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Innovations
during the injection phase
* Ensure well and storage integrity
when CO2 is being injected
* Provide 4D monitoring of the
CO2 plume migration throughout
the lifetime of the facility.
At the core of Carina CarbonSecure
is Silixa's Carina® Sensing System, a patented, precision-engineered, fiber-optic
acoustic sensing system that is proven to
achieve 20 dB or 100x improvement in
signal-to-noise ratio compared to standard DAS systems.
Carina CarbonSecure requires minimal seismic sources on land and fewer
seismic shots offshore to acquire seismic
data, meaning it can significantly reduce a
project's environmental impact and cost.
The system can be fully automated, enabling unmanned and remote seismic surveys on demand, lowering costs further
while increasing employee safety.
In addition, Carina CarbonSecure's
fiber array delivers high-resolution temperature data, is permanently installed
and, because it has no mechanical parts,
can be used without maintenance for decades in line with mandated CCS monitoring periods.

One device, two
temperature instruments
The Ashcroft Model K dual-sensor
thermometer (FIG. 9) combines two independent temperature sensing devices into
a single instrument. For local indication,
a silicone-dampened mechanical ANSI/
IEC/EN classified bimetal system drives

FIG. 8. Silixa's distributed acoustic sensing
(DAS)-based solution, Carina® CarbonSecure™.

FIG. 9. The Ashcroft Model K dual-sensor
thermometer.

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the pointer over an 80-mm, 100-mm, 130mm or 150-mm diameter dial. Your choice
of a stem from 90 mm-2,000 mm also
contains a type K thermocouple to signal a
remote readout, data acquisition device or
control system. While providing these two
distinct capabilities, the Ashcroft Model K
only requires a single-process connection
point. This multi-capable design will save
both installation time and the cost of purchasing two separate instruments.

Upgraded UTL process
visualization and worker
productivity platform
AIS Software has released its Version
8.2 release of the Universal Tag Locator
(UTL) software that incorporates significant operations, productivity and safety
enhancements based on requests and recommendations from its global clients.
UTL is an enterprise-level process visualization and reporting platform that
aggregates real-time alarm, instrument,
target, lab and exceedance information
across a facility's stand-alone data silos
into site-specific shift reports, operator
dashboards and worker communications.
Positive client experience has proven the
value of leveraging one central communication tool for displaying operational data,
reducing critical alarm floods, targeting
key process values and removing the subtle barriers to process optimization. Since
1995, AIS Software has been consistently
improving the client experience with rich
shift logs, stronger operator communications and a wider range of functions.
Version 8.2 enhancement highlights
include:
* Image manager
° Insert user-captured images
directly into shift reports, logs
and operator instructions
° Share images with other users
° Link images to specific units,
areas, systems or groups
* Alarm module improvements
° Export alarm metrics data
into new formats
° Create custom line, bar and pie
charts of tabular alarm data
° Option to bulk enter external
alarms
* Schedule target changes and
IOW/DOW off-limit overrides
° Schedule target changes
and overrides in the future

* Register module expansion
° Create blank paper forms
that can be completed in
Class I Div I environments
° Improve register searches
to capture more results
over longer time intervals
° Delete and archive registers
in bulk.
More than 150 enhancements have
been incorporated into the UTL platform, including improvements to register field logging and column formatting,
expanding status change email notifications, better support for setting targets
based on PI tags, and custom handovers
embedded in shift reports. For more
than 20 yr, these annual product enhancements have been distributed free of
charge to UTL clients worldwide.

Glass tube variable
area flow meters
Brooks Instrument has added the
GT1600 Series of glass tube variable area
flowmeters to its family of variable area
flowmeter products.
Suitable for a wide variety of industries
from chemical manufacturing to pharmaceutical production to water treatment and
distribution, the GT1600 is ideal for lowand high-flow gas and liquid applications
where viewing the process is important.
The rugged flow meter features highquality design and materials, such as 316
stainless-steel construction and a polycarbonate shield, to ensure safety and longevity for both indoor and outdoor use.
For ease of use, the adjustable, transparent scale improves readability and allows
for offset correction to compensate for
process variation. In addition, the process
connection can be rotated 360 degrees
so users can view from all directions. An
alarm option is also available for automatic monitoring of critical flow conditions.
Configured for simple installation,
the GT1600 is available with a variety
of connections to fit existing piping arrangements or mount to a panel or wall.
It can also work as a drop-in retrofit for
the Brooks Instrument GT1000, GT1300
and Full-View® 1100 Series of flow meters,
which have been widely used for decades.
The GT1600 is fashioned for easy
maintenance. For in-situ cleaning, the
glass tube and float can be replaced without removing the flowmeter from the piping, saving time and cost.

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