COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises.  Theory learnt will be applied using one of our state-of-the-art simulators. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Hydrocarbon Liquid Measurement using Flow Computers. It covers the hydrocarbon liquid measurement, flow measurement technologies and measurement standards and compliance; the basic metering system components and purpose and functionality of flow computers in metering; the inputs and outputs, hardware architecture and real-time data acquisition and integration; the detailed flow computer architecture and signal inputs and instrumentation; configuring flow computers, meter proving and factor calculation; and the redundancy, alarms and fail-safe logic. 

 

Further, the course will also discuss the gross, net and standard volume, base conditions and standard reference; the impact of temperature and pressure on volume and correction factor formulas; the temperature compensation using flow computers, pressure compensation in liquid systems and density and viscosity corrections; when to use mass flow measurement; and the comparison of coriolis versus volumetric systems, mass-to-volume conversion logic and standard versus actual mass flow. 

 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the flow computer communication protocols, data logging and audit trail; calibrating temperature and the pressure inputs and pulse verification; the signal simulation, meter factor verification and calibration frequency and documentation; the preventive maintenance of flow systems and troubleshooting measurement errors; the custody transfer and fiscal metering, batch measurement and ticketing and auditing and regulatory compliance; the real-time data upload to control rooms, flow data into ERP systems, cybersecurity and data protection and cloud-based measurement systems; and the advanced applications and trends covering multiphase flow measurement, smart meters and IIoT in metering, remote diagnostics and edge computing and environmental and emission monitoring.