FLOW METER CONSULTATION
Voom, LLC also offers consulting services for your precision flow meter applications. High natural gas prices and tougher contractual performance guaranties have focused the scrutiny of fuel and steam flow measurement. The power generation industry primarily uses ASME and AGA meter standards to specify low-uncertainty fuel gas and steam flow meters on CT frame engines, HRSG’s and steam turbines. These standards are subject to change over time based new empirical test data.
Call us for expert advice if you have questions regarding your plant’s critical flow measurement application.
Adherence to the latest codes is not always a given during construction of a plant. Limited footprints in the power island often clash with straight-run requirements for developing a uniform flow profile in many flow meter designs. Communication gaps between EPC’s, OEM’s and owners can also lead to substandard piping designs and inadequate installations.
Fuel cost is the greatest OPEX, by far, in running a combustion turbine. Minute discrepancies or uncertainties in fuel flow measurement can translate into millions of dollars in efficiency losses or overpayments in gas billings. Missing performance targets by tenths of a percentage point can pressure OEM’s to reconfigure combustion hardware to meet contractual thermal efficiencies. Also, fuel flow rate accuracy is a cornerstone in compliance with annual EPA emissions reporting for peaking and base loaded CT’s.
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