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Calibration World spring 2016

Calibration World spring 2016
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How to build a calibration workshop Improving power plant performance with a modern calibration process Customer success stories Alabama Power, US Essar Oil Ltd, India Eurotherm, Germany

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Calibration World • SPRING 2016 his is my first letter as CEO of Beamex Group and I’m struggling to fit everything I want to say into this short page, but I’ll give it a try. (Those of you who already know me also know that I’m a man of many words...) Some of you readers have most likely seen or received information about the change of CEO at Beamex, and if not, you will read about it in this magazine. However, here’s a short summary: after a fabulous 17-year career as CEO of Beamex, the time came for Raimo Ahola to take his planned retirement, and as part of the succession plan I’ve been...

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CEO’s Letter 2 How to build a calibration workshop 4 Improving power plant performance with a modern calibration process 10 Customer success stories Alabama Power, United States 18 Essar Oil Ltd, Vadinar refinery, India 22 Jan-Henrik Svensson appointed as the new CEO of Beamex Group The Beamex Care Plan Welcome to Paul Eeley, the new Sales Director for UK & Ireland Beamex introduces a mobile MCS200 calibration trolley Beamex expands its operations in the Middle East ISA Partnership and the best calibration practices conference Beamex in brief 35 Beamex products and services 35...

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How to build a calibration workshop How to build a calibration workshop 4 CALIBRATION SPRING 2016 www.beamex.com/calibrationworl

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When contemplating designing and building a workshop for calibration work, or if it has already been decided, there are many important elements that should be taken into account. www.beamex.com/calibrationworld CALIBRATION WORLD SPRING 2016

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How to build a calibration workshop n the process industry, the calibration of process instruments is performed either in the field or in a calibration workshop, and sometimes a combination of both methods is utilized. Calibration in the field is very common, but there are many situations when the workshop calibration is more suitable. In actual fact though, the most effective calibration systems combine both field and workshop calibration. When contemplating designing and building a workshop for calibration work, or if it has already been decided, there are many important elements that...

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www.beamex.com/calibrationworld CALIBRATION WORLD SPRING 2016

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How to build a calibration workshop space is limited, a trolley workshop may be the best option. Since all the needs of the work to be performed in the workshop have been clarified in the preparatory phase, it is now time to start looking for equipment that can fulfil these requirements. This phase is naturally one of the most important phases, as selecting the most suitable equipment is essential for the workshop to be able to perform its activities. The supplier can help select and compare the different equipment available. While selecting the equipment, be sure to prioritize the features...

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Building a calibration workshop INTERVIEW with Mr. Rakesh Mishra, Deputy General Manager and Mr. S. Lakshminarayan, Vice President, Instrumentation at Essar Oil Limited vendors and finalized the process to get the best CMC (Calibration measurement capability). Background information What were the most important factors when choosing a workshop for your calibrations? Did you ever consider using only portable calibrators? Accuracy, reliability, robustness combined with the physical appearance of the total set up were the deciding factors. We already had portable calibrators and we were trying...

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Improving power plant performance with a modern cal Improving power plant performance with a modern calibration process 10 CALIBRATION WORLD SPRING 2016 www.beamex.com/calibrationwo

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Calibration is an essential activity in power plants and there are various reasons to establish a proper calibration process. Improving power plant efficiency is one obvious reason in order to ensure profitability, while proper calibration is also vitally important for safety. Furthermore, correctly calibrated emission monitoring equipment is essential in regulated areas. Various national and international regulations and standards require certain calibrations to be performed. Naturally, the reasons may vary in different types of power plants. www.beamex.com/calibrationworld CALIBRATION...

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Improving power plant performance with a modern cal Common reasons for calibration Power plant efficiency ower plants have been proven to run more effectively and produce more energy and higher profits if the critical process measurements are more accurate. Regardless of how advanced the control system is, the system is only as good as the quality of the measurement data provided by the process control instrumentation. Inaccurate measurement data may cause the control system to make adjustments elsewhere in the process, causing additional strain on the assets and directly impacting their...

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n have redundant measurement circuits. As such, the number of critical safety measurement circuits to calibrate can be very high. Since the calibration of these critical safety circuits is controlled by regulations, it is best to ensure that these are calibrated at suitable intervals with proper uncertainty and also ensure that the calibrations are documented and reported in an appropriate way. Failing to do these regulated safety calibrations may in the worst case entail the plant to be fined or even shut down by authorities, or cause a harmful accident. One of the major sources of injury...

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Improving commissioning Intelligent power plant performance with a modern cal Typical challenges in power pla Lack of dedicated metrology resources n an ideal world, power plants would have enough dedicated skilled metrology experts who could concentrate solely on performing calibration work. However, the reality is that most of us are not living in this ideal world. One common challenge that can be seen in many power plants today, as well as in many other process plants, is the lack of experts who have deep subject matter expertise in calibration-related metrology. Also, typically there...

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