Natural Gas Measurement, Control, and Odorization Log

Damage Prevention Professional magazine and the National Utility Locating Contractors Association (NULCA) have teamed up to create the first Locator Safety Awareness Week (LSAW). This inaugural event is June 22-28, 2014, and has been created to support and promote the safety of our utility line locators who often are prone to facing dangerous situations every day.

The IMAC natural gas filter drier or dryer offers filtration for high pressure instruments. The dryers protect expensive equipment by removing contaminants before reaching the instruments. IMAC offers different filter dryer switching assemblies to filter, dehydrate and regulate gas. The filters are fully compatible with Welker Filter dryers and also interchangeable with Becker Dryers with a kit.

The oil and natural gas industry has always sought anti corrosion coating for pipe in warm climates. Traditional coatings have been largely unsuccessful in hot temperatures; however, after more than four years in the field, Trenton HT-3000 is proving to be an excellent option.

We're excited to announce the release of the Z10000 Odorizer, which is ideal for high pressure and high flow natural gas odorization applications. The new odorization system is from Zeck Systems, a division of Sentry Equipment Corporation.

The Honeywell Mercury Instruments TCI (temperature compensated index) is fast becoming the value-priced replacement of traditional mechanical TC indexes of rotary meters. The TCI is compatible with Itron, Sensus, Hexagram, Cellnet, Badger AMR devices and customers can choose to have their devices installed and pre-wired at the factory during assembly.

Here's an idea from IMAC Systems, when installing your pipeline strainers consider tagging the area with a strainer nameplate.

The manufacturer of the Sage thermal mass flow meter has recently published a video revealing the key features of its flagship product, the Sage Prime^®. Thermal flow meters are used for gas mass flow measurement in many applications.

Here is something new to Linc Energy Systems’ product offerings, Trenton Riser Repair and Reinforcement Kit.

Recently Sage Metering released a white paper discussing an improved method for measuring flare gas flow using thermal mass flow meters. The new paper explores flow meter challenges and using thermal flow meters in applications of biogas, landfill gas and natural gas, and even discusses refineries and chemical plants.

When sizing an Itron natural gas regulator, there are six factors needed to be considered to select the most suitable regulator for your application; including location to adjust for the effects of altitude.

A bit reminiscent of the “New Coke” product introduction, then returning “Coke Classic” to market only months later, after a 15 year hiatus Itron is bringing back a classic residential gas meter design to augment their product offerings.

Natural gas measurement has been driven by the industries need to produce more accurate instruments, and volume correction is a process of taking a gas meter’s uncorrected volume and converting it to corrected volume based upon the effects of temperature and pressure.

Natural gas meter evolution has been led by consumer need, our understanding of gas laws, and the need to increase the accuracy of measurement. From counting lamp lights to compensating for pressure and temperature, accuracy has been the driving force behind improving and designing new meter types.

For any natural gas flow measurement instrument to provide accurate gas flow, gas laws must be considered, including: Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law, Avogadro’s Law, Gay-Lussac's Law, Combined Gas Law and the Ideal Gas Law. By doing so, we can see how temperature, pressure and volume, impact gas instrumentation.

For more than fifty years, DUALCO has been recognized as a reliable source for grease gun grease, valve lubrication equipment parts, valve sealants and grease guns for oil and natural gas plug valves, ball valves and gate valves.

Subsurface Utility Engineering is a practice engaged during various planning and construction phases to identify underground infrastructure and conflicts. It involves utility locating, utility mapping, and surveying.

What are the common underground utility location methods? Since April is Safe Digging Month, we have been reminding everyone to call 811 to have your utilities located before you dig. Routinely we are asked about the different methods available to locate utilities. Within this article, we will focus on electromagnetic utility locating, ground-penetrating radar, acoustic utility locator, hydro excavation and even dowsing.

The Rhino TriView Pedestal Utility Marker is an innovative method offering 360-degree visibility to existing pedestals needing sign restoration or new utility pedestal installations.

Could performing a simple utility marker makeover be a cost effective approach to improve your marker post appearance, extend the life of your existing sign, and provide a long-lasting damage prevention solution?

Natural gas contains impurities. It’s possible that foreign material such as loose scale, rust, weld beads, grit or other contaminants can damage expensive downstream equipment. For this reason, natural gas filters, strainers, scrubbers and natural gas dryers become an inexpensive and effective way to prevent equipment damage and failures.