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  • Tank Gauging Blog: Wireless Applications in Terminal Operations

    Jim Cahill
    Increasing shale oil and gas production in the U.S. is increasing the need for storage tanks to hold it. One example as highlighted in a recent Bloomberg article, Houston Fills With Crude Oil That Can’t Be Shipped Out : Storage tanks are filling as new pipelines carry light, sweet oil found in shale formations to the coast and U.S. law keeps companies from moving it out. Most crude exports are banned and the 13 ships…

  • Flow Blog: Measuring Flow on Fluid Streams

    Jim Cahill
    According to an ISA presentation given by Process Automation Hall of Fame member, Greg McMillan, the most common measurement device is the differential pressure (DP) transmitter. It is most commonly used in level and flow measurement. Measuring the differential...

  • Level Blog: New "how to" video demonstrates how to use the Rosemount 2130 level switch with new 8/16mA option

    Peta Glenister
    Our latest YouTube video demonstrates how the Rosemount 2130 Series vibrating fork level switch can be used to alert the control room of a fault with the switch using the 8/16mA output option. You can view it here: http://youtu.be/LRsXpoOT2qk

  • Level Blog: Using ultrasonic transmitters for open channel flow

    Peta Glenister
    For anyone interested in using ultrasonic transmitters for open channel flows to meet local requirements and protect the environment, an article by Emerson's Peter Ward in Flow Control magazine makes interesting reading. Read it here: http://bit.ly/1hsIRK8

  • Level Blog: New API2350 Atmospheric Tank Storage Overfill Standard Explained in Detail

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Carl-Johan Roos shared ways to comply with the new API2350 standard for overfill protection on tanks. CJ opened noting there is no reward for risk takers when it comes to overfill protection. He is a member of the API2350 committee. Overfills...

  • Tank Gauging Blog: New API2350 Atmospheric Tank Storage Overfill Standard Explained in Detail

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Carl-Johan Roos shared ways to comply with the new API2350 standard for overfill protection on tanks. CJ opened noting there is no reward for risk takers when it comes to overfill protection. He is a member of the API2350 committee. Overfills occur one out of 3,300 fillings according to insurance...

  • Tank Gauging Blog: New API2350 Atmospheric Tank Storage Overfill Standard Explained in Detail

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Carl-Johan Roos shared ways to comply with the new API2350 standard for overfill protection on tanks. CJ opened noting there is no reward for risk takers when it comes to overfill protection. He is a member of the API2350 committee. Overfills occur one out of 3,300 fillings according to insurance company data. The vast majority don’t result in explosions or fires, but do result in the need for environmental…

  • Tank Gauging Blog: New API2350 Atmospheric Tank Storage Overfill Standard Explained in Detail

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Carl-Johan Roos shared ways to comply with the new API2350 standard for overfill protection on tanks. CJ opened noting there is no reward for risk takers when it comes to overfill protection. He is a member of the API2350 committee. Overfills occur one out of 3,300 fillings according to insurance company data. The vast majority don’t result in explosions or fires, but do result in the need for environmental…

  • Tank Gauging Blog: New API2350 Atmospheric Tank Storage Overfill Standard Explained in Detail

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Carl-Johan Roos shared ways to comply with the new API2350 standard for overfill protection on tanks. CJ opened noting there is no reward for risk takers when it comes to overfill protection. He is a member of the API2350 committee. Overfills occur one out of 3,300 fillings according to insurance company data. The vast majority don’t result in explosions or fires, but do result in the need for environmental…

  • Tank Gauging Blog: New API2350 Atmospheric Tank Storage Overfill Standard Explained in Detail

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Carl-Johan Roos shared ways to comply with the new API2350 standard for overfill protection on tanks. CJ opened noting there is no reward for risk takers when it comes to overfill protection. He is a member of the API2350 committee. Overfills occur one out of 3,300 fillings according to insurance company data. The vast majority don’t result in explosions or fires, but do result in the need for environmental…

  • Pressure Blog: What is My Pressure Transmitter’s Calibration Frequency?

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Burcu Karakulak discuss ways to optimize calibration frequency for pressure transmitters. Their abstract: Save time & resources from performing routine calibration on your pressure transmitters by calculating the expected calibration frequency. You might find that you are calibrating too frequently or not frequently enough with routine maintenance. This workshop will present a method to […] Read the full text…

  • Pressure Blog: What is My Pressure Transmitter’s Calibration Frequency?

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Burcu Karakulak discuss ways to optimize calibration frequency for pressure transmitters. Their abstract: Save time & resources from performing routine calibration on your pressure transmitters by calculating the expected calibration frequency. You might find that you are calibrating too frequently or not frequently enough with routine maintenance. This workshop will present a method to estimate the required…

  • Pressure Blog: What is My Pressure Transmitter’s Calibration Frequency?

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Burcu Karakulak discuss ways to optimize calibration frequency for pressure transmitters. Their abstract: Save time & resources from performing routine calibration on your pressure transmitters by calculating the expected calibration frequency. You might find that you are calibrating too frequently or not frequently enough with routine maintenance. This workshop will present a method to estimate the required…

  • Pressure Blog: What is My Pressure Transmitter’s Calibration Frequency?

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Burcu Karakulak discuss ways to optimize calibration frequency for pressure transmitters. Their abstract: Save time & resources from performing routine calibration on your pressure transmitters by calculating the expected calibration frequency. You might find that you are calibrating too frequently or not frequently enough with routine maintenance. This workshop will present a method to estimate the required…

  • Pressure Blog: What is My Pressure Transmitter’s Calibration Frequency?

    Jim Cahill
    Emerson’s Burcu Karakulak discuss ways to optimize calibration frequency for pressure transmitters. Their abstract: Save time & resources from performing routine calibration on your pressure transmitters by calculating the expected calibration frequency. You might find that you are calibrating too frequently or not frequently enough with routine maintenance. This workshop will present a method to estimate the required…

  • Flow Blog: Custody Transfer for Natural Gas Liquids

    Jim Cahill
    As described by MarketRealist, raw natural gas from wells contains numerous components. While mostly methane, a dry gas, and wet gases including ethane, propane, normal butane, isobutane, and natural gasoline, along with water, carbon dioxide, and sulfur...

  • Level Blog: Unique verification reflector function for the Rosemount 5300 Series guided wave radar.

    Peta Glenister
    Our Rosemount 5300 Series Guided Wave Radars are now available with a unique verification reflector function. This hardware and software combination enables quick and safe high level alarm testing directly from the control room, eliminating the nee d to climb the tank, manually raise the product level or shut the process down. Better still, the verification reflector allows round-the-clock monitoring of device functionality…

  • Tank Gauging Blog: Terminal Tanks Level Measurement Safety, Accuracy & Efficiency

    Jim Cahill
    Over on the Tank World blog is an interview with Emerson’s Rajagopal Kittu, a tank gauging product manager in the Middle East region. Rajagopal was asked about the wireless technologies be used within terminals. He shared an example, valve position indication for manual isolation valves found in piping...

  • Tank Gauging Blog: Terminal Tanks Level Measurement Safety, Accuracy & Efficiency

    Jim Cahill
    Rajagopal Kittu Over on the Tank World blog is an interview with Emerson’s Rajagopal Kittu , a tank gauging product manager in the Middle East region. Rajagopal was asked about the wireless technologies be used within terminals. He shared an example, valve position indication for manual isolation valves found in piping manifolds. For many tank terminals, these wired measurements were not physically or economically feasible…

  • Tank Gauging Blog: Terminal Tanks Level Measurement Safety, Accuracy & Efficiency

    Jim Cahill
    Rajagopal Kittu Over on the Tank World blog is an interview with Emerson’s Rajagopal Kittu , a tank gauging product manager in the Middle East region. Rajagopal was asked about the wireless technologies be used within terminals. He shared an example, valve position indication for manual isolation valves found in piping manifolds. For many tank terminals, these wired measurements were not physically or economically feasible…

  • Tank Gauging Blog: Terminal Tanks Level Measurement Safety, Accuracy & Efficiency

    Jim Cahill
    Rajagopal Kittu Over on the Tank World blog is an interview with Emerson’s Rajagopal Kittu , a tank gauging product manager in the Middle East region. Rajagopal was asked about the wireless technologies be used within terminals. He shared an example, valve position indication for manual isolation valves found in piping manifolds. For many tank terminals, these wired measurements were not physically or economically feasible…

  • Tank Gauging Blog: Terminal Tanks Level Measurement Safety, Accuracy & Efficiency

    Jim Cahill
    Rajagopal Kittu Over on the Tank World blog is an interview with Emerson’s Rajagopal Kittu , a tank gauging product manager in the Middle East region. Rajagopal was asked about the wireless technologies be used within terminals. He shared an example, valve position indication for manual isolation valves found in piping manifolds. For many tank terminals, these wired measurements were not physically or economically feasible…

  • Flow Blog: Flow Measurement in High Process Noise Environments

    Jim Cahill
    Pulp and Paper processes provide noisy environments for measurement instrumentation. This 5-minute YouTube video demonstrates how magnetic flowmeter (magmeter) process noise diagnostics and noise mitigation technology improves flow measurement in pulp...

  • Flow Blog: Meeting the European Union Energy Efficiency Directive

    Jim Cahill
    March 7 is fast approaching if you want to get the 200 Euro discount to the April 1-3 Emerson Exchange conference in Stuttgart, Germany. One of the presentations you’ll want to catch is on the implications of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive. Emerson...

  • Flow Blog: Lease Automation Custody Transfer Units

    Jim Cahill
    Author: Rossella MimmiIf you’ve been around the oil & gas business, particularly in North America, you’re likely familiar with the LACT acronym. Lease Automatic Custody Transfer is the point where the custody of oil is transferred from the producer to...

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