Articles and Case Studies from Sierra Instruments, Inc.

Avoid Common Flow Meter Installation Mistakes to Optimize Flow Meter Performance

In our last blog, we discussed how plant and operation managers are searching for ways to manage the flow energy in their facility to cut costs and increase their process efficiency. After the purchase decision is made, correct ...

Oct. 21, 2020 Scott Rouse

Why Mass Flow Controllers are Replacing VA Meters in Bioreactors

Upgrading to A Gas Mass Flow Controller Provides Greater Reliability for your Bioreactor When it comes to efficient bioreactor performance, precision mass flow control gas is critical. It is essential that bioreactor manufacturers have reliable, ...

Aug. 21, 2020 Maryadine Washington

Getting the Most Out of your Steam Flow Measurement with Vortex Mass Flow Meters

Three tips for maximizing your vortex shedding meter’s efficiency. As far as steam flow measurement goes, vortex mass flow meters have become the flow technology of choice for most facilities and plants looking to incur significant ...

Jul. 31, 2020 Scott Smitherman

Mass Flow Controllers Support Ventilator Testing

Precision Mass Flow Control Validates Ventilator Accuracy It’s actually a life and death matter, and we take this very seriously. Accurate mass flow control is crucial in the process of validating the accuracy of oxygen flow for mechanical ...

May 21, 2020 Maryadine Washington

Understanding the Mass Flow Meter and Mass Flow Controller Flow Body – Why it Matters.

When it comes to mass flow meters and controllers size matters. Not all flow meters are the same. It’s like choosing a car. All cars are designed to move you from point A to B. However, if you live high up in the mountains you might ...

Dec. 3, 2019

Accuracy In Adversity

It is a fact of the industry that oil and gas companies are required, by various rules and regulations, to routinely perform gas sampling to establish gas composition, flow rates and gas properties. In order to comply with regulations, gas sampling ...

Oct. 8, 2019 Matthew Olin;Scott Rouse

Sierra helps biotech firm build their competitive edge

Challenged by their outdated gas mixing systems, budgetary constraints and a turbulent economy, a leading US biotech firm, who depends on precision gas mixing and blending to maintain synthetic air environments for research, sought out Sierra to ...

Oct. 8, 2019

Achieving accurate gas flowmeter calibration

The calibration of gas flowmeters and/or flow controllers is one of those important, inescapable tasks that can be something of a nuisance to the engineer responsible for getting the job done. Sending flowmeters back to the manufacturer for ...

Oct. 8, 2019 John G. Olin;David M. KorpI

Your complete flow energy solution is here

Flow meter technologies designed, built and calibrated in California by Sierra. For what we call our Big-3, Sierra has become a recognized expert in thermal mass (QuadraTherm®), vortex shedding (InnovaMass®), and transit-time ultrasonic ...

Oct. 8, 2019

Thermal Mass Flow Meters Improve Efficiency in Wastewater Treatment Plants

Every municipality throughout the country has a wastewater treatment plant to safely treat water that enters back into our environment. This doesn’t mean they are immune to problems. One of the biggest problems for US wastewater treatment ...

Sep. 27, 2019

How to Specify the Best Mass Flow Meter or Controller for Your Application

A question we get a lot from our customers is how to determine which Sierra mass flow meter or mass flow controller is best for their application. Followed up by: What’s the difference between an economical mass flow controller ...

Jul. 11, 2019 Scott Rouse

Flare gas mass flow metering innovations promise more economical choices

INTRODUCTION As the drive towards energy independence in the United States continues at full speed, oil and gas companies are turning to hydraulic fracturing to increase production. Increasingly stringent state and national regulations for flare ...

Apr. 12, 2019 Matthew Olin

The advantages of multivariable Vortex flowmeters

Faced with less time and personnel to devote to an increasing range of control and measurement problems, engineers must often weigh the cost of inaccuracy against the initial and maintenance costs of flowmeters. This demand for higher accuracy and ...

Apr. 12, 2019 Andy Dieball

Sierra Instruments, Inc. Articles

Avoid Common Flow Meter Installation Mistakes to Optimize Flow Meter Performance

Why Mass Flow Controllers are Replacing VA Meters in Bioreactors

Getting the Most Out of your Steam Flow Measurement with Vortex Mass Flow Meters

Mass Flow Controllers Support Ventilator Testing

Understanding the Mass Flow Meter and Mass Flow Controller Flow Body – Why it Matters.

Accuracy In Adversity

Sierra helps biotech firm build their competitive edge

Achieving accurate gas flowmeter calibration

Your complete flow energy solution is here

Thermal Mass Flow Meters Improve Efficiency in Wastewater Treatment Plants

How to Specify the Best Mass Flow Meter or Controller for Your Application

Flare gas mass flow metering innovations promise more economical choices

The advantages of multivariable Vortex flowmeters

A Tale of Two Thermals: Capillary & Immersible

Take control of your facility flows - A Sierra flow energy field guide

Process gas mass flow controllers - An overview

Inspired innovation

Software and hardware solutions

Delivering mission critical for NASA – Case Study

Gas mixing and blending equipment – Case Study