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Furnace Cameras Keep Industrial Installations Running Efficiently
High Temperature High Pressure and Corrosion Resistant Viscometers
With new, high-pressure capabilities working up to 500 bar, Sofraser (France) continues to broaden the application field of its MIVI viscometer, of which the key technology is a rod, vibrating at resonance frequency. Used by many process industries, the MIVI sensor combines technological expertise with enhanced performance features. The standard MIVI sensor is regularly used for continuous product measurement of viscosity range from less than 2 mPa.s and up to 1 000 000 mPa.s. in process conditions up to 300°C and 150 bar. In order to address increasingly extreme requirements in a wide range of applications, Sofraser offers the high-pressure MIVI sensor that operates at up to 500 bar. Extremely high pressures represents an even more interesting challenge for Sofraser, as they are developing a technological innovation that will obtain reliable viscosity measurements at pressures up to 1500 bar. Performance such as this is especially useful in drilling applications. Thanks to its thin vibrating rod immersed in a small-volume measuring chamber (less than 15 ml), the sensor is capable of handling expensive or rare samples. The MIVI sensor can be used for small batches as well as lab-scale experiments. It is also suitable for process installations and can be mounted either in-line, on-line, or on reactor. The MIVI is available with Exproof ATEX agreement for use in explosive areas and with Hastelloy®
new range of electronic devices (the 9600 Series of viscosity and temperature processors, the 9610 multi-sensor processor, and the 9200 transmitter), the MIVI’s high-capability features are engineered to enable the best production efficiency results.
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wetted parts for corrosive products. Even in the most severe environments, the MIVI remains rugged, robust, and reliable. Combined with Sofraser’s
An application report from FLIR Systems (France) details how the German Bayernoil refinery complex has used a FLIR infrared furnace camera to monitor its hydro reformers enabling them to keep the installations up and running efficiently.
Stable high temperatures and efficient combustion in refinery furnaces, heaters and boilers are mandatory for a continuous output of high-quality oil derivates. The high temperature hydro reformer installations at Bayernoil run 24/7 and at 100% capacity to satisfy the high demand for their petroleum products. Hence the major importance of condition monitoring and preventive maintenance of furnaces and heat supply. Using a FLIR GF309 furnace camera - the application report details how engineers regularly inspect the different types of furnaces at the three Bayernoil sites. Calibrated for measurements of up to 1,500 ºC, the FLIR GF309 furnace camera provides temperature reading across entire high-temperature surface areas, enabling a faster inspection in critical or potentially hazardous environments. The FLIR GF309 furnace camera's protective shield is designed not only to reflect the heat away from the camera and its user, but also entirely cover the area of a furnace inspection window.
The information gathered by the furnace camera has helped Bayernoil to determine when furnace temperature sensors need to be exchanged; indicate if the temperature of piping stays within acceptable safe limits; provide information if productivity can be raised and to assess the condition of the furnace burners to determine whether they have to be adjusted or cleaned. Using the FLIR Reporter software suite on the GF309 furnace camera - Bayernoil engineers are able to gather and analyse their findings and to share them with the process safety, production and maintenance specialists at the plants, enabling them to assess and optimise production.
Overall Bayernoil have found that the FLIR GF309 furnace camera has given them key information on the thermal load of their furnace and piping installations enabling production optimisation and an improvement in operational safety. They expect the infrared camera to be amortised within two years.
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Myron L Company Offers Innovative New Water Quality Instrumentation from a Company You Can Trust
We are proud to offer innovative new technologies that add greater levels of performance and convenience to our existing line of water quality instrumentation:
ULTRAPEN™ PT2 pH & Temperature Pen features one-button operation with dip or scoop sampling for measurements in standing bodies of water and vertical streams. Advanced features include the ability to choose between snapshot and continuous measurement modes; 1, 2 and 3 point calibration for superior accuracy; automatic temperature compensation; fully encapsulated electronics; proprietary sensor construction; highly stable microprocessor-based circuitry; and waterproof housing.
ULTRAPEN™ PT1 is Myron L’s groundbreaking new Conductivity/TDS/Salinity tester. The PT1 pen features the accuracy and stability of benchtop lab equipment with the convenience of a pen. Unlike any other instrument in its class, the PT1 allows the user to select from 3 of the most commonly used solution standards: KCl, NaCl, and Myron L’s 442 proprietary standard for Natural Water™.
The 6PFCE
is the next generation in Myron L’s advanced microprocessor-based Ultrameter II line. Featuring the same stability and accuracy of the 6P in conductivity, resistivity, TDS, pH, ORP and temperature measurements, the 6PFCE adds a powerful new enhanced free chlorine equivalent function developed through extensive bench testing at the Myron L Company. FCE
™ displays both the accelerated ORP reading (in mVDC) as well as an equivalent free chlorine
concentration (in familiar ppm). Measurements are fast, accurate and accomplished with the press of a single button. No additional chemicals or reagents are required.
Ultrameter III 9P Titration Kit is Myron L’s innovative new solution to comprehensive water quality testing in the field. The 9P features fast, one-touch measurements for conductivity, resistivity, TDS, ORP, free chlorine, pH and temperature, but adds the unique ability to perform in-cell conductometric titrations for alkalinity, hardness and LSI.
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