FCI Featured Articles

  1. Beyond The Specifications: Process Gas Flow Measurement In The Real World 9/21/2021

    With over 50+ years of experience in the Water & Wastewater industries globally, Fluid Components International LLC (FCI) has developed unique solutions for the measurement of liquids and gases. In this session we will examine air/gas flow measurement challenges that are commonly found in applications related to processes such as Blower Systems, Aerobic Digestion, Anaerobic Digestion [Digester/Biogas], Odor Control, Co-Generation/CHP and Natural Gas sub-metering. Addressing these application issues on the front end can lead to successful startup of your project.

  2. Digester Biogas Flow Measurement 6/25/2021

    Engineers at a municipal wastewater treatment utility were seeking an improvement over their existing, maintenance-intensive flow metering technology. 

  3. Utilizing Thermal Mass Flow Meters To Optimize Thermal Oxidizer Performance And Reduce HAP/VOC Emissions 3/16/2021

    Many processes in the oil/gas refining, specialty chemical production, solvents, paint, coatings and photoelectric industries generate hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), which need to be removed from waste, flue and tail gases before emission into the environment to meet clean air regulations around the world. In addition to removing problematic greenhouse gases, emphasis is placed on eliminating toxins that can be harmful to industrial workers and the environment.

  4. Offshore Platform Fire Safety Sprinkler System Depends On Liquid Flow Assurance Switch 1/12/2021

    Offshore platforms around the globe are essential to the production of oil/gas and the global energy supply chain, but they represent a daily hazardous operating environment to the employees that work there 24-x-7. The potential dangers range from a mix of toxic and combustible gases, including, but not limited to, deadly hydrogen sulfide (H2S) to explosive methane (CH4), and other mixed hydrocarbon gases that are easily flammable.

  5. Thermal Flare Gas Flow Meter Solves Measurement Challenges On FPSO Vessels 1/12/2021

    The accurate measurement and disposal of flare gases aboard floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels is essential to manage these potentially hazardous combustible, flammable and toxic gases. Accurate measurement of these waste gases allows them to be processed efficiently and effectively to protect people and equipment aboard the vessel. Measuring of flare gas is also most often a strict regulatory requirement, as it can form the basis for payment of environmental taxes, climate quotas, etc.

  6. 10 Essentials To Specify A Thermal Mass Gas Flow Meter 12/23/2020

    Whether you are working on a plant upgrade, a process improvement or an expansion project, doing your homework on the application and installation will save you time and expense, and ensure first-time right success. To specify a thermal mass flow meter correctly, there are 10 key questions you will want to understand, consider and then be able to answer.

  7. Vortab® Flow Conditioners 10/2/2020

    Vortab flow conditioners eliminate swirl and cross-mix the flow stream to achieve a symmetrical, distortion-free, repeatable flow profile in just three (3) pipe diameters. For installation ease and application optimization, traditional Vortab flow conditioners are available in a complete spool piece pipe section (Models VMR and VSR), an insertion sleeve (Model VIS), or as a weld-in-place kit (Model VFK). Also available, and particularly well suited for pump and compressor applications, is Vortab’s exclusive elbow section (Model VEL). With all models, in addition to their low pressure loss, the open tab design is non-fouling and will not trap dirt or be clogged by debris in the flow stream. Traditional Vortab models are for use in air, gas and liquid applications.

  8. Vortab Flow Conditioners: Eliminating Flow Disturbances Due To Crowded Equipment Conditions 7/28/2020

    Engineers challenged by flow meter inaccuracy and repeatability issues will want to watch a new video featuring, “Vortab Flow Conditioners.” This video explains how air, gas and liquid flow measurement can be greatly improved anywhere restricted pipe runs in cramped equipment areas make following the flow meter manufacturer’s pipe straight-run requirements impractical or impossible.

  9. Overcoming Flow Measurement Challenges In Wet Gas And Open Stack, Rain-Down Installations 5/27/2020

    Wet gas is a challenge to measure in a number of industries, including those with combustible gases that represent a safety hazard. In the laboratory, today’s air/gas flow sensors and measurement technologies operate at their highest accuracy and greatest reliability in air or gas free of moisture, droplets, particulates, etc. The real industrial world, however, is a much different environment where moisture can be entrapped in one form or another in air or gas flow streams with variable gas compositions and flow rates.

  10. Best Practices: Safety And Certainty With Actual Gas Calibration Of Thermal Mass Flow Meters 1/8/2020

    Flow meters can be built with the highest safety ratings, features and functions, and the most industrially robust sensor technology, but if the calibration is inaccurate or subject to uncertainty then the device could produce unsatisfactory performance issues.