| | Introduction | For many years CS has been a leading solution provider for compressed air measurement technology. We have recently renewed and extended our product range. You are invited to browse through this web page where you can find the right solutions for your measurement tasks. Besides product specifications and technical data you can also find information about the importance of measurement. If you have any questions or inquiries, please don't hesitate to contact us. Thomas Fischer
(Managing Director, CS Instruments) |
Why is flow measurement important?Energy conservation and environmental safeguards are of great interest to most progressive corporations. To assure the efficiency and effectiveness of compressed air systems, the measurement of flow is crucial.
When looking at the overall costs of a typical compressed air system, the biggest costs are caused by the electrical power consumption and not by the investment or maintenance of the system.
|  |  | A modern compressor converts 90% of the electrical power into heat and only 10% into compressed air. This makes compressed air 10 times more expensive than electricity. Its common to measure the consumption of electricity, but only a few corporations measure the compressed air consumption. Not measuring means not knowing about the efficiency of the system. Statistics show that 30 % of the compressed air is lost through leakage, which could be detected and fixed.
| There is another important issue: The industry accounts for 40% of the total CO2 emission. This CO2 emission comes from the combustion of fossil fuel (coal, oil, gas) in order to produce electrical power. As we all know, CO2 is responsible for the global warming. In times where energy is a scarce resource and environmental protection is an issue for all of us, flow measurement helps to analyze your systems in terms of consumption and leak detection and enables to reduce the energy consumption and costs.
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Instrumentation manufacturers have developed various flow measurement systems. Not all of them are same suitable for the application in compressed air. CS is using the thermal mass flow principle, which measures standard volumetric flow independent of pressure and temperature over a wide measuring range. For most commercial applications in gas - thermal mass flow is the proper choice as it provides the best price to performance ratio.
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Dew point measurement introductionThe measurement of pressure dew point in compressed air systems or gas distribution networks has become more important recently. Manufacturers, world wide are getting aware of negative effects having too much moisture in the air / gas pipes, as it can cause: • Corrosion in the pipes
• Reduces lifespan of pneumatic parts
• Failures in actuators
• Contamination of compressed air system in general
• Unscheduled production stops.
• Incalculable additional production costs |  |
Dryers used to remove moisture from gas, are not always performing as they intend to do, mostly caused by a poor maintenance. Dew point measurement acts as a kind of insurance system, monitoring the dryer performance and indicating alarms whenever values are out of valid ranges. As a result it provides:
- Fast responses to failures in compressed air drying through permanent monitoring of pressure dew point.
- Increase the lifespan of compressed air system and it's components
- Makes maintenance of the compressed air system more efficient.
- Ensures stable quality of products through less problems in operation of the system |
But dew point measurement is not only restricted to applications in air / gas drying. There are many more processes in industry where a well monitored dew point is crucial for the overall process and the quality of the products.
Applications for dew point monitoring:
- Plastic injection and blow moulding
- High voltage switch gears and transformers
- Spray painting process
- Bottle filling
- Medical gases
- Pipeline drying |  |
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