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Flow control of well water for rapid decarbonisation
Application Report | Chemical
- Decarbonisation using fast reactors in the production of demineralised water
- Use of a smart meter valve to precisely increase raw water quantities
- Improved control quality thanks to automated workflows; no more manual intervention required
- Reduced maintenance and operating costs thanks to redundancy and extended valve test times
Flow control of liquid waste for a waste-to-energy plant
Application Note | Power Generation
- Ensuring a safe and environmentally friendly combustion process when co-firing liquid waste
- Use of a smart meter valve for precise flow control of liquid waste to maintain optimum incineration conditions
- Space-saving installation of an all-in-one instrument featuring flow, pressure and temperature measurement, control functionality and computing power
- Seamless integration into PLC via PROFINET; no additional control loop programming necessary
Clamp-on flow measurement for pump performance monitoring
Application Note | Chemical
- Reliable readings for monitoring cooling water pump performance at difficult process conditions
- Ultrasonic clamp-on flow measurement on a large glass reinforced plastic (GRP) pipeline
- Flexible, battery-powered solution for pump verification at different flow rates
Metering and billing of district heating for the city of České Budějovice
Application Report | Power Generation
- A nuclear power plant supplies CO2-friendly thermal energy for the municipality
- 3-path ultrasonic flow measurement is used to determine the thermal energy of hot water
- Complete solution provides high accuracy metering and billing of large heat quantities
Free chlorine monitoring for a thermal spa resort
Application Note | Health & Wellness industry
- Efficient dosing of a hypochlorite-based sanitizer to effectively prevent contamination and health risks in thermal pools
- pH compensated free chlorine (Cl2) measurement for a reliable and automated disinfection process
- Use of a compact, pre-configured measuring system with a membrane-free disinfection sensor, pH sensor, temperature sensor and integrated flow cell monitoring
Flow measurement of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen (N2) in flat glass production
Application Note | Glass Industry
- Effective monitoring of process gases for surface protection of hot glass ribbon
- Use of a robust and long-term stable variable area flowmeter for the supply of a roller annealing lehr
- Reliable flow measurement of SO2 and nitrogen at low pressures and volume flow rates
Process instrumentation for chemical injection
Application Note | Oil & Gas
- Injection of corrosion and gas hydrate inhibitors
- Variable area flow measurement of low flow chemicals at high pressures up to 400 barg / 5,802 psig
- Full scope of supply including magnetic level indicators and pressure transmitters
Flow and density measurement of paint additives and bases
Application Report | Chemical
- Coriolis flow measurement improves overall production consistency of paints
- Unobstructed flow stream saves processing time and improves throughput
- In line continuous density measurement as assures proper recipe blending and waste reduction
- Replacement of rotary meters with single straight tube flowmeters with no moving parts
Level control for supplying water to elevated tanks
Application Note | Water & Wastewater
- Maintain precise and repeatable drinking water storage tank level at setpoints
- Use of a smart metering valve with flow, pressure and temperature measurement, control valve and extensive computing power in one device
- Cavitation diagnostics prevent damage caused by spontaneous pressure loads
- Energy and cost-saving operation; high savings potential for emergency power supply
Flow measurement for cold-mix asphalt production
Application Report | Chemical
- Effective process control to achieve a consistent bitumen emulsion quality for sprayer trucks
- Replacement of regularly clogged turbine meters for bitumen and emulsifying solution
- Reduced maintenance costs with a combined solution of Coriolis and electromagnetic flowmeters
Flow measurement for high pressure water injection in oil fields
Application Note | Oil & Gas
- Monitoring the performance of waterflooding to increase offshore oil production
- Reliable and accurate flow measurement to control high-pressure water injection
- Use of rugged electromagnetic flowmeters designed to NORSOK standards
High accuracy batching of edible oil
Application Report | Food & Beverage
- Equipping an automatic filling machine for vegetable oils with Coriolis mass flowmeters
- Reliable batching processes for PET filling of a non-conductive product
- Space-saving installation of flowmeter units in parallel
- Integrated electronics without a separate converter allowed direct communication with the control room
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