A fluid automation product such as a valve operates to shut on and off — to control — the flow of a process liquid, or the supply of compressed air. However, perceptive managers realize that valves, pneumatic actuators, and similar components can do something more. They can control the flow of profit. In fact, their speed and reliability can provide competitive economic advantages in operations worldwide. Because these fluid automation products offer exceptional opportunities to extend overall  equipment service life, reduce warranty costs, cut maintenance/ repair/operations (MRO) inventories, and increase production uptime and productivity.

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Situated by the New Meuse River in Rotterdam, EuroLoop will be the world's largest research and test site for the calibration, verification and type testing of industrial flow meters in the oil and gas industries and for the performance of industrial experiments involving process technologies and flow.

The plant comprises two separate, industrial scale closed-loop test circuits - one for liquid meters and one for gas meters - on a brand new, self-contained 200 x 100 metre site that also houses the control room, meeting rooms and an educational centre.

Being entirely self-contained, EuroLoop will operate independently of external factors, maximising the availability of the calibration facilities. EuroLoop is owned by NMi, a world leading independent specialist for testing, certification, calibration and training in the field of metrology.

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The recently opened Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) at Rotterdam relies on Rotork’s latest electric valve actuation technologies for automated flow control and vital safety related duties associated with the import, export and storage of a varied range of liquid bulk products.

Construction of the €70 million first phase of the terminal began in April 2010 and was completed within budget and on time by the Polish company Polimex-Mostostal S.A. BTT has 34 storage tanks, providing a combined storage capacity of 200,000 cubic metres, of which 130,000 cubic metres is earmarked for clean fuels and the rest is for edible oils and biodiesel. The state-of-the-art terminal has deepwater berths including a 420 metre jetty that can simultaneously accommodate two seagoing vessels and two barges, operating 24 hours-a-day.

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This Technical Guide provides guideline for the quality, description, principle of operation, selection, installation and flow calibration of thermal dispersion flow meters for the measurement of the mass flow rate, and to a lesser extent, a volumetric flow rate, of the flow of fluid in a closed conduit. Multivariable versions additionally measure fluid temperature. Thermal dispersion mass flow meters are applicable to the flow of single-phase pure gases, and gas mixtures of known composition, and less commonly, to a single phase liquids of known composition.

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