Liquefied natural gas is methane with some ethane possibly mixed in cooled down to -162 degC (-260 degF) to transition the gas into a liquid state. It is liquefied: …for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volume of...
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Demonstrating Non-Contacting Radar Level Measurement
It's been a struggle catching up after a busy CERAWeek last week and a Spring Break week, this week in Austin. Let's close this short week with a look at one of the very accurate level measurement technologies—non-contacting radar. In this short 3+ minute YouTube...
Accurate Oil Storage Tank Custody Transfer
For oil & gas well pads not connected to pipelines, custody transfer of the produced oil and produced water occurs via truck transport. The trucks load oil from holding tanks and require accurate measurements for the custody transfer from producer. Similarly, this...
Level Measurement Intermittent Power Protection
Let's end the week with a quick look at how some instrumentation protects against intermittent power outages. This short, 1-minute Youtube video, How to Secure Safe Operations During Power Outages shows the power reserve function of the Rosemount 5408 level...
Detecting Sand and Sediment Accumulation
Basic sediment and water, or BS&W. It's what comes along for the ride in most oil & gas producing wells. The goal is to separate these from the oil and gas for proper disposal. The sediment portion, often consisting of sand, can collect and accumulate in the...
Reducing Complexity in Process Instrumentation
Electronics technology continues to rapidly advance. For instrumentation and automation, this means that capabilities can continue to be added. But how do automation suppliers keep from adding complexity with added capabilities? In an Automation.com article, Advanced...
Improving Level Control in Combined-Cycle and Coal-Fired Power Plants
Levels of intermittent, renewable sources of energy for the electrical grids around the globe continue to grow. Power plants designed for more consistent, base load operation are under greater stress. In this recorded Power magazine webcast, Optimizing Level Control...
Refinery Desalter Efficient and Reliable Operation
While oil and gas production processing equipment can separate the gas, oil, basic sediment and water from the production stream, this equipment typically can't separate the salt that can be found in solution in the oil. At high enough concentrations, this salt can...
Stepwise Tank Gauging Modernization
Instrumentation for manufacturing continues to improve as the electronics grow ever more powerful. Modernizing instrumentation such as tank gauging level sensors on bulk liquids storage tanks has been made easier through emulation technology. This quick, 1-minute...
Adding Wireless Level Switches for Storage Tank Overfill Prevention
Storage tanks holding volatile fluids must have reliable level measurements to avoid unsafe overfill conditions. A Control Engineering Asia article, Wireless vibrating fork technology enables Hengyang Petrochemical to implement cost-effective overfill prevention...
Point and Continuous Level Measurement in Water and Wastewater Applications
Across many industries, level measurements are critical ones for safe and reliable operations. This is true for the water and wastewater industries. The choice of technologies for these measurements is broad, especially since they fall into two categories point-based...
Selecting the Right DP Level Device for the Temperature Conditions
With the season in change from summer to autumn here in the northern hemisphere, let's look at differential pressure (DP) level measurement performance at various temperature ranges and particularly at cold weather performance. This quick 2:35 YouTube video, DP Level...
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