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FlowTimes – July 2015
Your
Update on Flow, Temperature, and Pressure Measurement from Flow Research
Executive
Editor: Dr. Jesse Yoder; Volume 16, Number 3 - ISSN 1350-7204
1. Flow
Research is Now Running on Flowtime!
These are busy times at Flow Research.
We have been working on a number of studies that
clients have requested. Two
of these are the two flow calibration studies that we have been working on
for the past six months. One
study is on gas flow calibration and the other study is on flowmeters for
liquid applications. These
studies have taken us to many distant places, including
Another important study is the 3rd
Edition of our series of studies on gas flow measurement.
We have updated information on all the flowmeter types used to
measure gas flow. This is the
basis for our Core Study, The World Market for Gas Flow Measurement, 3rd
Edition. This study provides
market shares for the top suppliers of gas flow measurement, with market
size for 2014 and forecasts to 2019 for each gas flow technology.
The gas flow market is growing, as natural gas is growing in
popularity as an alternative to crude oil and refined fuels.
It is also seen as a long-term bridge to renewables.
One of our most popular studies is Module C
in this series, The World Market for Custody Transfer of Natural Gas.
The demand for custody transfer of natural gas is growing as
production ramps up and natural gas is exported to more regions of the
world, especially in
On a more personal
note, I am very pleased with the publication of my new book, The Tao of
Measurement. Dick Morley
served as a commentator on the book. It
was published by ISA in March 2015. This
book looks at the units of measurement: past, present, and future.
The main topics of the book are temperature, pressure, flow, time,
length, and area. If you have
a chance to read this book, I especially encourage you to look at chapter
five on time. Chapter five
reviews the history of the development of the calendar, and talks about
how our system of time-keeping is based in Babylonian math.
It proposes a new system called flowtime, which incorporates
elements of decimal time but keeps our current 24 hour framework. Flowtime
divides time into smaller units, and is a valuable productivity tool (see
article below). Flow
Research has found a company to manufacture flowtime clocks, and we now
have them running in our office. Flowtime
clocks have replaced all the traditional clocks on our office (see photo).
So Flow
Research is now running on Flowtime!
We plan to offer them as a promotional item with our study sales.
For information, contact Flow Research.
2. Coming Soon from Flow Research
Two Studies on Worldwide Flowmeter Calibration Facilities and Markets:
·
Core Study: The World
Market for Gas Flow Calibration Facilities
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Module A: The World
Market for Liquid Flow Calibration Facilities
Flow
Research has received multiple requests for this research from flowmeter
manufacturers, calibration facilities, and end-users.
It all began with three visits to the
Our
saga continued earlier this year with visits to NMi Euroloop and VSL in
the 
These
studies should be very helpful to end-users who are trying to determine
where to have their flowmeters calibrated.
They will contain important details about the capabilities of
different flowlabs, turnaround time, and what kinds of flowmeters are
calibrated at what facilities. In
addition to the large, multinational labs, we will identify regional labs
that may provide more local and convenient calibration services, depending
on location. We will also
describe those facilities that do onsite and mobile calibrations.
Identifying
the calibration capabilities of flowmeter manufacturers is another
important aspect of the study. Many
end-users go back to the company they bought a flowmeter from to have it
calibrated. Flowmeter
companies also have flowmeters calibrated before they are shipped.
This study will describe
the calibration capabilities of the leading flowmeter manufacturers.
More information is available at http://www.flowcalibration.org (please note dot org) and you are welcome to contact us at 781-587-3200.
3. Now Available: The
World Market Update for Mass Flow Controllers
Several suppliers asked us to do this Market Update to more closely track key segments of the mass flow controller market. Our last MFC study was published in 2012, and they wanted an update that would bring them current with 2014 numbers. This Market Update brings the market size and market shares current through 2014, with forecasts to 2019. The Market Update also segments the market into the semiconductor, industrial, and lab/research portions. This is the most up-to-date data available anywhere on the mass flow controller market!
The objectives met by this Market Update are as follows:
· Determine the 2014 market size in US dollars and unit volumes for mass flow controllers worldwide
· Determine the 2014 market shares of leading suppliers of mass flow controllers worldwide
· Forecast market growth for key types of mass flow controllers through 2019
· Identify factors influencing growth in the mass flow controller market
· Provide a product analysis for the main companies selling into the mass flow controller market
· Provide company profiles of the main suppliers of mass flow controllers
· Provide strategies to manufacturers for selling into the mass flow controller market
More information about this Market Update can be found at http://www.flowmfc.com, and you are also welcome to contact us at 781-245-3200.
4. Spirax Sarco Ceases
Flowmeter Production at
Longmont
Facility
Blythewood, SC; June 12, 2015 — Spirax Sarco, the leader in products and services for steam system solutions, has released that they are changing the focus and direction of their Longmont, Colorado facility to expand the application engineering and solution support for Energy Monitoring and Management for the USA. Spirax Sarco has chosen to cease the manufacturing of metering products at this location, but the full range of metering solutions will remain integral to the Spirax Sarco portfolio and will be manufactured elsewhere.
Lorraine Wiseman, President and General Manager of Spirax Sarco, stated, “With the growing demand for metering, these changes will allow us to service our customers’ needs better through Energy Monitoring and Management solutions.”
Spirax
Sarco is now focusing on expanding their application engineering support
within their
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Flow Research issued a
Flash Report about this news release, including a “What It Means”
section. Flash Reports are
sent to Worldflow subscribers. More
information about our Worldflow service can be found at http://www.worldflow.com.
5. I&M to Build Five Solar Power Facilities
Fort Wayne, Indiana; February 5, 2015 — Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), an operating unit of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), will add solar energy to its generation fleet following the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission's approval of I&M's plans for five solar facilities with a combined capacity of nearly 16 megawatts.
Three
of the facilities will be in the Michiana area, including two in
“Our Clean Energy Solar Pilot Project is a significant step forward for Indiana Michigan Power,” said Paul Chodak III, I&M's president and chief operating officer. “This historic utility-scale solar project will further diversify I&M's generation sources, creating flexibility to economically and reliably provide energy under a multitude of potential circumstances.”
“Most importantly, I&M will own and operate these facilities and gain firsthand experience in the design and construction of utility-scale solar projects as well as integrating solar energy reliably into the grid,” Chodak added. “This knowledge will be of great value to I&M and its customers as I&M moves toward adding more solar resources in coming years.”
“It is important for I&M to lead this change toward solar energy in a logical, progressive and disciplined manner,” Chodak said.
Approval of I&M's Clean Energy Solar Pilot Project plans comes at a time when solar technology is becoming increasingly efficient. The costs of solar resources are declining, and utility-scale solar is more cost-effective than rooftop systems. The addition of zero-carbon solar also meets the increasing interest of customers who want to use more renewable energy to meet their needs.
The four facilities where locations are final will be on property owned by I&M near existing and future I&M substations, which helps minimize the cost of delivering the energy to the transmission grid.
The estimated cost of the project is $38 million. The overall impact on customer rates is expected to be about three-tenths of 1 percent, but the specific effect on individual rate classes such as residential or commercial will be determined once the actual costs are known.
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The
whole of this article, and other news from the Oil & Gas and Refining,
and Power & Renewables markets, can be found in the Q1 2015 issue of
our quarterly Worldflow
publication, the Energy Monitor.
More information about can be found at http://www.worldflow.com.
6. What is “Flowtime”
and how would it help modern time measurement?
These
passages are excerpted from Chapter Five of The Tao of Measurement
by Dr. Jesse Yoder and Dick Morley. See
http://www.taoofflow.com
for more information.
Flowtime is a system of decimal time that contains elements of decimal time but also keeps some elements of traditional time. A transition to flowtime would therefore be much easier than the transition the French tried to impose in the late 1700s.
It is surprising that after 3,300 years, we are still operating on a system of time that was invented long before technology and 2,600 years before the invention of mechanical clocks (around 1300). Today we have many reasons to divide time into smaller and smaller units. Flowtime recognizes this, and it offers a system of time that harmonizes much better with our numbering systems in other areas of life. Most of these are based on the idea of ten. Decimal systems are intuitive because people find counting to ten on their fingers to be intuitive.
The proposal for flowtime is to switch the counting of minutes and seconds from 60 divisions to 100 divisions. This proposal does not include any change in the number of hours per day.
What are the implications of this? It means that, under flowtime, instead of the time being 1:30 pm, it will be 1:50 pm. Instead of 3:45 pm, the time will be 3:75 pm.
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Why
change to flowtime? There
are several good reasons for changing to flowtime: · Flowtime divides time up into smaller quantities. · The advent of digital time makes the base 60 method of measuring time obsolete. · Flowtime provides a more fine-grained analysis of time for sporting events. · The advent of computers and other time-oriented equipment makes it necessary to measure time in ever smaller chunks. · Many time accounting systems are already based on decimal time. · Flowtime enables you to measure time to a higher degree of precision.
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Where’s the payoff in this
switch to flowtime? Why does
it matter what time system we use as long as everyone has the same one? The
payoff in switching to flowtime is that when you switch to flowtime, you
will have the tools for becoming more productive.
By dividing time into smaller units, flowtime enables us to determine more exactly how much time is available, when this is desirable. And the change can be made without abandoning the 24 hour day, unlike French Revolutionary Time, which called for a 10 hour day.
Why
change to flowtime? There
are several good reasons for changing to flowtime:
· Flowtime divides time up into smaller quantities.
· The advent of digital time makes the base 60 method of measuring time obsolete.
· Flowtime provides a more fine-grained analysis of time for sporting events.
· The advent of computers and other time-oriented equipment makes it necessary to measure time in ever smaller chunks.
· Many time accounting systems are already based on decimal time.
· Flowtime enables you to measure time to a higher degree of precision.
Where’s
the payoff in this switch to flowtime? Why
does it matter what time system we use as long as everyone has the same
one? The payoff in switching
to flowtime is that when you switch to flowtime, you will have the tools
for becoming more productive.
By
dividing time into smaller units, flowtime enables us to determine more
exactly how much time is available, when this is desirable. And
the change can be made without abandoning the 24 hour day, unlike French
Revolutionary Time, which called for a 10 hour day.
To
order The Tao of Measurement, go to the ISA website at https://www.isa.org/store/products/product-detail/?productId=35851274.
7. Upcoming studies from Flow
Research
The World Market for
Flow Calibration Facilities
http://www.flowcalibration.org
Studies in this series:
·
Core
Study: The World Market for
Gas Flow Calibration Facilities
·
Module
A: The World Market for Liquid
Flow Calibration Facilities
The World Market for Natural
Gas and Gas Flow Measurement, 3rd Edition
Studies in this series:
·
Core
Study: The World Market for
Natural Gas and Gas Flow Measurement, 3rd Ed.
·
Module
A: Natural Gas Producers and
Measurement Worldwide
·
Module
B: Natural Gas Producers and
Measurement in Mideast/Africa
·
Module
C: The World Market for
Custody Transfer of Natural Gas
·
Module D: Strategies,
Industries, & Applications
The World Market for
Multiphase Flowmeters, 2nd Edition
Studies in this series:
·
The
World Market for Multiphase Flowmeters, 2nd Edition
·
Module A: The
World Market for Watercut Meters
The World Market for
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
For
more information on all Flow Research studies, visit http://www.flowstudies.com.
It lists our studies by category and provides direct links to pages for
the latest editions, where you will find a synopsis, or you can click a
link for the overview with full details.
Of course, there are also easy order forms and our contact links
and information.
Do
you have any topics you would like included in future issues of Flowtimes?
Please send any comments or
suggestions to Jesse Yoder at jesse@flowresearch.com.
FlowTimes
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Executive
Editor:
Dr. Jesse Yoder
Associate
Editor:
Vicki Tuck
Assistant
Editor:
Leslie Buchanan
Production
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