CEESI
began operation in 1951 as the Engineering Experiment Station - a program of the College
of Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder for research, development, and testing
of small rockets for the Naval Ordinance Test Station at China Lake, California. In the 50s, when
turbine-type meters came into use by the military, the station became the sole location for
testing these meters. Eventually, the university's interest waned, and in 1966, with the
assistance of Professor Tom Arnberg of the Mechanical Engineering Department, the
non-profit organization separated from the university and moved to the present site -
a surplus Atlas missile site near Nunn, Colorado. The name was changed to Colorado
Engineering Experiment Station, Inc. The corporation retained its non-profit status
until 1986 when Walt Seidl and Steve Caldwell purchased the facility. It has operated as an
independent commercial calibration facility since then.
CEESI
has assisted in the development of several meter types including turbine flowmeters and V-CONE
testing with wet gas. Performance evaluation of electronic flow measurement systems under
simulated field conditions has been conducted for several companies, and
CEESI has participated in the development of international orifice
meter standards. Applied research includes control valve noise investigations, flow conditioner
performance, super critical CO2 research, and oil effect studies on orifice
measurement.
CEESI's
participation in measurement comparison programs with other US calibration labs as well
as labs in Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Norway, Australia, Russia, China,
and the Netherlands provides a mechanism for maintaining the highest level of quality
for calibration services. CEESI also participates in flow measurement
standards committees organized by the ASME, AGA, API, and GRI.
CEESI's engineering staff (read their resumes) are currently working
on papers for several standards committees, as well as several large engineering projects (read sampling of case studies).
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