FCI Featured Articles
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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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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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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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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.
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FCI ST50 Series Flowmeters Brochure
12/7/2017
The ST50 Flow Meter is an accurate, easy to install, no moving parts solution for measuring and controlling air, compressed air or nitrogen flow. ST50 utilizes FCI proven thermal dispersion technology to provide direct mass flow measurement resulting in higher performance at a lower cost than orifice plates, DP, Vortex shedding and other thermal devices.
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FS2000L NuTec® Inline Flow Switch Brochure
12/7/2017
The FS2000L inline type NuTec combines extraordinary responsiveness and accuracy with superior reliability in extreme process conditions. This product features an advanced non-intrusive sensor design constructed of 316L stainless steel and is available with 20 Ra or 10 Ra electropolish finishes that are suitable for high purity and sanitary environments
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ST100 Series Thermal Mass Flow Meters Brochure
12/7/2017
ST100 is an all-new thermal dispersion technology gas flow meter that combines feature- and function-rich electronics with the industry’s most advanced flow sensors to achieve a truly state-of-the-science flow metering solution for industrial processes and plant applications.
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Mass Flow Meter Best Practices For Water Treatment
12/6/2017
Air/gas mass flow meters find a variety of applications in many of today’s large urban water treatment plants, both clean water and wastewater. From measuring disinfection gases to controlling air or gas flow in digesters and aeration systems, the proper application, installation and operation of mass flow meters improves process efficiency as well as end product quality while at the same time reducing plant operating costs
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Lab Gas Sub-Metering Accuracy Improves With Thermal Flow Meters To Save Money
12/1/2017
Facility administrators will find the advanced ST100 Series Thermal Mass Air/Gas Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) helps them improve the accuracy of specialty gas point of use and sub-metering operations to achieve accurate billing in their labs for better cost tracking and control.
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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.