Vermeulen
has a degree in electrical engineering and industrial economics from
the University in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has been working for
Endress + Hauser (Greenwood, IA) for 17 years in various marketing
and business development functions all around the World. He currently
is head of marketing and sales at the production facility for level
and pressure instrumentation in Greenwood, IN. For more information,
call 888-ENDRESS and to find related material on the company’s own
Levelflex guided wave radar product, visit
www.us.endress.com/oem/boilers.
Endress+Hauser,
in cooperation with an agency that develops materials used for space
exploration, developed a special patented ceramic that gives both
mechanical and electrical stability. This makes a Levelflex reliable
and safe under harsh process conditions.
Conditions
inside steam drums and other high-temperature and pressure
applications can raise some real obstacles to true level measurement.
Here, the author starts by looking at these impediments and some
traditional strategies to compensate for these conditions, and then
he suggests some ways guided wave radar and new compensation tactics
can combine for consistently accurate readings.