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FCI announces new initiative to meet emissions reporting mandate
Flow meter supplier initiates "Customer GHG Reporting Fast Track Initiative" in response to the EPA's new 40 CFR part 98 mandate that requires greenhouse gas emissions reporting effective January 1, 2010.
David Greenfield -- Control Engineering, 10/14/2009

Fluid Components International (FCI), a supplier of thermal mass gas flow meters, has launched its Customer GHG Reporting Fast Track Initiative in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new mandate per 40 CFR part 98 that requires greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting effective January 1, 2010.

The EPA's new mandate is being enacted to provide a better understanding of GHG sources and will be used to guide development of policies and programs to reduce emissions. The collected data will also allow businesses to track their own emissions, compare them to similar facilities, and provide assistance in identifying cost effective ways to reduce emissions.

FCI's new Customer GHG Reporting Fast Track Initiative is a three-part program that includes:

• A toll free GHG Hotline at 1-800-863-8704, ext. 218 to answer flow meter questions.
• AGHG Reporting Web Page featuring FCI's AVAL gas flow meter sizing tool.
• AVAL is an online tool that assists process and plant engineers with proper flow meter selection.

Fast track order expediting is also available to ensure instrument deliveries prior to January 1, 2010.
The EPA's new reporting mandate requires more than 10,000 facilities to report the annual mass flow of greenhouse gases from their operations.
FCI's thermal dispersion technology gas flow meters are direct mass flow measuring instruments, with most said to require only a single insertion point into a pipe or stack to install. Instruments are available for installation in line sizes from 0.25 inches to more than 100 inches. In addition, FCI's meters are said to provide flow measurement accuracies of ±1% reading, ±0.5% of full scale, and exceed the stated acceptable accuracy within the EPA mandate.

Measurements available from FCI flow meters include

•  mass flow rate
• totalized flow and temperature with electronic output options for a built-in digital readout
• standard 4-20mA analog outputs and/or digital bus communications such as HART and Profibus.
• Precision calibrations matched to the application, installation conditions and gas composition are a hallmark of FCI flow meters.
•  FCI flow meters can be used to measure methane (CH4), N20, SF6, HFCs, PFCs and CO2 as required by the EPA mandate.

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