gas flow meter Articles
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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 and a premium mass flow controller. Our new video explains the differences between Sierra’s economical and premium mass flow meters and controllers (our ...
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[Minute Flow Tip Video] Mass Flow Versus Volumetric Flow Technology
When engineers and systems integrators need to measure gas flow rate in an industrial process or scientific research, there are many types of technologies to choose from. This makes selecting the right gas flow meter a challenge. In addition to technology, engineers must consider many other parameters: price for value, cost of ownership, size of footprint, application flexibility, calibration ...
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Desired Characteristics of a Thermal Mass Flow Sensor - Part 1 of 2
This is part 1 of a 2 part blog on Thermal Mass Flow Sensor. We will describe the desired characteristics of a thermal mass sensor in Part 1 and Part 2 will discuss the operation of the 300 Series flow sensor (Patent #6,125,695) from Teledyne Hastings. A thermal mass flow meter consists of the following: Electronic Circuit Card Flow Sensor Bypass Shunt Base A cutaway is shown in the ...
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Minute Flow Tip Video - Mass Flow Versus Volumetric Flow Technology
When engineers and systems integrators need to measure gas flow rate in an industrial process or scientific research, there are many types of technologies to choose from. This makes selecting the right gas flow meter a challenge. In addition to technology, engineers must consider many other parameters: price for value, cost of ownership, size of footprint, application flexibility, calibration ...
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Turning Science Fiction into Reality
Precision measurement of low flow in gas mixing applications Choosing the right flow controller for laboratory or biomedical research applications is essential to achieving success in any experiment that involves controlling gas flow. This especially holds true for gas mixing or blending applications where two or more gases are mixed (blended) in a chamber until the specified concentrations (or ...
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Advantages of flexible flow measurement in sub-metering of natural gas
The ability to measure gas flow more accurately with sub-metering based on a new technology, can result in substantial savings. Natural Gas: An Abundant Resource Unlike oil, natural gas exists in abundance in the United States. Of the natural gas consumed in the United States in 2011, 95% was produced domestically. The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects U.S. natural gas production ...
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Navigating the Future: Ultrasonic flow measurements in flare installations
In today's highly competitive process industry, continuous optimization of operations and service work is crucial. Moreover, as environmental regulations pertaining to flaring become increasingly stringent, it becomes imperative to employ reliable and efficient flow measurement solutions. For over 30 years, ultrasonic flow meters have been utilized to measure flow to flare stacks. However, flare ...
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Advances in Thermal Dispersion Mass Flow Meters - Part 1 Principle of Operation
Abstract This paper describes an advanced microprocessor-based thermal dispersion mass flow meter that uses four temperature sensing elements in its flow sensor instead of the traditional two elements and has a dry velocity sensor that uses no potting materials instead of the traditional potted velocity sensor. This unique new mass flow meter automatically manages changes in gas selection, gas ...
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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 plants is the aging infrastructure with an estimated 180 billion dollars needed to repair many wastewater plants. A close second is the energy needed to ...
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