FluiMix™
FluiMix™ Ltd has developed FluiMix™, a zero pressure liquid mixing technology that is extremely flexible and is used to deliver controlled mixing energy to whatever fluid system that is to be mixed.
FluiMix™ will provide fully homogenous flow for measurement and sampling of Hydro carbons that is fully compliant to the following internaonal standards:
API 8.2, ISO 3171, ASTM D4177, EP 6.2, MARPOL IV
Flow Conditioning – FluiMix™ ensures that the flow conditioning meets API 8.2, ASTM D4177, EP 6.2 and ISO 3171 sampling standards. This ensures that anymeasurement is made in fully representative flow no matter what the flow rate of the blend. Any water that is not captured in the measurement can add error up to 0.4% however a FluiMix™ is guaranteed to be within 0.025% of the true water content.
Flow Proportional Sampling – FluiMix™ Ltd can supply a flow proportional ISOLOK™ API-C cell and ISOLOK™ API-P probe sampling unit (complete with self-change sample cans, self-diagnostic controller and reporting functionality) to ensure compliance to the sampling standards. The sampler technology uses advanced low surface energy coatings and super duplex body construction to significantly improve reliability. This insures that our samplers are fully compliance to NACE 0175 CRA requirements and are resistant to Hydrogen Sulfide stress cracking as well as Chloride stress cracking. For more information please download our technical bulletin MR0175, MR0103, ISO 15156 COMPLIANCE.
Online Fiscal Density Measurement – Online density measurement can be as much as 0.4-8% inaccurate if the densitometer is placed in non-mixed flow. FluiMix™ Ltd includes fiscal densitometers within FluiMix™ sampling loops to ensure that the density is measured accurately.
Sulfur Measurement Accuracy – Online sulfur measurement requires the sample to be taken from homogenous flow otherwise the measurement can be out by as much as 0.5%. FluiMix™ Ltd uses Rigaku NEXT units located within the FluiMix™ Analyser/Sampling loop to ensure sulfur is measured accurately from 200 ppm to 6%.
Salinity Measurement – Online salinity measurement can only be accurate if the measurement stream is taken from homogenous flow. A FluiMix™ Analyser Loop ensures that whatever salinity analyser technology is used, the measurement stream is representative and fully mixed.
B, S and W Measurement – Fully mixed flow is required to ensure that any B, S and W measurement is accurate. The FluiMix™ analysis and sampling loop ensures that B, S and W are measured to the accuracy of the technology chosen.
Hydrogen Sulphide Concentration
Recent changes to Exposure Levels for H2S by OSHA [1], the WHO and the EU [2] has meant that the concentration of H2S in hydrocarbons is becoming more important. FluiMix can incorporate online H2S monitors in its measurement loop.
Zero Pressure Drop and Limitless Turn Down– The FluiMix™ process does not generate any significant pressure drop to the system irrespective of changes in process conditions such as flow rate, density or viscosity. As a result, FluiMix™ offers a significantly greater operating window than other inline static mixer systems.