Test and Measurement Feature Library

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21/06/2023 Avoiding hump instability Hump instability is a type of unstable fluid flow that can result in increased drag, vibration or buffeting, similar to vortex shedding, stall or cavitation. It is a flow phenomenon typically occurring at high flow speeds or pressure ... » Read More

21/06/2023 Growing with technology Sensor supplier Vaisala explains why measurement and control technology will be key to the success of this rapidly growing sector » Read More

17/10/2022 Track materials in continuous processes Continuous flow chemistry processes can benefit from a process analytical technology (PAT) framework that incorporates material tracking and tracing functions. By Martin Gadsby, director at Optimal Industrial Technologies, and Ernie ... » Read More

19/04/2022 Risk FACtor Flow-accelerated corrosion is an important effect that can result in catastrophic failures in high-pressure and high-temperature pipe systems. It is therefore critical that it is properly managed. This involves feedwater chemistry control, ... » Read More

30/03/2022 A guide to improved gas feeding in water treatment Accurate gas dosing and the ability to control the feed to match changing conditions are vital for water treatment applications such as pH control using CO2 or removing iron with oxidation. From the outset, the system requires accurate ... » Read More

20/05/2021 Reading the warning signs Flow sensors for measuring the progress of liquids in process applications are vital – but they are definitely not ‘fit-and-forget’. By Brian Wall » Read More

17/09/2020 Water leaks and the ‘jaws of death’ Water demand in the UK will exceed supply in just 25 years, the head of the Environment Agency has warned – with part of the blame falling on leaking pipework. What can be done to avert this? By Brian Wall » Read More

06/12/2012 Liquid assets Water and waste treatment plants are among the oldest around anywhere, but don't imagine they're bereft of developments. Brian Tinham reports » Read More

08/06/2012 Coriolis flowmeters help GF reduce filling times and improve accuracy GF is reporting reduced filling times, improved accuracy and repeatability and tighter filling tolerances on its filling machines since installing the latest Micro Motion FMT filling mass transmitter, from Emerson Process Management. » Read More

05/04/2012 Testing times The power of sensing systems today is to be found less in the range of techniques, technologies and hardware designs, and more in their on-board software. Brian Tinham reports » Read More

06/02/2012 Mass production Coriolis mass flowmeters have been improving in sophistication and reducing in cost for at least 25 years, but now the race is on for multi-phase metering. Brian Tinham reports » Read More

01/12/2008 Virtuoso performance It won't have escaped your attention that instrumentation and control is encroaching inexorably into our bailiwicks. It started in condition-based maintenance, with plant engineers using, for example, portable ultrasonic flowmeters, ... » Read More

01/10/2006 Waste water gets the treatment Regulations relating to reducing pollution from industrial activities have been around in the UK for more than 150 years, while the present Pollution Prevention and Control regulations came into force in 1999, with a transitional process ... » Read More

01/10/2005 All fired up Fortum O&M (UK) operates and maintains the Grangemouth combined heat and power plant (CHP), which supplies power and steam to BP's Grangemouth complex, Scotland's largest industrial site and one of the biggest, most integrated oil and gas ... » Read More