Seventeenth Annual Reader’s Choice Awards rates brand preferences among 1,000 process automation professionals
CONTROL Magazine surveyed more than 1,000 of its U.S. readers to find the top suppliers in more than 100 process automation technology categories. Among the categories, Emerson Process Management achieved the highest ranking in 25 categories, including stack gas/emissions analyzers.
Other categories where Emerson achieved No.1 rankings include continuous regulatory control, batch process automation, automation software, wireless infrastructure, level management, heat and pressure transmitters, process analysis, flow measurement and control loop measurement, among others.
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19 marzo 2009
Emerson Process Management’s Rosemount® Analytical Process Analytic Division Featured on Power Online
Customers and prospects of the Rosemount® Analytical Process Analytic Division now have a new resource for obtaining valuable information about the company’s power industry capabilities. To provide easy-to-use, easy-to-access information, the Process Analytic Division recently announced its presence on Power Online, the premier source for professionals passionate about power generation.
Site users have instant access to information on the Process Analytic Division’s power solutions, including recent articles and press releases, product data sheets, brochures and detailed product information. Additionally, visitors can request more information or ask that a Process Analytic Division representative contact them.
Besides finding information about the Process Analytic Division on the Power Online site, Power Online distributes an e-newsletter twice per week. In the last three months, the Process Analytic Division has been highlighted in the newsletter a number of times.
Whether industry professionals are looking for tutorials, the latest products on the market, or competitive business information about other companies in the industry, they will find it at Power Online. Power Online reaches nearly 750,000 unique visitors each year, including engineers, high-level administrators and operations managers in power-related industries.
Site users have instant access to information on the Process Analytic Division’s power solutions, including recent articles and press releases, product data sheets, brochures and detailed product information. Additionally, visitors can request more information or ask that a Process Analytic Division representative contact them.
Besides finding information about the Process Analytic Division on the Power Online site, Power Online distributes an e-newsletter twice per week. In the last three months, the Process Analytic Division has been highlighted in the newsletter a number of times.
Whether industry professionals are looking for tutorials, the latest products on the market, or competitive business information about other companies in the industry, they will find it at Power Online. Power Online reaches nearly 750,000 unique visitors each year, including engineers, high-level administrators and operations managers in power-related industries.
Emerson's Enhanced Flue Gas Analyzers Certified for Hazardous Areas
X-STREAM® Oxygen Analyzers help improve combustion efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases
Emerson Process Management has enhanced its Rosemount Analtyical X-STREAM® Oxygen Analyzers and attained certification for hazardous areas, now offering capability to refining and petrochemical facilities that require Class I Zone I and ATEX Exd IIB approvals. The X-STREAM O2 analyzer is the first gas analyzer in the industry to be certified for hazardous areas with an optional process end flame arrestor.
Better analysis of the flue gases exiting the combustion process permits plant operators to improve the efficiencies of large boilers and process heater furnaces and also to provide immediate reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions with minimal investment.
These analyzers provide information to control the fuel-to-air ratio in furnace burners, much in the same way it’s done on today’s automobiles. The X-STREAM O2 probe offers improved AccuMax™ accuracy specifications, extended temperature capability, and FM, CSA, and ATEX approvals for hazardous areas.According to Doug Simmers, Worldwide Product Manager for Rosemount Analytical, large process heater furnaces often burn waste fuel gases from different areas within a facility, and the BTU value of these waste fuels can vary significantly from day to day, and hour to hour. A reliable reading of oxygen permits the operator to fine tune the combustion fuel-air ratio despite changes in fuel BTU and air density going into the burners.
The X-STREAM line of combustion O2 probes offer long life in this difficult service, and are now designed to be repaired without removing the probe from the furnace duct. Additionally, they can provide indication of reducing conditions that may occur inside the furnace during plant upsets.
Emerson Process Management has enhanced its Rosemount Analtyical X-STREAM® Oxygen Analyzers and attained certification for hazardous areas, now offering capability to refining and petrochemical facilities that require Class I Zone I and ATEX Exd IIB approvals. The X-STREAM O2 analyzer is the first gas analyzer in the industry to be certified for hazardous areas with an optional process end flame arrestor.
Better analysis of the flue gases exiting the combustion process permits plant operators to improve the efficiencies of large boilers and process heater furnaces and also to provide immediate reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions with minimal investment.
These analyzers provide information to control the fuel-to-air ratio in furnace burners, much in the same way it’s done on today’s automobiles. The X-STREAM O2 probe offers improved AccuMax™ accuracy specifications, extended temperature capability, and FM, CSA, and ATEX approvals for hazardous areas.According to Doug Simmers, Worldwide Product Manager for Rosemount Analytical, large process heater furnaces often burn waste fuel gases from different areas within a facility, and the BTU value of these waste fuels can vary significantly from day to day, and hour to hour. A reliable reading of oxygen permits the operator to fine tune the combustion fuel-air ratio despite changes in fuel BTU and air density going into the burners.
The X-STREAM line of combustion O2 probes offer long life in this difficult service, and are now designed to be repaired without removing the probe from the furnace duct. Additionally, they can provide indication of reducing conditions that may occur inside the furnace during plant upsets.
03 marzo 2009
BE SAFE, WITH NETSAFETY
Oil refineries, processing plants, pipelines, storage farms, LPG/LNG plants, and offshore platforms all utilize or produce a wide range of hazardous combustible and toxic gases. In addition, the processes involved in each can produce non-toxic gases which, when accumulated in high concentrations, depletes oxygen causing a hazardous condition to personnel who occupy the area without proper protection. Where hazardous conditions are the greatest, it is essential to have monitoring system that constantly monitor a facility's conditions even if personnel are not present. Hand-held/personal monitors don't have the ability to detect concentrations of combustible gases in unoccupied areas that are hazardous to equipment, personnel, and the facilities themselves. Depletion of oxygen is hazardous to individuals entering any unoccupied areas, whereas any amount of toxic gases can have serious health implications (even death) for any personnel entering an unoccupied area where they are present.
LPG/LNG FACILITIES
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) with its major component methane is drilled from the ocean bed in various parts of the world (especially the North Sea) using either fixed exploration platforms or Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. The natural gas is transported via pipelines and tankers to the onshore facilities where it is stored in special tank farms before it is distributed to the various users. Beside this natural resource, the petrochemical industry has developed various distillation and cracking processes that produce light hydrocarbon gases like methane, ethane, propane, butane and their derivates ethylene, propylene, butylene, etc. These refined gases, are compressed and liquefied for storage purposes and known commercially as Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG). One of the major concerns associated with the LNG/LPG facilities is the fugitive emissions and liquid spills that evaporate very fast when exposed to the atmospheric pressure. The light methane gas migrates very fast over large areas hence the need for reliable, fast methane monitoring, over large areas of pipelines and storage facilities. The LPG, which contains light hydrocarbon mixtures (C1-C4), is heavier than air and tends to accumulate in low areas thus posing a fire/explosion hazard in the congested production and pipelines manifolds areas. In addition to gas monitoring systems, Optical Flame Detectors and advanced CCTV Flame Detectors provide enhanced coverage of the LPG/LNG facilities.
COMPRESSORS AND PUMPS
Facilities with compressors, pumps, and valves also require continuous gas and flame monitoring. These areas are prone to spills and fugitive emissions that, if undetected, can cause extensive damage to the entire facility. The combination of heat, pressure, and vibration in compressor decks can create leakage. This, along with broken seals and gaskets in valves or pumps, provide the fuel that can come into contact with heated parts and an ignition source to develop into a fire. Flame and gas monitors minimize theses risks, and even provide a system to monitor for the maintenance needs of equipment. The monitors should be installed in areas overlooking compressors and pumps.
LPG/LNG FACILITIES
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) with its major component methane is drilled from the ocean bed in various parts of the world (especially the North Sea) using either fixed exploration platforms or Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. The natural gas is transported via pipelines and tankers to the onshore facilities where it is stored in special tank farms before it is distributed to the various users. Beside this natural resource, the petrochemical industry has developed various distillation and cracking processes that produce light hydrocarbon gases like methane, ethane, propane, butane and their derivates ethylene, propylene, butylene, etc. These refined gases, are compressed and liquefied for storage purposes and known commercially as Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG). One of the major concerns associated with the LNG/LPG facilities is the fugitive emissions and liquid spills that evaporate very fast when exposed to the atmospheric pressure. The light methane gas migrates very fast over large areas hence the need for reliable, fast methane monitoring, over large areas of pipelines and storage facilities. The LPG, which contains light hydrocarbon mixtures (C1-C4), is heavier than air and tends to accumulate in low areas thus posing a fire/explosion hazard in the congested production and pipelines manifolds areas. In addition to gas monitoring systems, Optical Flame Detectors and advanced CCTV Flame Detectors provide enhanced coverage of the LPG/LNG facilities.
COMPRESSORS AND PUMPS
Facilities with compressors, pumps, and valves also require continuous gas and flame monitoring. These areas are prone to spills and fugitive emissions that, if undetected, can cause extensive damage to the entire facility. The combination of heat, pressure, and vibration in compressor decks can create leakage. This, along with broken seals and gaskets in valves or pumps, provide the fuel that can come into contact with heated parts and an ignition source to develop into a fire. Flame and gas monitors minimize theses risks, and even provide a system to monitor for the maintenance needs of equipment. The monitors should be installed in areas overlooking compressors and pumps.
- Hazard
Hydrocarbon gases (Methane (CH4), ethane, propane, butane, ethylene, propylene, butylene, etc.) (Combustible)
Source
Turbines, compressors, pumps, drilling sites, pipelines, refineries, processing plants, storage farms, loading stations
Safety Solution
Millennium II, Millennium II BASIC, MLP-SC1100 (Catalytic Bead), MLP-SIR100 (Infrared) - Hazard
Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) (Toxic)
Source
Drilling sites, pipelines, refineries, processing plants, HVAC's
Safety Solution
Millennium II, Millennium II BASIC, MLP-ST1200 (Electrochemical), Gas Shield Junior or Senior - Hazard
Fire
Source
Hydrocarbons
Safety Solution
Phoenix IR3 (multi-spectral infrared) detector, Smart UV/IR detector, Smart UVS detector
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