Natural Gas Measurement Uncertainty Training Course

Next Course: June 26-27, 2008 in Dyce, Aberdeen, UK at the ABLE Training Centre

Pricing Details: £1,100 per student
Hosted by: ABLE Instruments & Controls Limited
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Registration

This course is being offered by ABLE Instruments & Controls Limited through a training partnership with CEESI. Registration is handled by ABLE.

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Course Details

This course is designed for:

Metering Engineers
Process Engineers
Senior Instrument Engineers

This course is broken into four parts which include:

Part 1:
The primary objective for the first day is the presentation of a step by step method for performing an uncertainty analysis. This is accomplished with extensive detail based on three independent examples. In parallel, the statistical concept of the standard deviation is introduced and developed based on computer simulation. While the step by step method is based on the new “ISO GUM” it is also applicable to the older method.

Part 2:
Statistical process control (SPC) has long been recognized as a valuable tool in manufacturing operations. The application of SPC techniques to instrument calibration and uncertainty is discussed in Part 2. Three examples that progressively become more complex, are used to teach this subject. Two are based on pressure transducers, the third is based on flowmeter calibration. Techniques are discussed that monitor the state of control, define components of uncertainty, and identify long and short term random effects.

Part 3:
The third part consists of a variety of shorter subjects. Youden analysis aids in the identification of uncertainty sources. Risk management involves the uncertainty issues associated with defining pass/fail criteria. Traceability includes uncertainty components associated with calibration. Other subjects include correlation, regression, and uncertainty intervals.

Part 4
Part 4 provides example analyses of the instruments and components that make up a larger uncertainty analysis. Instrumentation includes pressure transducers, flowmeters, voltmeters and electronic counters. The discussion includes comparisons between instrumentation with different performance specifications. This part of the course also includes uncertainty associated with equations of state.

About the Instructor

The course will be taught by Mr. Thomas Kegel, Senior Staff Engineer with CEESI (Colorado Engineering Experiment Station, Inc.). Mr. Kegel has 25 years of experience in flow measurement research, product development, calibration, testing, training and consulting. His current responsibilities at CEESI include new facility development, special test programs and engineering support of measurement processes. Consulting clients include major corporations in the energy, automotive, process and aerospace industries. As developer of the CEESI training program, Kegel has nearly 20 years of training experience. He holds Bachelor and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering.