BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS, May 2, 2006 — The Sentinel™, part of the Panametrics product line brought to market by GE Sensing, has now better accuracy than ever. The instrument is a high-accuracy, multi-path ultrasonic flowmeter specifically geared to the fiscal custody-transfer of natural gas even at non-ideal conditions when dealing with liquid carry over and built up. The Sentinel can be used for such typical natural gas applications as transmission, distribution and storage, or for any measurement point where high accuracy is needed.
“GE Sensing has long been a leader in ultrasonic flowmeter technology, especially in clamp-on technology, Bundle Waveguide Technology for LNG, and for specific applications like flare gas flow measurement,” says Jacob Freeke, product line manager for GE Sensing. “The Sentinel provides our customers with a new approach to custodial transfer, and applies our advanced transducer and signal processing technology to fiscal natural gas flow measurement with a flow accuracy of 0.1%, relative to the calibration of the facility.”
Sentinel is available in pipe sizes ranging from 4 to 24 inches and meets AGA9 criteria. The system uses a two- diametrical-path, single-traverse meter body design with a 10 diameter upstream pipe run and a flow conditioning plate. This configuration provides sufficient flow conditioning to handle any upstream flow disturbance and provides a well-known flow profile at the meter body.
Advanced Panametrics ultrasonic transducer technology, combined with signal processing optimized for speed and robustness, give the system the capability to operate even in air at atmospheric pressure—important for field verification of the meter system during commissioning.
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GE Sensing is a world leader in advanced measurement and sensor-based technology solutions. GE Sensing designs and produces precision instruments and systems that measure temperature, pressure, liquid level, humidity, gas concentration, and flow rate for the most demanding customer applications. GE Sensing serves customers around the world in the aerospace, healthcare, transportation, process and industrial businesses.
Druck, General Eastern, Kaye, NovaSensor, Panametrics, Telaire, Thermometrics and Ruska are now part of one team, under one name: GE Sensing. For more information, visit http://www.gesensing.com.
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