Christoffer Widahl and Jimmie Soderstrom presented The New Normal for Process Radar—The New Two-Wire FMCW [Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave] Radars are Here!, at the 2019 Emerson Exchange conference. Jimmie opened with a question, "Why measure level?" It is to...
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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...
Modernizing Tank Gauging Systems in Manageable Steps
Bulk liquids storage tanks are used across the supply chain from upstream production through downstream petrochemicals and chemicals. A Tank Storage magazine article, Emulation: The Cost-Effective Solution to Tank Gauging Upgrades, highlights a statistic of an...
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...
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...
Reliable Level Measurement for Marine Vessel Tanks
Measure tank levels can be challenging based on many factors including liquid composition, tank geometry, fill/empty rates, etc. And, if measuring levels on marine vessel tanks, there is added complexity with this non-stationary environment. I saw a LinkedIn post from...
Cures for Common Tank Gauging Problems
Accurately knowing the level in liquid storage tanks is not only important from a safety standpoint, it's important to know for accounting, finance, and sales perspective. Accurate and reliable tank gauging systems can improve the performance of the oil & gas,...
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...
Guided Wave Radar Level Measurement in Vessel Bypass Chambers
Accurately measuring levels in vessels is important in many aspects—safety, efficiency, reliability and availability to name a few. Mechanical level measurement devices historically have been failure prone and have required regular maintenance. Guided wave radar (GWR)...
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...
Tank Overfill Multiple Protection Layers
Moving and storing hydrocarbons and other volatile fluids in tank farms and bulk liquid storage facilities require well-designed and functioning measurement and safety systems. In a Tank Storage magazine article, The Critical First Line Of Defence Against Overfills,...
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