Instrumentation

PRODUCTS

  • Cell Counting And Sizing Instrumentation: Z Series

    Both Z1 Single and Dual Threshold Models use the Coulter Principle (Electrical Sensing Zone Method) for counting cells or particles in the 1-120 micron size range. This technique provides accuracy, speed, versatility, and excellent precision; it is the accepted reference method for cell counting. Standard apertures are available in five sizes. In addition, for vey small sample volumes, ampoule insertable apertures may be used.

  • Accutech Wireless Instrumentation

    Rapid deploy Accutech wireless instrumentation solutions from Schneider Electric. Battery-powered wireless sensor networks are used wherever challenging telemetry applications are found. Offering a wide range of available instruments for temperature, pressure, flow, level, and more, Accutech is suited to many industrial applications, specifically including upstream oil and gas.

  • Instrumentation: OCX8800 Oxygen/Combustibles Transmitter

    The OCX 8800 with its rugged design, stable sensor, electronics and software package, is the most dependable oxygen/combustibles transmitter on the market. The time-tested and world renowned zirconium oxide sensor is the basis for the oxygen measurement. This, coupled with the new combustibles sensor can detect oxygen and combustibles concentrations in flue gases with temperatures up to 2600°F (1427°C).

  • Instrumentation Design and Management
    INtools allows users to design and manage instruments through all phases of design.
  • Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams
    SmartPlant P&ID is a rule-based engineering solution that creates intelligent piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) and other schematic drawings while building a comprehensive data model.
  • Calibration Maintenance and Instrumentation Tracking Solution
    Calibration Maintenance and Instrumentation Tracking Solution
    The Equipment Book is a solution for calibration maintenance and instrumentation tracking

WHITE PAPERS AND CASE STUDIES

  • Applying Wireless Instrumentation To Optimize Oil And Gas Wells

    The natural gas and oil industry is continually driven by cost-cutting measures and the need to gain more operational efficiencies and visibility to regulatory requirements. Wireless instrumentation systems provide highly accurate digital readings to the control system to assist in making control decisions at the well site. This paper summarizes a solution in which wireless instruments integrate with other conventional equipment to offer a rapidly deployable advanced well optimization system.

  • A Guide To Level Instrumentation For Gasoline Refineries

    The safety and efficiency of every aspect of the petroleum refining process is dependent on accurate level measurement. Reliable instrumentation is especially important in the extreme temperature and pressure environments that are often a part of the process.

  • USStrategicOilReserve
    DM Petroleum Operations Relies On FPI Mag Flow Meter For Tough U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Application

    New tests recently performed by DM Petroleum Operations Company with the FPI Mag® Flow Meter from McCrometer continue to confirm the flow meter’s accurate performance and reliability on two rugged Texas brine disposal lines supporting the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

  • Instrumentation For Produced Water Applications

    Produced water refers to any water brought up to the surface during oil and gas production, typically as the result of drilling, exploration and hydraulic fracturing.

NEWS

INSTRUMENTATION ABOUT DOCUMENT

Instrumentation
The science of measuring and controlling variables is termed instrumentation. As the name suggests, the process involves using a wide variety of instruments. These are classified as any device that can measure amounts that are physically quantifiable. These instruments do not have to be extremely complex in design. For example, the ruler is an instrument to measure distance, and a simple thermometer measures temperature.
Instruments specific to petrochemical processing include platinum Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTD’s), P/I Converters, many types of level meters, chromatographs, and continuous gas analyzers. These instruments are essential to the day to day instrumentation at petrochemical plants, as it is impossible to gauge to the necessary extent by estimation alone. Human error is inevitable, but an instrument can easily be calibrated or replaced.
Now that you understand the definition of and tools used in instrumentation, you should also understand the necessity of it. Temperature and pressure meters serve to ensure that the environment stays safe for both the chemicals being processed and the employees of the plant. Heat is a very well-documented activator in chemical reactions. If the temperature rises to unusual levels, this could spark an undesired chemical reaction that could prove catastrophic. The flow meter must measure how much oil is leaving the refinery, as it is a very volatile substance. Analytical instruments, such as the chromatograph, analyze the chemical make-up of the refined oil. This allows for the opportunity to make sure that the chemical make-up is correct, giving evidence that the process was correctly completed at all stages of refinement.