Power plants are often-hazardous environments housing plenty of potential dangers – putting people, business and the environment at risk. Damage or loss of production from a forced outage can mean high costs. Preventive measures like replacing mechanical meters and other outdated technologies with more reliable and efficient systems is key to ensuring maximum process safety and performance.
50,000
USD pump
In some cases, spending a few hundred or a few thousand dollars on instrumentation can protect a $50,000 pump from serious damage or head off even greater operation loss.
How we can help
To safely improve your plant’s processes – be it a thermal steam-electric, combined cycle gas turbine, hydroelectric, internal combustion engine, or cogeneration plant – we bring our industry expertise and best replacement technology for your existing mechanical meters and other ageing technologies. Instrumentation that requires less maintenance, has less risk of failure, that makes it easier for you to achieve your business goals.
A safety measurement portfolio complying with international standards: e.g. ATEX, FM, TIIS
State-of-the-art technology according to IEC 61508 SIL 2, allowing for homogeneous-redundant application up to SIL 3 in safety-instrumented systems
Integrated diagnostics, verification and monitoring; safe processes and plant operation ensured by Heartbeat technology
Uniform operating concepts delivering simplicity, and therefore safer operation management
With our comprehensive service offering and industry expertise, we support you throughout the entire plant life cycle worldwide. And we offer safety and standards seminars and trainings to help boost the competence of your staff
Applications
Direct, accurate flow measurement at the gas turbine inlet
Fuel consumption has a huge impact on a plant’s efficiency and bottom line making it essential to accurately measure natural gas flowrate. Traditional turbine flowmeters measure volume only, meaning other meters are needed to determine mass or corrected volume flowrate. Subject to wear, the accuracy of these meters drifts over time, and they require periodic greasing.
Our expertise in the field
Exchanging turbine flowmeters with the Promass Coriolis allows for the direct determination of gas mass flow.
Increased reliability and safety from Heartbeat in-situ self-diagnostics and verification
Promass Coriolis is multivariable: no need for additional meters to measure and correct for pressure, temperature and density
Better accuracy of +/- 0.35% means large gas savings
Exchange the detector and keep your Gamma radiometric source
Several tough applications in fossil fuel, biomass, and Waste-to-Energy plants continue to rely on Gamma radiometric level, point level, and density measurement. But in typical installations with Geiger Müller tube receivers, measuring performance deteriorates over time due to declining source activity and the relative insensitivity of receivers.
Our expertise in the field
You can extend the lifetime of your existing radioactive source by switching to newer scintillator-style detectors.
Higher sensitivity detectors like the Gammapilot FMG50 function with low radiation fields allowing you to keep your existing source for many years to come
Avoid replacement and disposal costs, paperwork, and reduce risk
Automatic, low maintenance pH monitoring in desulfurization
Control of the pH value is very important for a properly functioning flue gas cleaning system. But the tough, abrasive conditions in the gas scrubber make life very difficult for pH sensors. Standard installations require frequent cleaning and manual calibration, and regular sensor replacement.
Slurry density measurement in flue gas desulfurization (FGD)
Lime slurry density measurement at the injection site is important for the efficiency of the flue gas cleaning process. Once a certain concentration is achieved the gypsum is removed from the process. The abrasive medium makes this a challenging measurement requiring a robust solution like radiometric measurement. But many aging systems still exist that use high energy sources and dated transmitter technology. Safety and certification concerns drive your need for alternatives.
Our expertise in the field
Density measurement can be done with the sensitive and safe new generation radiometric Gammapilot. For customers who prefer not to use radiometric measurement, Promass Coriolis can simultaneously measure density, mass flow, and temperature.
New generation radiometric Gammapilot is sensitive, safe, and robust to ensure the highest possible measurement availability
Promass Coriolis can remove a nuclear source from your plant, reducing certification, paperwork, and training concerns
Next-gen tablet PC replaces HART® Handheld Communicator
Device configuration is a big part of the everyday work of a maintenance engineer. But most handhelds, are limited to a single protocol (e.g. HART) and limited to configuration only.
Our expertise in the field
Boost field productivity and safety with the rugged new tablet PC Field Xpert that brings powerful and streamlined management of all instruments to your fingertips. Save time and cost in tough environments with easy device configuration and verification, and enhanced connectivity.
Save time with the simple to use, touch-optimized modern user experience
Reduce cost using a single device for PROFIBUS, Modbus and Endress+Hauser-specific service interfaces. One-click, fast connection to devices thanks to automatic hardware detection
Improve compliance: create configuration and Heartbeat verification reports, show the echo curve and more
Measure fly ash level without nuclear source and receiver
Removal of particulates from stack gases requires point-level switches to indicate when fly ash hoppers in Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs) and Filter Bag Houses are full. Radiometric (Gamma) measurement is a well-recognized reliable solution for this, especially with poorer quality coals. But what choice do you have if you do not want to use radiometric measurement?
Our expertise in the field
Customers who prefer not to use radiometric measurement can exchange to capacitance point level switches like the Solicap FTI77.
Remove a nuclear source from your plant, reducing regulatory burden, paperwork, and training concerns. Lower cost of maintenance
The most robust and reliable capacitance sensor available today, Solicap FTI77 is perfectly suited to hot and abrasive environments
Large active area provides very stable measurement (no false trips)
The safety of your personnel comes first in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of your power plant. Serious injuries can be caused by equipment failure that can often be traced to years of improper operation or inadequate maintenance. This is why we provide a complete range of technologies, solutions and services to fully meet your application requirements. We manufacture to the highest quality standards to guarantee consistent performance and compatibility.
x10
higher reliability of digital devices compared to mechanical meters
Zero
moving parts and independent of density changes
17+
years of functional safety standards IEC 61508 (quality, safety and reliability) applied
Browse through our portfolio!
Analysis
Analysis
Water, beverages, dairy products, chemicals or pharmaceuticals have to be analyzed every day. Choose the device best suited to your process needs from our comprehensive product portfolio.
Flowmeter
Flowmeter
Water, natural gas, steam, mineral oil, chemicals are some of the fluids that have to be measured day in, day out. Select the flowmeter best suited to your process needs.
Level
Level
Continuous level measurement and point level detection in liquids and bulk solids
Pressure
Pressure
Powerful instruments for process pressure, differential pressure, level and flow.
Software
Software
Apart from all relevant measuring and system technologies, we also offer appropriate software for all branches of industry that provide to run your operating processes at its full potential.
System products
System products
Applicator
Temperature measurement
Temperature measurement
Thermometers and transmitters for the process industry
Instrumentation Services
Instrumentation Services
Maximize plant performance, minimize OPEX, increase uptime, all with compliance. Partner with Endress+Hauser instrumentation services.
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