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Innovative Ultrasonic Spool Flowmeters Installed

  

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A major Oklahoma petroleum pipeline company chooses to install a couple of ultrasonic spool flowmeters from Siemens. When the site was visited, it was determined there simply wasn’t enough straight run of pipe to install the clamp-on check meter/interface detector they are standardized on. The improved accuracy boasted by the spooled version, along with the need to bring the pipe above grade, made it a no-brainer to go with this latest Siemens offering.

The SITRANS FUT1010 flow meter is a perfect match for the liquid & gas hydrocarbon industries. With the innovative permanent TransLoc™ mounting system, the transducers are mounted on the outside of the pipe, preventing contact with the medium and the troublesome clogging of cavities found in other ultrasonic spools. Available with two, three, or four paths, these WideBeam ultrasonic transit time flow meters achieve highly accurate measurement.

Liquid Applications:

• Pipelines: Allocation, line balance, interface detection, density/densitometer reading
• Terminals: Check metering, transmix metering, product identification
• Refineries: Process control, blending, tank measurement, ship loading and unloading
• Transportation: Crude oil pipelines, LPG pipelines, refined product pipelines

Gas Applications:

• Upstream: Production wells, gathering, separation and dehydration
• Midstream: Underground storage, transmission, compressor stations
• Downstream Electric power generation, industrial use, gas processing plants