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How easy your maintenance work in a natural gas processing plant could be

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Joe and his team have to monitor 250 million cubic feet of natural gas (250MMcf/d) on a daily basis to minimize GLE and ensure 100% delivery.

If an asset fails or a DirectMount System leaks, it must be replaced immediately without losing valuable time for disassembly and assembly. After all, with every leak, no matter how small, the system operator loses money and he does not find that funny.

How to assemble a DirectMount System with stabilized connector in 5 minutes

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Check out in the YouTube video how easy your maintenance work could be by using a close coupled solution like the Schneider DirectMount System.

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Natural Gas Measurement

DirectMountSystem - How the right choice of valve technology supports an “Every Drop Counts” Operation

How the right choice of valve technology supports an “Every Drop Counts” Operation.
Gas prices are increasing, regulations expanding, and businesses must cater to environmental protection. These factors demand an “Every Drop Counts” approach for operating natural gas installations.

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There is no reason to specify DIN 19213 instead of IEC 61518

IEC 61518 (DIN EN 61518) is the global standard for Manifold-to-Transmitter Flange Connections. This standard has been issued in 2001. IEC 61518 is based on the German standard DIN 19213 (latest revision 1991 before superseded by IEC 61518). So, basically DIN 19213 is not anymore used with the exception of revision 1980, which is still specified in some standards. IEC 61518 has been prepared by subcommittee 65B and I was one of the subcommittee members. I am really surprised that DIN 19213 is still used after all these years, although there is no technical reason to specify this obsolete standard.

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How can cathodic protection prevent corrosion?

Pipe corrosion can be most damaging to industrial property. Corrosion problems have been increasing in frequency

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Best Practices For Natural Gas Measurement

Field research and testing conducted by Southwest Research in San Antonio, Texas and the Pipeline Gas Compressor Research Council (PCRC) confirmed that pulsation reated by compressors, flow control valves, regulators and some piping configurations may create undesirable levels of Square Root Error (SRE) and/or resulting Gauge L ine Error (GLE). Pulsation at the orifice meter is a major source of lost and unaccounted for natural gas. These errors create either large economic gains or losses for the buyer and seller along a natural gas pipeline system.

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