Register for Ultrasonic Flow Measurement Technology Training – GE Sensing

GE Sensing is providing training courses on Flow Measurement for the interested audience. Emphasis is placed on understanding the range of applications, and providing insight into the specification and selection of the most suitable ultrasonic measurement system for your application. You can attend one session or combine sessions for even more in-depth training.

Ultrasonic Flow Measurement Technology Training – 2 Day Course

The workshop includes demonstrations of the capabilities of ultrasonic flowmeters from simple clamp-on models for water to engineered systems for the most challenging applications. Attendees will receive a presentation package including Powerpoint presentations, a cd with product resource materials, application notes and technical papers on the subject.

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The ultrasonic flowmeter technology training is ideal for anyone interested in gaining or refining technical skills in flow measurement including engineers and technicians, as well as those specifying and operating flow measurement instrumentation.

Topics covered:

• Ultrasonic flow measurement fundamentals
• Ultrasonic flow meters
• Liquid meter systems
• Liquid applications
• Gas flow-differences from liquid
• Gas meter systems
• Gas applications
• Clamp-on gas demonstration
• Facility tour of liquid and gas flow loops and the manufacturing process


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Class Schedule
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Fee for Training
Training sessions at the GE Sensing Boston Center are priced at $625 per day.

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GE Sensing's PanaFlow Meter System Helps Generate Electricity by Solar Power During the Night

Spanish Solar Research Center uses PanaFlow Meter System to measure flow of high temperature nitrate salts in thermal storage system

The Plataforma Solar de Almeria (PSA), located in the desert of Tabernas in southern Spain, is the largest center for research, development and testing of concentrating solar technologies in Europe. It operates a number of projects investigating the application of solar power for the generation of electricity. These solar power systems use computer controlled mirrors that track the sun and concentrate its radiation onto receivers, where a working medium converts the radiation into thermal energy. This working medium is then passed through a heat exchanger to produce steam and the steam is passed to turbines to generate electricity.

PSA runs a number of pilot research projects involving the use of molten nitrate salts as a working and heat accumulator medium. The salts are heated up from 290ºC to 550ºC and pass through a steam generator to create steam that is directly injected to a steam turbine; or is bypassed to an insulated storage tank, to allow electricity to be generated overnight.

In order to control the generating capacity during the night, it is necessary to control the flow of the nitrate salts into the heat exchanger. At first it was believed that this could be done by controlling the pressure of the salts, but this method failed, which led the team to investigate using ultrasonic flowmeters.

The only solution to the problem, with the capability of handling the very high temperatures and the temperature cycles, was the PanaFlow Meter System.

How It’s Done
PanaFlow consists Bundle Waveguide transducers (BWTs) installed into a pipe section. Transducer signals are transmitted and received by the XMT868i transmitter that is also mounted on the pipe section.


PanaFlow is installed in a spool piece section of the nitrate salts inlet pipe leading to the heat exchanger (see figure, above), where the operating temperatures range from 290ºC up to 550ºC at an average pressure of 1.5 barg. Bundle Waveguide Transducers (BWTs) are installed using FTPA buffers that allow easy installation or removal of the wetted transducers without interrupting the salts flow or emptying the pipe. The unique BWT transducers use waveguide bundles to efficiently concentrate a greater amount of the transducer ultrasonic signal into the flow.
At the same time, the bundles act as buffers to protect the piezoelectric transducers by removing them from extreme temperatures (see figure, right). FTPA extended buffers allow operation in liquid temperatures from -190ºC to 600ºC. This compares with the upper limit of 260ºC offered by most competitors’ flowmeters.

The all-digital XMT868i transmitter has no moving parts, requires minimal maintenance and provides long-term, drift-free operation.

Advantages of PanaFlow
In this instance, there was simply no other competitive solution to the problem. Only PanaFlow could provide the technology to measure the flow at such high temperatures and over such a wide range. The BWT transducers transmit a signal through the buffer assemblies, which is powerful enough to penetrate all liquids, including molten nitrate salts. The XMT868i’s Automatic Tracking Window feature enables accurate flow measurement even when the fluid sound speed is changing due to temperature shifts.



Contact GE Sensing to inquire about PanaFlow Meter System

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Large Order For Flare Gas Flow Meters for GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies has received a significant order for the supply of flare gas flow metering systems for the Pearl GTL project in Qatar. The order for GF868 digital ultrasonic flow metering systems, comprising flare transmitters, transducers and flow cells, was placed by MW Kellogg, on behalf of Qatar Shell GTL Ltd. This order follows a similar order placed for another section of Qatar’sNorth Field.

Sponsored by Qatar Petroleum and Shell, the Pearl GTL (Gas to Liquids) project includes the development of offshore natural gas resources in Qatar’s North Field, transporting and processing the gas to extract natural gas liquids and ethane and the conversion of the remaining gas into clean liquid hydrocarbon products through the construction of the world’s largest integrated GTL complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.

Gas flaring, both on offshore platforms and in refineries, is carried out to burn off unwanted gases under both routine and emergency conditions. However, it is important to measure the amount of gas being flared, to comply with environmental regulations, to identify leaks, to reconcile plant mass balances, to conserve energy by eliminating unnecessary flaring and for basic flare burner control.

Ultrasonic flow meters have proved themselves superior to other types of flow meters in the arduous task of flare gas flow measurement. The GF868 flow metering system has consistently demonstrated that it operates reliably even under unsteady flow, pulsating pressure, varying gas compositions and temperatures, harsh environments and wide flow ranges. Flow measurement is independent of gas properties and the flow meter uses a proprietary algorithm for instant determination of molecular weight and mass flow rate of the flare gas.

The project engineer at MW Kellogg commented, “We had no hesitation in specifying the GF868 for the project, as it is a complete flow metering system, ideally suited to this application.”

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