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INTEGRATING MICROELECTRONICS INTO GAS DISTRIBUTION Edited by William F.Rush, Jr. James E.Huebler Jared R.W.Smith Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. ELSEVIER APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LONDON INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go towww.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” ELSEVIER APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LONDON INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO Sole Distributor Outside the USA and Canada ELSEVIER APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD Crown House, Linton Road, Barking Essex IG11 8JU, U.K. Sole Distributor in the USA and Canada INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY 3424 South State Street, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA The selection and presentation of material and the opinions expressed in this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors concerned. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of IGT. © Institute of Gas Technology 1987. ISBN 0-203-21615-6 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-27242-0 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 1-85166-1514 (Print Edition) (Elsevier edition) ISBN 0-910091-62-5 (Print Edition) (IGT edition) PREFACE This volume contains papers presented at the first and second IGT symposia on microelectronics in the gas industry. The first was held November 18–20, 1985, in Orlando, Florida. The second symposium was held September 8–10, 1986, in Fontana, Wisconsin. The purpose of these symposia was to disseminate information on the rapidly evolving topics of gas distribution automation. Speakers included manufacturing, utility, and R&D personnel. The papers considered technical, economic, and policy aspects of the application of microelectronics to gas distribution problems. The major topics included— • Technology overviews • Commercially Available Systems • Emerging Technologies and New Directions • Utility Experience with Microelectronic Automation • Related Developments Comparing the papers from the two symposia illustrates the speed at which this field changes. Products being designed or available only as prototypes during the first symposium were commercially available during the second. Several had already been reduced in cost and improved in reliability as manufacturers gained experience. The rapid technical and economic changes complicate automation-related decisions for both utilities and manufacturers. If these papers help to improve and simplify these decisions, our efforts will have been justified. William F.Rush James E.Huebler Jared R.W.Smith Institute of Gas Technology TABLE OF CONTENTS INTEGRATING MICROELECTRONICS INTO GAS DISTRIBUTION (Session I) — PREFACE iii W.F.Rush, Jr.James E.Huebler and Jared R.W.Smith, Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois OVERVIEW OF MICROELECTRONICS IN THE GAS INDUSTRY 1 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF MICROELECTRONICS AUTOMATION 2 W.Booker, City of Colorado Springs, Colorado 2 MICROPROCESSORS APPLIED TO ECONOMIC AND OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF 14 GAS SYSTEMS G.D.Bogel, Bristol Babcock, Inc., Waterbury, Connecticut COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE HARDWARE 3 INTEGRATING MICROELECTRONICS INTO GAS DISTRIBUTION 23 I.A.Hicks, American Meter Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4 REMOTE DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION WITH A CENTRAL 35 COMPUTER E.J.Sweeney, Metretek, Inc., Melbourne, Florida 5 WATER METER TECHNOLOGY AND THE GAS INDUSTRY: AUTOMATED METER 40 READING SYSTEMS HAVE BECOME MARKET DRIVEN A.B.Caruso, Neptune Information Systems, Atlanta, Georgia 6 METER MOUNTED INSTRUMENTS 50 P.J.Hanowich, Rockwell International Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 7 REAL TIME MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL GAS METER STATIONS 57 C.J.Glaeser, Entex, Inc., Houston, Texas EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 8 AUTOMATION OF FACILITIES INFORMATION 61 J.A.Bernard, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, Green Bay, Wisconsin 9 AUTOMATING CORROSION CONTROL 68 R.J.Grozelle, Union Gas Limited, Chatham, Ontario 10 INTEGRATING RF ELECTRONICS INTO GAS DISTRIBUTION 79 R.D.Malme, DEI Energy Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota v DIRECTIONS IN AUTOMATING DISTRIBUTION 11 ON THE CONCEPT OF A TOTAL SYSTEM APPROACH TO DISTRIBUTION 85 AUTOMATION J.E.Huebler and W.F.Rush, Jr.C.J.Ziolkowski, Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois 12 THE GRI PERSPECTIVE ON ADVANCED GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS RESEARCH 95 R.S.Norman, Gas Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois EXPERIENCE WITH AUTOMATION 13 AUTOMATION OF WASTE HEAT RECOVERY PLANT FOR COMPRESSION OF 1 05 NATURAL GAS M.L.Adelmann, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Lombard, Illinois 14 ON-SITE ENERGY MEASUREMENT 1 14 W.W.Volkmor, Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles, California 15 PEOPLES GAS TAKES ANOTHER STEP INTO THE COMPUTER AGE 1 21 F.J.Milfeit, The Peoples Natural Gas Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 16 ELECTRONICS AT UNION GAS 1 26 D.Barker, Union Gas Ltd., Chatham, Ontario, Canada 17 AUTOMATIC CALL-BACK ALARM SYSTEMS 1 33 T.Wilson, Peoples Natural Gas Company, Council Bluffs, Iowa INTEGRATING MICROELECTRONICS INTO GAS DISTRIBUTION (Session II) AN OVERVIEW OF MICROELECTRONICS 1 OVERVIEW OF GAS AUTOMATION 1 39 J.E.Huebler, Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois 2 AN OVERVIEW OF MICROELECTRONICS 1 47 V.Tamosaitis, Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois 3 THE FUTURE ROLE OF SENSOR TECHNOLOGY IN GAS DISTRIBUTION 1 57 OPERATIONS S.R.Kramer, Gas Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PRODUCTS 4 CENTRALIZED METER READING: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 1 67 J.Childers, Neptune Information Systems, Norcross, Georgia 5 DATA ACCUMULATION AND COMMUNICATION 1 70 W.T.Bushman, Metretek, Inc., Melbourne, Florida 6 ELECTRONIC VOLUME CORRECTION AND DATA COLLECTION 1 75 R.J.Ensch, Dresser Measurement, Houston, Texas 7 SONIC INTEGRATED GAS MEASUREMENT ASSEMBLY: A REAL TIME 1 80 MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL STATION vi I.A.Hicks, American Meter Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 8 JUSTIFYING AUTOMATED METER READING TECHNOLOGY IN THE GAS 1 85 INDUSTRY R.D.Malme, EnScan, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota 9 VOLUME CORRECTORS AND FLOW COMPUTERS 1 90 R.H.Schieber, American Meter Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania UTILITY EXPERIENCE WITH AUTOMATION 10 SELECTING A GAS SCADA SYSTEM 1 94 T.B.Tahir, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New York, New York 11 SCADA SYSTEMS IN GAS DISTRIBUTION FROM THEN, ’ZTIL NOW; ’TIL 1 99 TOMORROW: AN EVOLUTION OF METERING A.W.Gershman, Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Brooklyn, New York 12 RADIO-TRANSMITTED, MICROCOMPUTER-BASED TELEMETER SYSTEMS 2 05 V.B.Hammond, Northern Illinois Gas, Naperville, Illinois 13 FIELD IMPLEMENTATION OF A REMOTE METER READING SYSTEM 2 11 F.H.Abrew, Equitable Gas Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 14 SYSTEM EVOLUTION IN THE MATURE SCADA ENVIRONMENT 2 18 D.K.Diel, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation RELATED DEVELOPMENTS 15 INTEGRATION OF CORPORATE DATA SYSTEMS 2 33 D.R.Smith and A.Louis, Gilbert Services, Inc., Reading, Pennsylvania 16 IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATIC METER READING 2 45 D.L.Schlenger, Hackensack Water Company, Harrington Park, New Jersey 17 ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS TO METER READING 2 51 V.S.Casler, Porta-Printer Systems, Inc. ADVANCES IN AUTOMATION 18 ADVANCED GAS DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH AT IGT 2 62 W.F.Rush, Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois 19 A LOW-POWER MICRO DATA PROCESSING AND CONTROL SYSTEM 2 70 PROGRAMMABLE ON SITE IN BASIC M.J.-C.Bonnel, Gaz de France 20 HOW MICROELECTRONICS SAVES MONEY ON GAS SYSTEMS 2 78 G.D.Bogel, Bristol Babcock, Inc., Waterbury, Connecticut 21 ECONOMICS OF ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT 2 87 J.Griffeth, Datek Industries, Inc., Houston, Texas vii 22 REAL TIME MEASUREMENT: A CANADIAN GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY 3 03 APPROACH B.J.McConaghy, NOVA, An Alberta Corporation, Alberta, Canada 23 THE CAIN ENCODER™ — AUTOMATIC METER READING FOR THE REAL WORLD 3 14 C.J.Cain, Cain Encoder Company, Greenville, North Carolina 24 DISTRIBUTION ROBOTICS IN THE GAS INDUSTRY: ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS 3 18 L.A.Sweetwood, Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois Symposium Papers INTEGRATING MICROELECTRONICS INTO GAS DISTRIBUTION I Presented November 18–20, 1985 Orlando, Florida FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF MICROELECTRONICS AUTOMATION Wayne Booker Engineering/Operations Superintendent City of Colorado Springs ABSTRACT This paper addresses fundamental applications of microelectronics to automation systems used in the gas industry. The information focuses on terminology used in microelectronics automation and presents an overview of automation processes. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF MICROELECTRONICS AUTOMATION INTRODUCTION Microelectronics dominates today’s automation applications in the gas industry with miniature circuit and semiconductor technology. Microelectronic’s hardware decline in cost and improved reliability makes automation a buzz word in the gas industry. Economics is the primary force driving automation decisions, especially considering the increasing operation and maintenance costs associated with personnel and regulatory activities. Significant incentives exist to automate information gathering and control activities to avoid adding personnel and create improved productivity of existing personnel. For discussion purposes in this material, automation will be considered the application of electronics to replace or speed up human activities. AUTOMATION CONSIDERATIONS The use of microelectronics broadens the application base for automation. The vast technology available today may seem overwhelming, but there are some basic considerations that will simplify evaluating automation.
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