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...
non-contacting radar
Avoiding Floating Roof Storage Tank Incidents
Last year during the epic rains of Hurricane Harvey, more than 15 floating roof storage tanks in the Texas Gulf coast region failed during this record-setting storm. These failures resulted in a combined 3.1 million pounds of volatile chemicals being released into 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...
Monitoring for Hazards in Bulk Liquids Floating Roof Tanks
I was alerted to a great new whitepaper about floating roof tank hazards and solutions by our Rosemount radar level measurement and tank gauging systems team including Emerson's Per Skogberg. The whitepaper, by PEMY Consulting's Philip E. Myers, describes the types,...
Level Sensor Safety Proof Testing
Backing up your computer or server is a waste of time if restoring the backup fails when you need it. Good practice is to test these backups on separate test systems periodically to make sure they restore properly. Similarly, safety instrumented systems (SISs) need to...
Continuous Floating Roof Tank Condition Monitoring
Floating roofs are used on storage tanks to minimize vapor space between the top of the tank and the level of the liquid, typically a petroleum-based product, inside the tank. Per the External floating roof tank Wikipedia entry: The roof rises and falls with the...
Engineer’s Guide to Tank Gauging
Tank gauging is the process of measuring liquids in storage tanks to determine the volume and mass of the liquid. Typically, these measurements include level, temperature and pressure. A new user guide, The Engineer's Guide To Tank Gauging is available to request for...
Remote and Continuous Tank Floating Roof Monitoring
As oil & gas supplies continue to exceed demand and the need to store crude oil, natural gas liquids and other petroleum-based products increases, storage tanks remain critical elements in the global supply chain. In a Tank Storage magazine article, Stay Afloat...
Non-Contacting Radar Level Measurement Frequency Tradeoffs
Microwaves have many uses including communications, navigation, radar, radio astronomy, heating and power, and spectroscopy to name a few. For instrumentation and automation, radar level measurement works by emitting microwaves to measure distance. The first radar...
Finding the Best Level Measurement for the Application
Many ways exist to measure level in industrial processes. At the recent Emerson Exchange conference in Brussels, Emerson's Ingemar Serneby teamed up with an instrument specialist with a food manufacturer to share a presentation, Finding the best level measurement...
Improving Offshore Oil & Gas Production Level Measurements
I've always held a fascination for offshore oil and gas production. It was my first job out of school as a newly minted Electrical Engineer working as a systems engineer out of New Orleans. Technologies have advanced quite a bit since that time back in the mid-to-late...
Calpine Tackles Froth and Foam with Non-Contacting Radar
Emerson's Cathy Ershen and Jim Elchook shared a case study on geothermal power generation. Their abstract: H2S abatement may be required to meet local environmental regulations for a geothermal plant. At Calpine's Geysers, a number of the operating power plants have...
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