September 2020

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Figure 1. An example of a large high-pressure, high-flow machinery during installation. Such machinery needs sophisticated control and condition monitoring systems with many sensors.
Maintenance & Safety

Condition monitoring, diagnostics, prognostics and failure modes of fluid movement machineries

Oct. 5, 2020
An efficient monitoring plan manages part replacement and other maintenance to be performed as needed to prevent failure.
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Graphene is a two-dimensional material with unique friction and wear properties.
Bearings & Seals

Exploring the possibility of limitless bearing wear

Sept. 28, 2020
Innovations in graphene and graphene-related materials (GRM) as a lubricant could enable better, or limitless, bearing wear.
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Flow Measurement

Product Focus: Flow measurement and panel meters

Sept. 23, 2020
New products from Sierra Instruments, VorTek Instruments, Otek, and AW-Lake.
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Flow Measurement

Application Corner: Flowmeter billing errors, part 4

Sept. 21, 2020
This analysis allowed the parties to have confidence that the steam flowmeters could be used for billing calculations.
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Figure 1. Typical pressure curve of a cavitating liquid passing through a control valve.
Valves & Actuators

Understanding and solving control valve cavitation problems

Sept. 21, 2020
Unanticipated cavitation can destroy a control valve’s internals and even result in catastrophic failure, so it is important to understand what cavitation is, why it occurs, and...

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Flow Measurement

Quiz Corner: Tank level calculation

Sept. 14, 2020
A DP level transmitter is located 3 feet (36 inches) below the tangent line of a round flat-bottom water tank that is 30 feet (360 inches) tall and vented to the atmosphere. What...
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Valves & Actuators

Selecting PVC valves for chemical processing

Sept. 14, 2020
Critical factors should be considered when choosing PVC or CPVC valves for a specific application.
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Figure 1. An individual technician can evaluate instruments one by one, but this manual approach cannot keep up with a large population of field devices.
Instrumentation & Measurement

Plant asset management: Automating the final manual frontier

Sept. 8, 2020
The last area where plants tend to give up manual monitoring and take up automation is asset health management. Here’s why operations and maintenance teams must take this critical...
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Instrumentation & Measurement

Product Focus: Gauges, Sensors and Valves

Sept. 7, 2020
New products from Ashcroft, Petasense, NevadaNano, and Conval.
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News & Reports

WEFTEC Connect brings water quality professionals together in a virtual event

Aug. 21, 2020
The WEFTEC Connect online learning platform offers attendees interactive education, an exhibitor showcase and networking experiences.