FlexExpress July 2013
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July 2013 Look For FLEXIM In These Upcoming Publication Issues: July Pipeline & Gas Journal Processing Flow Control Control Chemical Processing District Energy Southwest Water Works Journal August Hydrocarbon Processing Processing Water/Waste Processing Flow Control District Energy Southwest Water Works Journal September Processing Flow Control District Energy Southwest Water Works Journal Marketing Campaigns: Look for the new selling brief covering: What sets us apart from the competition Upcoming Trade Shows: CEESI 2013 8th International Symposium on Fluid Flow Measurement July 16 th – 18 th , 2013 Denver, CO NCSLI 2013 July 14 th – 17 th , 2013 Nashville, TN . GAWP 2013 July 14 th – 17 th , 2013 Savannah, GA Featured Application: Water Loss resolved by replacing magmeters with FLEXIM ultrasonic meters. The Jacksonville JEA water district had a problem. Its measurements showed that it was distributing significantly more water than it was removing from its wells. “Clearly it was a metering problem,” said Shawn Arnold, manager of the water acquisition and distribution arm of JEA. “We did an investigation and discovered that the meters at 35 of our wellheads were under reporting the amount of water being extracted from the well field.” The Jacksonville water district is massive. Not only does it serve the most populous city in Florida, it also provides potable water to the surrounding counties of Clay, Nassau, and St. Johns. It is the seventh largest publicly owned water district in the country with 4,208 miles of water lines. As such, permit requirements mandate that the utility report how much water it is removing from the Florida aquifer. “The problem was the magnetic flow meters,” said Shannon Jordan, water operator maintainer for the utility. “The probes of the meter come directly in contact with the water being pumped from the well. Out of our 135 artesian wells, 35 of them pump water that is high in minerals such as calcium, iron, and manganese forming Magnetite. The problem is that the highly conductive Magnetite coats the inside of the meter body including the electrodes, creating a short in the meter. This causes the meter to read lower and lower over time and the meters report lower than actual flows.” The utility is required by state law to calibrate all well flow meters every three years, said Rodney Williams, water reliability and waste water reuse specialist at JEA. For the most part that works fine for the meters that are not exposed to Magnatite. JEA is required to be accurate to within five per cent, and those 35 troublesome wells began to degrade six months after cleaning. The FLEXIM solution When FLEXIM showed up and suggested ultrasonic, to replace magmeters, the JEA personnel weren’t immediately excited. They owned a few portable clamp-on ultrasonic meters over the years and were not impressed. We needed it to calibrate the magmeters, but the Panametrics and Siemens took a long time to install. You had to be very precise, zero the meter, and then there’s a long list of procedures we would have to do to calibrate the magmeters. Everything about these meters was time intensive. FLEXIM brought in one of its portable meters for them to try. After a series of bench tests, the JEA installed the FLEXIM meter and tested against magmeters that were recently calibrated. The accuracy was excellent. FLEXIM then installed the meter on a pipe and it was remarkably fast and easy. Being cautious, in true JEA fashion, the utility initially ordered one portable meter and used it to check and calibrate the magmeters. Since November of last year, 34 dedicated meters have been installed. Fast Facts: FLUXUS 7407 Dump Valve Control Application: Monitor steam on a hot line and when water becomes present, open the condensate dump valve. Markets: Power market and industrial plants that produce their own electricity. References: EPRI, Oglethorpe Power, Competitive Power resources Presentation Materials and Support: For details on this application contact Steve at [email protected] or John at [email protected].
Transcript of FlexExpress July 2013
July 2013
Look For FLEXIM In These Upcoming Publication Issues:
July Pipeline & Gas Journal Processing Flow Control Control Chemical Processing District Energy Southwest Water Works Journal
August Hydrocarbon Processing Processing Water/Waste Processing Flow Control District Energy Southwest Water Works Journal September Processing Flow Control District Energy Southwest Water Works Journal
Marketing Campaigns: Look for the new selling brief covering:
What sets us apart from the
competition
Upcoming Trade Shows:
CEESI 2013 8th
International Symposium
on Fluid Flow
Measurement
July 16th – 18th, 2013
Denver, CO
NCSLI 2013
July 14th – 17th, 2013
Nashville, TN
.
GAWP 2013
July 14th – 17th, 2013 Savannah, GA
Featured Application: Water Loss resolved by replacing magmeters with FLEXIM ultrasonic meters.
The Jacksonville JEA water district had a problem. Its measurements showed that it was distributing significantly more water than it was removing from its wells. “Clearly it was a metering problem,” said Shawn Arnold, manager of the water acquisition and distribution arm of JEA. “We did an investigation and discovered that the meters at 35 of our wellheads were under reporting the amount of water being extracted from the well field.” The Jacksonville water district is massive. Not only does it serve the most populous city in Florida, it also provides potable water to the surrounding counties of Clay,
Nassau, and St. Johns. It is the seventh largest publicly owned water district in the country with 4,208 miles of water lines. As such, permit requirements mandate that the utility report how much water it is removing from the Florida aquifer. “The problem was the magnetic flow meters,” said Shannon Jordan, water operator maintainer for the utility. “The probes of the meter come directly in contact with the water being pumped from the well. Out of our 135 artesian wells, 35 of them pump water that is high in minerals such as calcium, iron, and manganese forming Magnetite. The problem is that the highly conductive Magnetite coats the inside of the meter body including the electrodes, creating a short in the meter. This causes the meter to read lower and lower over time and the meters report lower than actual flows.” The utility is required by state law to calibrate all well flow meters every three years, said Rodney Williams, water reliability and waste water reuse specialist at JEA. For the most part that works fine for the meters that are not exposed to Magnatite. JEA is required to be accurate to within five per cent, and those 35 troublesome wells began to degrade six months after cleaning. The FLEXIM solution
When FLEXIM showed up and suggested ultrasonic, to replace magmeters, the JEA personnel weren’t immediately excited. They owned a few portable clamp-on ultrasonic meters over the years and were not impressed. We needed it to calibrate the magmeters, but the Panametrics and
Siemens took a long time to install. You had to be very precise, zero the meter, and then there’s a long list of procedures we would have to do to calibrate the magmeters. Everything about these meters was time intensive. FLEXIM brought in one of its portable meters for them to try. After a series of bench tests, the JEA installed the FLEXIM meter and tested against magmeters that were recently calibrated. The accuracy was excellent. FLEXIM then installed the meter on a pipe and it was remarkably fast and easy. Being cautious, in true JEA fashion, the utility initially ordered one portable meter and used it to check and calibrate the magmeters. Since November of last year, 34 dedicated meters have been installed.
Fast Facts: FLUXUS 7407 Dump Valve Control Application: Monitor steam on a hot line and when water becomes present, open the condensate dump valve.
Markets: Power market and industrial plants that produce their own electricity.
References: EPRI, Oglethorpe Power, Competitive Power resources
Presentation Materials and Support: For details on this application contact Steve at [email protected] or
John at [email protected].
Technical Tip: When demonstrating a FLEXIM
flowmeter it is a wise idea to inform
the customer that only FLEXIM
meets the ASME MFC5M for
temperature compensation.
Hardware Safety Approval Status: The long-awaited 808 C1/D1
transmitter has formally received its
FM approval. It is being made
available as a single channel unit
(AC or DC powered) with 1 4-20
active output and a solid state
binary output.
FLEXIM’s new Stainless Steel
Enclosure is now C1/D2 FM
approved! Click here to find out
more.
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Featured Product: 7407 For HRSG Dump valve control FLEXIM recently partnered with EPRI and Competitive Power resources to develop a method of detecting the presence of water in the HRSG tubes in Power Plant applications. Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) is a very efficient way to optimize heat back to the power production process. Water belongs in the drain, but during operation the cooling effects of water can seriously compromise the tubes inside the HRSG. The FLEXIM F601 in portable applications and the 7407 for permanent applications both utilize the WaveInjector to monitor the superheated steam lines. When water becomes present, the flowmeter signals the control system to open the condensate dump valve. This is a very good application and has been proven to work. Extensive test results are available. Please contact your Power Market Industry leader Steve Davis [email protected] for details.
Competitive Corner Zero Means Zero Did you know that FLEXIM is the only ultrasonic flow meter on the market today that meets ASME MFC5M? What is ASME MFC5M? It’s the standard for temperature compensation in ultrasonic flowmeters. Did you know that all other ultrasonic meters drift due to changing temperatures? The transducers of other manufacturers are not temperature compensated. Most manufactureres have a philosiphy that if both transducers are on the same pipe, then they should both be the same temperature, and therefore temperature compensation is not necessary. This is not ture. FLEXIM has performed tests with a standard hair dryer heating transducers under zero flow conditions and watched the competitors flow meter register as much as 10 GPM. The America Society of Engineers has a different view than our competitors. In fact, ASME wrote a specification that perscribes the necessity for temperature compensation in ultrasonic transducers. FLEXIM has invested in the technology to lead the industry in this very important feature, while others have decided not to bother to comply. What does this mean? Simply put, it means that other ultrasonic flowmeters have a very large and unpredictable souce of drift.
Rep of the Month Flow Tech: Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC Salute to Travis Teeter who recently secured a major HVAC project with Honeywell, and the Security Administration that totaled more than $224,000. Onicon was the basis for design, but it was Travis’ relationship and selling ability that convinced the integrator and the end user to purchase FLEXIM for the applicaion. Flow Tech has a strong knowledge of the FLEXIM ultrasonic meters and has demonstrated ambitious pursuit of applications and customer support in true FLEXIM Fashion. Flow Tech is off to a very good start in 2013.
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