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TOPICS
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Selection & Application of Flowmeters
Different types of flowmeters - Linear & Non Linear Flow meters, Differential Pressure, Turbine flowmeters, PD meters, Vortex Flowmeters, Ultrasonic
flowmeters, Coriolis mass flowmeters, Thermal mass flowmeters etc. - Principles, Applications and Installation effects, selection & sizing of flowmeters for
various applications.
Performance /QR Evaluation / Calibration of flowmeters
Calibration Techniques, Primary and Secondary Calibration, Gravimetric Method, Volumetric method, Master Meter method, Meter provers, pipe provers, & tank
provers, Calibration of liquid & gas fowmeters, calibration at site & case studies.
Instrumentation for flow measurement & Auxilliary measurement systems
Calibration of Auxilliary/ Secondary instruments for flow measurements (Pressure, Temperature, Density, Viscosity, Mass etc.). Dimensional metrology, Pressure calibration, Calibration of Pressure transducers, Calibration of mass & weighing balances, Density Calibration, Volume calibration, Temperature measurement & Calibration, Timer Calibration, Calibration of counters, frequency calibration, Calibration of electrical paramnetrs voltage, Curreent and power.
Study of International Standards - AGA, API, OIML etc., for Oil & Gas Flow measurement computations and Custody transfer
International & National Standards for flow measurement - American Petroleum Institute(API), Organisation Internationale De Metrologie Legale(OIML), American Gas Association(AGA) and ISO Standards.
Data Acquisition Systems and Flow computers
Data Acquisition Systems(DAS), Supervisory Coontrol and Data Acquisition(SCADA), Field bus, PLCs Ladder Logoc programming, Graphical User Interface(GUI) - Software for DAS user, Applications etc.,DCS and flow computers
Custody transfer flow measurements
Flowmeters for custody transfer, accuracy and contractual needs, provers for custody transfer applications, custody transfer instrumentation, Flow computers for custody transfer and leased automatic custody transfer.
Auditing & validation of Flowmetering stations and custody transfer Installations.
Inspection, Auditing and Validation of Petroleum & Natural Gas Custody Installations Standards and practices, System Layout and Installation requirements as per relevent standards, Inspection and validation of secondary instrumentats and validation of flow computers. Validation of CNG dispensers at site and case studies.
Model Approval of flowmeters as per OIML International Standards
Model approval of flowmeters as per Organisation Internationale De Metrologie Legale (OIML) Standards. Electrical test for model approval, Environmental and Endurance tests.
Flow Control Techniques - Control Valves & Actuators
Type of vlaves, intelligent control valve, flow characterestics of valve, performance evaluation of control valves, selection & sizing of control valves, Actuators selection & sizing, testing of actuators, diagnostics of valve actuators, matching actuators for control valves and electronic controllers.
Quality & Traceability
Quality systems as per ISO / NABL and Documentation, Quality Audit and measurement Audit, assesment of uncertainty and statistical analysis of accuracy in fluid flow, traceability of measurements and lab accreditation in India.
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