Flow Control - Jan 2012
sponsored content Flow Control s white paper service features the latest technical publications by fluid handling equipment suppliers and service providers Choosing Mechanical Seals to Optimize Life Cycle Cost Safety and Environmental Compliance Optimization of sealing systems represents a significant opportunity for North American industry to save energy improve equipment reliability and availability keep abreast of changing environmental and safety regulations and increase process plant productivity DOWNLOAD @ flwctrl com ngZbiP SEALING SYSTEMS MATTER Choosing Mechanical Seals to Optimize Life Cycle Cost Safety and Environmental Compliance Abstract The Fluid Sealing Association an international trade association of sealing device manufacturers has established an educational initiative called Sealing Systems Matter A primary objective of the initiative is to influence the decision making process applied to the purchase specification and upgrade of sealing systems used in the process industries and municipalities In todays highly competitive market an increasing number of users and specifiers are buying sealing systems on the basis of initial cost at the expense of higher lifetime costs to their operations in terms of energy consumption water usage effluent treatment chronic maintenance cost and perhaps reduced ability to keep abreast of their safety and environmental responsibilities Sealing Systems Matter will promote educated decision making based on total life cycle cost LCC thereby accounting for the costs associated with energy consumption water usage seal maintenance equipment maintenance productivity losses and environmental monitoring Sealing Systems Matter will utilize newly developed educational materials on site training programs technical presentations and software tools to take the LCC message to facilities owners plant managers operators contractors engineers consultants and other stakeholders Background Optimization of sealing systems represents a significant opportunity for North American industry to save energy improve equipment reliability and availability keep abreast of changing environmental and safety regulations and increase process plant productivity Case studies have shown that better system design and more effective application of mechanical seals and seal support systems can save substantial amounts of energy through decreased process dilution This represents a large frequently overlooked savings opportunity In addition this same attention to the selection of seal technology and operation of the entire system can improve plant safety and environmental compliance reduce water consumption improve equipment reliability and reduce overall maintenance costs The Sealing Systems Matter initiative is the result of the collaborative efforts of members of the Fluid Sealing Association Its purpose is to educate users and specifiers of mechanical seals and seal support systems in the cost reduction opportunities available to them and to provide 1 Liquid Gas Flow Measurement For Oil Gas FPSO Vessels The flexibility and cost advantages of FPSO vessels have made them increasingly popular within the oil gas industry Learn how McCrometers flowmeters aboard FPSO vessels measure hydrocarbons water and gas at multiple points in the process DOWNLOAD @ flwctrl com mSDSfQ White Paper By Marcus Davis V Cone Product Manager McCrometer Inc Liquid Gas Flow Measurement For Oil Gas FPSO Vessels To meet the global demand for oil gas production Floating Production Storage Offloading FPSO Vessels have been utilized for a number of years to access deep water deposits They process oil from subsea wells and or completions and store it until it can be offloaded onto waiting tankers or sent through a pipeline to other storage facilities onshore or refineries etc The productivity flexibility and cost advantages of FPSO Vessels have made them increasingly popular within the oil gas industry They continue to grow in number and are in use in many of the worlds major offshore production fields Figure 1 Subsea Overview Liquid and gas flow meters play an important role in FPSO Vessel operations by measuring hydrocarbons water and gas at multiple points in the process FPSO Vessels can be newly constructed retrofitted from a decommissioned oil tanker or other vessel or an existing FPSO can be reworked for redeployment They are usually connected by mooring buoy and accumulate oil until there is a sufficient amount to fill a transport tanker at which point the transport tanker connects to the stern of the floating storage unit and offloads the oil Figure 2 FPSO Vessel V Cone FPSO Flow Meter Applications There are multiple applications on FPSO vessels for flow meters which the industry Page 2 of 5 McCrometer Inc 3255 W Stetson Ave Hemet CA 92545 PH 951 652 6811 FAX 951 652 3078 2010 by McCrometer Inc Printed in U S A 24519 04 Rev 10 01 10 Place Your White Papers with Flow Control If you would like to feature your white 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