Featured Articles
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Keep Your Pumps Running Smoothly To Optimize Process Efficiency
12/1/2017
Industrial pumps consume up to 20% of the world’s energy production and can be responsible for 25 to 50% of a process plant’s energy bill, according to Europump, the Hydraulic Institute and other sources. Nothing moves without them in a process plant, and they are expensive to purchase, maintain and even more to repair or replace. Reducing pump lifecycle costs (their purchase, operation and maintenance) is critical in a process plant optimizing efficiency and product output. The process and the surrounding equipment configuration can be responsible for unnecessary high pump lifecycle costs.
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FCI Product Knowledge Workshop Offers Free Training On Thermal Flow Meters And Flow Switches
6/21/2017
Fluid Components International (FCI) announces that registration is open for its next free customer training Product Knowledge Workshop, which will take place on October 4-5 in San Marcos, California, and October 17-19 in Beijing, China. These workshops are designed to provide customers comprehensive training on FCI thermal dispersion mass flow meters, flow switches, and level switches.
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Protect Your Pump And Keep It Longer
12/3/2017
In today’s complex and frequently rugged process plant environments, liquid pumps are often over-worked and under-protected from adverse operating conditions. Many pumps run nearly non-stop 24-hours a day over multiple shifts. Poor operating conditions can reduce pump performance, require extra maintenance, shorten their lives and increase costs.
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Thermal Flow Switch Ensures Process Safety At NGL Fractionation Facilities
11/18/2016
Engineers at natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation processing facilities will find the dependable FLT93L® Series FlexSwitch™ from Fluid Components International (FCI) to be an effective and highly reliable solution for process relief valve leak monitoring in this demanding petrochemical process.
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Fluid Components International: Capabilities Overview
4/7/2016
Knowing the fluid levels and the flow rates at which liquids and gases are traveling through pipes are measurements critical to industry. FCI Instrumentation combines precision sensors with ruggedized electronics designed to provide accurate, highly repeatable flow and level measurement solutions for these industrial process applications.
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Level Switch Detects Oil And Nitrogen Interface To Support Effective PIG System Operation
12/1/2017
A major oil producer in Alaska’s North Slope region operates miles of transit pipeline as part of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) within the U.S. National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska.
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Wastewater Plant Relies On Thermal Flow Meter For Co-Gen Power Gas Blending Process
12/18/2017
The Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority (RVSA), which operates a large wastewater treatment plant in New Jersey, embarked on a green co-generation waste-to-energy project to power a portion of its operations. The plant’s management team became interested in pursuing the gas-to-energy power co-generation system for both environmental and cost reasons.
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10 Fluid Measurement Plant Imperatives That Increase Process Efficiency And Reduce Costs
1/1/2018
Accurately measuring the flow and level of the various liquids and gases that travel through a process industry plant is a critical function for effective and efficient plant operations. Read more to learn ten important industrial process plant functions that can benefit from accurate, repeatable and reliable electronic flow or level measurement.
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Refinery Turns To Thermal Mass Flow Meter
2/5/2016
An independent Midwest refiner operates refineries in multiple states with a combined crude oil processing capacity of more than 500,000 barrels per day. The company recently approved a project to improve the safety of its plant and reduce its costs for nitrogen gas used for tank blanketing. Read the full report to learn more.
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Flow Meter Enhances Chlorination System Performance For Municipal Water Department
12/12/2017
The water municipality at a mid-size city in the Western region of the U.S. serving a population of about 180,000 people needed to address a chlorine disinfection system problem at one of its water treatment plants.