Site Survey

In order to optimize the selection of devices and/or equipment for metering stations, the place of their installation and connection to the existing process control system, our company provides for the on-site visit of specialists to the customer’s facility.

Specialist on-site visit occurs after receiving a completed questionnaire from the Customer.

Site survey shall include:

• clarification of the piping system features at the proposed installation site;

• determination of the pipeline straight section minimum lengths;

• selection of the optimal location and type of installation (submersible, flanged, welded, threaded, etc.), considering smooth installation;

• assessment of the pipeline at the insertion point (pipeline material, on top thermal insulation, plaque on the walls, etc.);

• clarification of the measured medium features (including corrosion activity, toxicity, explosiveness, etc.) and the environment;

• clarification of process parameters, the necessary degree of dust and moisture protection of equipment;

• clarification of requirements for special designs (food, oxygen, nuclear plants, underwater, parameters of possible mechanical effects on devices);

• selection of installation kits and related equipment (cabinets, impulse lines, mate flanges, straight sections, confusers/diffusers, jet rectifiers, etc.);

• clarification of the SCADA structure and communications protocol (input signals of secondary devices, controllers);

• measurement of the parameters of the electric network to which the equipment will be connected, and ground loops;

• assessment of the need to use industrial noise suppression devices in the supply network (installation of filters).

Based on the survey outcomes, a metering station is designed and its a draft is sent to the customer for approval.