Flow Control, Flow Control September 2014

2014 FLOW CONTROL INNOVATION AWARDS The Winners Are Honoring the most innovative fluid handling technologies of the year F low Control is pleased to introduce its 2014 Innovation Award winners Nine innovative technologies are honored this year for their novel features and contributions to the process of fluid movement measurement and or containment Award nominees were featured in the June issue of Flow Control followed by open voting on FlowControlNetwork com through Aug 1 Here we highlight the innovative qualities of this years winners along with select voter comments Flow Control will feature case studies application notes on each 2014 Innovation Award winner in the October issue to give you a feel for how the victors are being leveraged to the benefit of realworld applications 2014 Innovation Award Winners Canalta Emerson Micro Motion Endress Hauser Flexim Instruments Fox Thermal Instruments Kurz Instruments Contour FCH Flow Conditioner Housing Canaltas Contour FCH Flow Conditioner Housing brings the ease safety and practicality of inspecting and changing an orifice plate to the flow conditioner The Contour FCH provides a convenient flow conditioning plate carrier and standards compliant housing depending on options and jurisdictions to replace problematic flange or pin mountings Critical flow conditioner alignment and positioning are maintained despite debris impact and specially designed flow conditioner plates prevent bypass leakage Inspections of the flow conditioning plate are easily performed without breaking apart the flow line saving time and cost iPhone 5s Voter Raffle Winner Jia ChunYang Syncrude Courtesy Apple Inc SVF Flow Control Veris Wilden Pump Engineering Both single and dual chamber configurations are available incorporating a body integral flange to reduce weight footprint and cost A selection of flow conditioner geometries are being produced for use in the Contour FCH including Zanker Contour K5 and other popular non proprietary designs What Voters Said The Canalta FCH Flow Conditioner helped us achieve good flow measurement accuracy with only five pipe diameters of upstream pipe run The inspections of flow conditioning plate are easily performed without breaking apart the flow line different from traditional inspecting and cleaning flow conditioners which would typically require us to shut down the compressor depressurize and cut into the flow line Saves time and cost 28 September 2014 Flow Control Magazine