{"id":700,"date":"2015-04-13T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=700"},"modified":"2022-10-15T16:05:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T22:05:27","slug":"sub-metering-natural-gas-in-an-factory-control-environment-using-ethermeters-and-dresser-roots-rotary-gas-meters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scadametrics.com\/blog\/?p=700","title":{"rendered":"Sub-Metering Natural Gas in a Factory Control Environment using EtherMeters and Rotary Gas Meters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jim ‘Slim’ Mimlitz, SCADAmetrics<\/p><\/div>In order to track and minimize utility costs, a growing number of forward-thinking, modern factories have initiated efforts to monitor utility usage in realtime — including electricity, water, and natural gas. And such monitoring does not only occur at the utility-owned meters, but within the factory itself so that a breakdown of the utility costs may be properly assigned to each unit of manufactured item.\u00a0 Today’s article will focus on an in-factory natural gas monitoring system.<\/p>\n

Many factories feature paint and heat-curing operations, which consume\u00a0massive amounts of natural gas.\u00a0 Utilizing the tools at its disposal, the modern factory can\u00a0measure — and optimize — its natural gas consumption within the context of\u00a0an Allen-Bradley-based FactoryTalk\/PLC Ethernet network or Modbus\/TCP network.<\/p>\n

In order to achieve the monitoring goals, each natural gas consumption point should be equipped with a gas meter, such as\u00a0a\u00a0Rotary Gas Meter with solid-state pulse output. The pulse signal is then connected to an EtherMeter, which is networked into the plant’s control Ethernet.\u00a0 Common rotary gas meter brands include GE\u00ae<\/sup> Dresser\u00ae<\/sup>\/Roots\u00ae<\/sup>, Romet\u00ae<\/sup>,\u00a0Elster\u00ae<\/sup>\/American\u00ae<\/sup>, and others.<\/p>\n

\"Dresser-Roots<\/a>

Rotary Natural Gas Meter with Pulse-Output Option.<\/p><\/div>\n