Featured Articles
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Overcoming Inconsistencies In Digester Gas Measurement
4/27/2019
Thermal mass flow meters do a good job of measuring gas flows in water treatment and wastewater treatment applications. Measuring digester gases, which can contain moisture ranging from vapor to droplets, however, makes the job a bit tougher for all gas flow measurement technologies. Identifying the right solutions to deliver accurate, repeatable and reliable readings without having to reengineer the piping system becomes much easier and more economical by following these helpful guidelines.
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Wastewater Treatment Double-Play Game Winner
4/15/2019
While aeration and digester wastewater treatment systems are fundamentally different, they share common challenges when it comes to accurate air/gas flow measurement. Flow meters need to operate over a wide flow range, fluctuating from very high to low rates. The fluid media can be benign, moist, dirty or corrosive and combustible under the right conditions.
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Flow Meter Calibration
12/20/2018
Specialized calibration of gas mass flow meters and flow switches is what Fluid Components International does best. FCI's calibration lab has 18 NIST traceable precision flow stands to ensure you are getting the gas mass flow meter or flow switch calibrated to it's actual published specifications to match your application needs.
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FCI Announces Industry’s Broadest Selection Of Thermal Flow Meters With HART
10/30/2018
Process and plant engineers who need a precision air/gas flow measurement solution coupled with industry standard digital bus communication capabilities will find that Fluid Components International (FCI) now offers the industry’s widest selection of Thermal Mass Flow Meters available with the HART® Protocol and other communication options that are designed to serve a broad range of industries and applications.
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Monitoring Compressed Air In Packaging Machinery With FS10i Flow Switch/Monitor Lowers Energy Costs
8/28/2018
Machinery manufacturers and plant engineers relying on the pneumatic control of automated assembly lines and end-to-end packaging equipment can reduce their operational compressed air energy costs significantly with the highly repeatable and dependable FS10i Flow Switch Monitor from Fluid Components International (FCI).
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Compact ST75 Gas Flow Meter Accurately Measures Dosing, Injection & Other Applications
8/23/2018
Engineers in a wide range of industries responsible for gas dosing and gas injection in small line batch and continuous processes will find the versatile ST75 Series Air/Gas Flow Meter fromFluid Components International (FCI) is the ideal flow measurement solution that provides excellent accuracy in tight, crowded equipment areas.
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City Of St. Cloud Relies On Thermal Flow Meters For Digester Biofuel Co-Gen Power Process
8/13/2018
The City of St. Cloud, Minnesota, straddles the Mississippi River near the center of the state a little more than 65 miles north of the twin cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The city’s forward thinking staff began looking for sustainable green energy solutions in 2003. After planning and initiating a series of projects over several years, the site is today producing renewable energy with a 20 kW rooftop solar array, a 220 kW solar array and biofuels electricity generation.
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Flow Meter Helps HollyFrontier’s Woods Cross Refinery Measure Flare Gas For Safety And Environmental Compliance
8/13/2018
When the plant team at HollyFrontier’s Woods Cross Refinery, near Bountiful, Utah, needed mass flow meters to measure flare gas to the main flare header, the team drew on its past metering experiences for this difficult application.
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Rugged ST100 Digester Gas Flow Meter Provides Accurate, Safe, & Compliant Measurement
6/28/2018
Engineers and operators responsible for accurately measuring gas production from digester tanks at municipal or industrial wastewater treatment operations can depend on the rugged ST100 Series Thermal Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) to provide precision mass flow measurement.
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FCI’s Innovative VeriCal System Simplifies Flow Meter Calibration Verification
3/29/2018
The time-consuming and costly task of traditional flow meter calibrations, which requires shutting down the line, pulling the meter, installing a spare and paying a lab fee, is no longer a painful or costly process with the innovative VeriCal In-Situ Calibration Verification System for the ST00 Series Flare Gas Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI).