LumaSense Technologies, a California (US)-based temperature and gas sensing solutions provider, introduced its next-generation petrochemical infrared sensor, the Pulsar 4 at the oil and gas show Adipec 2014. With installations at over 550 petrochemical facilities worldwide, the Pulsar 4 is LumaSense's latest addition to its E2T line of petrochemical infrared sensors.
Oil and gas operations heavily depend on combustion-based processes. The Pulsar 4 is intended for monitoring the refractory and gas temperatures inside sulphur recovery units, sulphur burners and thermal oxidiser furnaces frequently found at these facilities.
According to the company, a shut down forced by any on these vessels will cost $1 million US or more per day. The Pulsar 4 is a condition-based maintenance system to help prevent downtime and protect refinery profits.
The Pulsar 4 is an explosion-proof infrared thermometer (pyrometer) with the ability to see through flames and simultaneously deliver the refractory temperature and gas Temperature with precision to 0.3 degrees Celsius and a range of 350–2000 degrees Celsius. The Pulsar 4 Advanced features LumaSense's proprietary Smart Flame Measurement Algorithm (Smart FMA) which accounts for flame transparency that can affect the temperature readings for a more precise view of activity inside these vessels. LumaSense's updated InfraWin software interprets the data from the Pulsar 4 for analysis inside the control room.
Customers with Pulsar II and III can upgrade these units to the new Pulsar 4 and its advanced capabilities.
The new Pulsar 4 can be viewed at Adipec 2014, at the LumaSense booth HV 135, an outdoor pavilion on the fairgrounds.
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