To produce hydrogen for industrial use, syngas (synthesis gas) plants all over the world use steam methane reformers (SMR). Temperature measurement and monitoring is key to performance and safety, especially during the potentially dangerous startup process. A steam …
Temperature Gauges
Three Key Benefits of Standardizing and Consolidating Your Gauge Population
Alina Green | Know-howNot having a key piece of information can make a task frustrating and take much longer to complete. This is certainly the case when it comes to replacing pressure and temperature gauges . With multiple changes in plant ownership and upgrades to processes over the …
Gauge Inventory: 3 Ways to Lower Costs, Improve Reliability
Alina Green | Know-howGauge inventory has a way of mushrooming, leaving storerooms stocked with duplicate and obsolete items that can create uncertainty about purchasing and replacing parts. In fact, Instrument Audits of more than 300 processing plants showed that on average a …
Recurring Gauge Failure
Alina Green | Know-howThere are plenty of articles and sites about automobiles and their woes. In an era of sophisticated cars packed with a myriad of electronic gizmos and digital instrumentation, quality gauges are essential to an automobile’s longevity—and its owner’s long-term …
Instrument Audit: Document Your Gauges
Alina Green | Know-howThe best way to get a grip on the gauges in your plant is to create a "living document" of your gauge population. A recent webinar hosted by WIKA Instrument, LP and Hart Energy highlighted the fact that 65% of the gauges in an average manufacturing or process plant …