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  • Flow Blog: Natural Gas as a Transportation Fuel

    Natural gas has been used as a transportation fuel for many years in world areas such as Europe. With the differential in energy costs between natural gas and refined hydrocarbons, it’s being piloted and considered for use in other world areas such as...
  • Analytical Experts Blog: Adventures in pH Control

    Controlling your process based on pH is usually a tricky matter. Control Talk blog‘s Greg McMillan and Emerson’s Dave Joseph presented a short course, Adventures in pH Control, at last week’s Emerson Exchange conference in Anaheim. It was a best in conference...
  • Analytical Experts Blog: Turning Trash into Cash: Gas Chromatography in Landfill Gas Analysis

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    Hi everyone. This is Michael Gaura, product marketing manager with the Gas Group. I recently wrote an article for Waste Age Magazine about extracting valuable gas from landfills and people seem interested in the topic. I thought I’d share some of this...
  • Flow Blog: Non-Wetted Vortex Sensor for Reliable Flow Measurement

    Emerson’s Brad Burton provided a look at technology advancements in vortex flow measurement. His Emerson Exchange presentation abstract: The Rosemount 8800D Vortex flowmeter’s unique non-clog/non-leak design with a non-wetted vortex sensor enables sensor...
  • Temperature Blog: Human Centered Design Improvements to Temperature Measurement

    There is always a swirl of activity before large events. And none is larger than next week’s Emerson Exchange conference in Anaheim, California. We’re expecting a record turnout and I look forward to reconnecting and meeting as many of you who’ll be there...
  • Temperature Blog: Human Centered Design Improvements to Temperature Measurement

    There is always a swirl of activity before large events. And none is larger than next week’s Emerson Exchange conference in Anaheim, California . We’re expecting a record turnout and I look forward to reconnecting and meeting as many of you who’ll be there as is humanly possible. They’ll be some news of new and better technologies. I know from connecting with Emerson’s Rebecca Kopke , a member of the Rosemount temperature…
  • Temperature Blog: Human Centered Design Improvements to Temperature Measurement

    There is always a swirl of activity before large events. And none is larger than next week’s Emerson Exchange conference in Anaheim, California . We’re expecting a record turnout and I look forward to reconnecting and meeting as many of you who’ll be there as is humanly possible. They’ll be some news of new and better technologies. I know from connecting with Emerson’s Rebecca Kopke , a member of the Rosemount temperature…
  • Pressure Blog: Detect Compressor Surge By Measuring Outlet Pressure?

    It’s great to questions from automation professionals from some of my posts built up over the years. A question came about one of my centrifugal compressor surge posts. I removed the proprietary elements of the question. For air separation we use compressor...
  • Pressure Blog: Detect Compressor Surge By Measuring Outlet Pressure?

    Update: Greg has published a post, Checklist for Compressor Surge Control Tips which should give you some things to consider for your centrifugal and axial compressors. Orginal post: It’s great to questions from automation professionals from some of my posts built up over the years. A question came about one of my centrifugal compressor surge posts . I removed the proprietary elements of the question. For air…
  • Pressure Blog: Detect Compressor Surge By Measuring Outlet Pressure?

    Update: Greg has published a post, Checklist for Compressor Surge Control Tips which should give you some things to consider for your centrifugal and axial compressors. Orginal post: It’s great to questions from automation professionals from some of my posts built up over the years. A question came about one of my centrifugal compressor surge posts . I removed the proprietary elements of the question. For air…
  • Pressure Blog: Detect Compressor Surge By Measuring Outlet Pressure?

    Update: Greg has published a post, Checklist for Compressor Surge Control Tips which should give you some things to consider for your centrifugal and axial compressors. Orginal post: It’s great to questions from automation professionals from some of my posts built up over the years. A question came about one of my centrifugal compressor surge posts . I removed the proprietary elements of the question. For air…
  • Pressure Blog: Detect Compressor Surge By Measuring Outlet Pressure?

    Update: Greg has published a post, Checklist for Compressor Surge Control Tips which should give you some things to consider for your centrifugal and axial compressors. Orginal post: It’s great to questions from automation professionals from some of my posts built up over the years. A question came about one of my centrifugal compressor surge posts . I removed the proprietary elements of the question. For air…
  • Level Blog: Chamber-based Guided Wave Radar Level Measurement Best Practices

    Installation best practices are always a good thing to have when you need them. If you’re installing guided wave radar (GWR) transmitters in vessels with restrictions, then this article, Best Practices for Installing Guided Wave Radar Transmitters in...
  • Flow Blog: Pipeline Liquid Pressure Surge Relief

    If you’re in the business of transporting hydrocarbons through pipelines, you know that surge relief valves are often the last line of pipeline protection. Emerson’s Trilochan Gupta authored a recent Intech magazine article, Specifying surge relief valves...
  • Flow Blog: Liquefied Natural Gas Measurement Challenges

    When your company ships its products to your customers, wouldn’t you like to be able to shrink the volume 600 times to save on shipping costs? If you’re in the business of liquefied natural gas (LNG), that’s exactly what you do. And, with the increasing...
  • Level Blog: A new proven result video available for remote seal systems

    Our second proven result video is now available on YouTube! The video explains how the installation of a Rosemount Remote Seal System solved a significant measurement problem with a Direct-Contact Aftercooler (DCA) application for Praxair. Ernest Presto from Praxair discusses the application with Randy DeBrine. View the video here. www.youtube.com/watch
  • Pressure Blog: Early Detection of Distillation Column Flooding Conditions

    The distillation process is one of the most common means of separating two or more components from a fluid. Ever handy Wikipedia defines it: Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling...
  • Pressure Blog: Early Detection of Distillation Column Flooding Conditions

    The distillation process is one of the most common means of separating two or more components from a fluid. Ever handy Wikipedia defines it : Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation is a unit operation , or a physical separation process, and not a chemical reaction . One of the things that can go awry is column…
  • Pressure Blog: Early Detection of Distillation Column Flooding Conditions

    The distillation process is one of the most common means of separating two or more components from a fluid. Ever handy Wikipedia defines it : Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation is a unit operation , or a physical separation process, and not a chemical reaction . One of the things that can go awry is column…
  • Pressure Blog: Early Detection of Distillation Column Flooding Conditions

    The distillation process is one of the most common means of separating two or more components from a fluid. Ever handy Wikipedia defines it : Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation is a unit operation , or a physical separation process, and not a chemical reaction . One of the things that can go awry is column…
  • Pressure Blog: Early Detection of Distillation Column Flooding Conditions

    The distillation process is one of the most common means of separating two or more components from a fluid. Ever handy Wikipedia defines it : Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in volatilities of components in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation is a unit operation , or a physical separation process, and not a chemical reaction . One of the things that can go awry is column…
  • Flow Blog: Remotely Monitoring Marine Vessel Fuel Consumption

    We discussed the challenges in measuring bunker fuels on marine vessels in prior posts. Last week, you may have seen the news item Emerson introduces remote fuel consumption and bunkering monitoring system. The news from the release: Emerson Process Management...
  • Level Blog: Using radar technology to reliably and accurately measure the level of ammonia

    An interesting article by Sarah Parker looks at the difficulties when measuring levels of aqueous and anhydrous ammonia stored in vessels, and explains how radar technology provides a perfect solution for many of these applications. Read the article here: http://bit.ly/ammoniaarticle
  • Pressure Blog: Continuously Diagnosing the Instrumentation Electrical Loop

    My friends in Chanhassen have been hard at work on the usability front. I connected with Emerson’s Alexander Miller to find out what’s the latest with the Rosemount 3051 pressure transmitter. Alex pointed to two new innovative features — Local Operator...
  • Pressure Blog: Continuously Diagnosing the Instrumentation Electrical Loop

    My friends in Chanhassen have been hard at work on the usability front. I connected with Emerson’s Alexander Miller to find out what’s the latest with the Rosemount 3051 pressure transmitter . Alex pointed to two new innovative features — Local Operator Interface (LOI) and Power Advisory Diagnostic. I thought we might dig into the Power Advisory Diagnostic more closely in this post, come back, and look at the Local…