Newly released software from Sussex based Ex-i Flow Measurement allows its SFC3000 flow computer to calculate CO2 emissions from gas-fuelled industrial processes and power stations and also to record carbon subsequently captured for storage facilities.
The UK-designed and manufactured Ex~i SFC3000 is a flow computer capable of measuring a wide range of fluids and gases. The flexibility of the design allows additional functionality to support customer’s specific requirements to be realised quickly.
A major oil and gas company recently approached EX~I to find a way to effectively calculate the C02 being expelled into the atmosphere when their gas was being burned. The firm requires this for both environmental reasons and because of the taxable levies applied to such activities.
The EX~ Flow in-house hardware and software development teams produced the additional software required to support this new functionality and to test and release it to the customer in a short space of time.
This means that by using one SFC3000 flow computer, end users can now accurately quantify the amount of CO2 being emitted when a product is burnt, and in multi-stream mode, or with an additional SFC3000, also record the amount of CO2 being subsequently captured.
The SFC3000 is described as a highly versatile liquid hydrocarbon and gas flow measuring device capable of operating in a stand-alone single stream flow measurement system or as part of a highly complex multi-stream system. The firm says it offers a great deal more than a dedicated flow computer. It can operate on a number of levels from a supervisory machine to a standalone flow computer or as a system component. The SFC3000 may be configured to provide a multi-stream measurement solution for gas flow. Using a SFC3000 to make multiple sample point measurements can offer cost savings by allowing a single emissions analyser to make sequential measurements from many different sample points.
The SFC3000 comes with a touch screen VGA display and extensive processing capabilities, combined with simple to use controls and unique operating software.
