Transmission Measurement Round Table
Part of the SGA Operating Conference 2008
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- July 22-24, 2008
- Hyatt Regency Downtown - Atlanta, GA
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Handouts
Industry Standards
Coriolis Meters
Turbine Meters
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Schedule
This round table is scheduled 8 to 4:30 on Wednesday, July 21, and 8 to 11:30 on Thursday. For the full Conference schedule please visit the Conference web page.
Handouts
Agenda
Roster
Discussion Outline
Wednesday June 23, 2008
Full breakfast with Exhibitors (7:00 to 8:00)
Gas company participation only (8:00 to 10:15)
Ultrasonic (8:00 to 9:00)
Moderator: Steve MacDowell,
Boardwalk Pipeline
- Technology (clamp on – path design)
- Diagnostics
- What do you do with / about information technology?
- Other meter technologies
- Who looks at them?
- How are you doing volume corrections?
- At what percent do you correct?
- Contract issues
- Limits / ranges
- Upgrades
- Sizing
- How do we make corrections?
- How do we know when that meter is wrong?
- Automation
- Volume correction
- Low flow measurement meter diagnostics calibration frequency
Orifice Meters (9:00 to 9:45)
Moderator: John Hand, Spectra Energy
- Smart diagnostics
- Business case for replacing with Ultra Sonic?
- Diagnostics
- Where do you use them?
- Are you replacing them?
- Build up
- Seal ring leak
- Leading edge sharpness
- Monitoring for efficiency
- Submitted on the survey: Remanufactured Hardware; what information is required? Low DP measurement Transmitter Accuracy
Rotary Meters (9:45 to 10:00)
Moderator: Steve MacDowell, Boardwalk Pipeline
- Design criteria
- Internal by-pass value
- Testing procedures
Coriolis - Other Meters (10:00 to 10:15)
Moderator: Ed Bowles, SWRI
Standards Update
Presenter: Ed Bowles, Southwest Research Institute (this presentation will be given during each meter type above)
- Standards
- Tariffs
- Gas Quality related
- Need consistency
- AGA doing work in this area
- Gas tariff issues
- Presenter: Ed Bowles
Break (10:15 to 10:30)
Vendor Presentations (10:30 to 11:30)
Note: This session will begin approximately 10:30. Vendors are by invitation only. The morning session prior to this session is open to gas company participation only.
- What’s new?
- New technology
- Brief (5 minute) presentations
Lunch with Vendors in the Exhibit Hall (11:30 to 1:30)
Transducers (1:30 to 1:50)
Moderator: Thomas Marek, Williams
- Uncertainty criteria / limit
- Smart balancing
- Multi variance
Calibrations (1:50 to 2:15)
Moderator: Thomas Marek, Williams
- Secondary instruments
- Traceability
- QA programs
Break (2:15 to 2:30)
System Segmentation (2:30 to 2:45)
Moderator: Steve MacDowell, Boardwalk Pipeline
- Lost and unaccounted for
- Accuracy / uncertainty
Workforce Development (2:45 to 3:30)
Moderator: Thomas Marek, Williams
- What are the skill sets new employees will need?
- How does the meter station need to change to better match the skills sets of new hires. These guys probably didn’t work in a shop before coming to work; they’re more technical oriented.
- What are companies doing to address these issues?
- Tech skill sets
- Station design
- Technology
- Capabilities
- How is your company addressing the issue
- Training
- Certification
- Transmission Measurement Tech – JIP project
- Hiring criteria
- Multi disciplines?
- Work load
LNG / Gas Quality (3:30 to 4:00)
Moderator: John Hand, Spectra Energy
- Variability affect
- Sampling design (ie. unobstructed pipe length)
- Heat trace
- Chromatograph vs. composite vs. spot
- Heating comp sample system
- Design criteria (ie. volume; quality; etc.)
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Dew Point Control
- Submitted on the survey: How would you control dew point at a receipt other than shutting in the point?
Check Measurement (4:00 to 4:30)
Moderator: Steve MacDowell, Boardwalk Pipeline
- Primary devices
- Design criteria
- Secondary devices
- Redundancy
Business Mixer @ Georgia Aquarium (see Conference Main Page for details)
Thursday June 24, 2008
Continental Breakfast (7:00 to 8:00)
Inspection / Test Intervals (8:00 to 8:45)
Moderator: Steve MacDowell, Boardwalk Pipeline
- Statistical process control
- What are others doing?
- Volume
- Diagnostics
- Performance driven
- Redundancy
Testing / Witnessing (9:15 to 8:45)
Moderator: Steve MacDowell, Boardwalk Pipeline
- Tech workforce limits
- Tech training
- In-house vs. contract
Information Availability (9:15 to 10:00)
Moderator: Thomas Marek, Williams
- What are we doing with the information
- Real time
- Tracking and recording
- Access
- Automation – how to become more efficient. What are we lacking in the infrastructure so that people can look @ data instead of windshields.
- Back to the future
- Security of data
Break (10:00 to 10:15)
Design and Economic Evaluations (10:15 to 11:00)
Moderator: John Hand, Spectra Energy
- Utilization of skid packages
- Benefits and challenges
- Part or partial design
- Inspection (fabrication, calibration, etc.)
- Economic decisions - making decisions based on first cost vs. full life cost
Control Valves (11:00 to 11:15)
Moderator: Steve MacDowell, Boardwalk Pipeline
- Worker / monitor
- Flow / Pressure / Overpressure Protection
Turbine (11:15 to 11:30)
Moderator: Guest
- AGA 7 update
- New design
- Submitted on the survey: Single Rotor vs Dual Rotor; what are the advantages and disadvantages (must be neutral)
Conference Adjourns (11:30)
Links to Additional Information
Transmission Measurement Interest Group
Questions?
Mike Grubb
Southern Gas Association
mgrubb@southerngas.org
972-620-4022
This page updated: July 16, 2008
