CCUS involves the capture of CO2, generally from large point sources like power generation or industrial facilities that use either fossil fuels or biomass as fuel. If not being used on-site, the captured CO2 is compressed and transported by pipeline, ship, rail or truck to be used in a range of applications, or injected into deep geological formations such as depleted oil and gas reservoirs or saline aquifers.
Panametrics offers ultrasonic flow measurement solutions for CO2 injection into the storage reservoirs in dense phase, CO2 for pipeline transportation either in liquid or gas phase, liquid CO2 for shipping as well as the traditional other flow measurements related to the Energy industry.
Traditionally, capacitance and piezoelectric technologies have been used to measure moisture in CO2 gas streams, but these types of sensors can deteriorate over time, if not implemented properly as they are directly exposed to the process. Panametrics' experience in moisture measurement includes aluminum oxide, polymer, capacitance, chilled mirror and laser based analyzers. Panametrics Aurora TDLAS hygrometer enables EOR and carbon sequestration facilities to monitor moisture content in real time with high precision and reliability.
Benefits of ultrasonic flow measurement
No drifting, no periodic calibration required
No loss of process control, optimize efficiency, no downtime or expense from calibration
No pressure drop
No wasted energy from running a pump or purchase of a larger size pump
No restriction in the pipe & no moving parts
Contamination will not affect meter’s measurement (drifting) or any damage to meter
No filters or strainers
No maintenance cost with replacing filters or sustaining strainers
Bi-directional measurement
No additional meters required to have forward and reverse flow measurement
Independent flow measurement
Measurement independent of temperature, pressure, conductivity, and viscosity
Benefits of TDLAS Moisture Analyzers
Rapid speed of response
Typically in seconds, to changes in process moisture to allow for tight process control
With no change in calibration
Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS)technology does not require recalibration, resulting in lower maintenance requirements and cost
Non-contact measurement
Eliminates wear and tear on a wetted sensing system due to corrosive gases and other process contaminants
Hot permit not required with through-the-glass programming
Analog and digital communications available
Aurora View software
Enable remote service, trend graphing and diagnostics