flow Meter Helps Semiconductor Manufacturer Solve Boiler Fuel Gas Mystery for Multi-Building Campus
12/15/2017
When the plant team at a large semiconductor manufacturer in the northwestern region of the U.S. found its boilers were consuming an unusually large quantity of natural gas, the numbers simply didn’t add up. Something mysterious was going on with the boilers, which incorrectly showed gas consumption above plant permit levels, and this situation would eventually cause regulatory reporting problems later on.
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Importance Of Flare Gas Measurement Grows To Meet Environmental Regulations
12/1/2017
In the oil and gas industry, regulations and requirements to measure, monitor and report flared gases continue to expand and extend. The U.S. EPA continues to focus on enhancing regulations aimed at reducing emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the environment.
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Natural Gas Fractionation Process Facilities Rely On Flow Switch For Relief Valve Leak Monitoring
12/2/2017
A company with multiple natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation process facilities located in the Southeastern U.S became concerned about a series of missed events and nuisance alarms caused by the flow switches installed to monitor potential overpressure situations with its pressure relief valves. The company wanted a highly reliable flow instrument solution that would detect a real event and avoid the lost productivity of nuisance alarms.
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Improving Flow Measurement Accuracy With Flow Conditioners
12/1/2017
To reduce plant operating costs, a simple and less expensive solution is to measure liquid and gas flow more accurately. Continuous improvement of flow measurement and control can trim overall production costs.