COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Smart Gas Metering Skids & Advanced Measurement Technologies. It covers the importance of accurate gas measurement, gas flow properties, types of gases in the industry and applications in custody transfer and process control; the basic principles of fluid flow, components of gas metering skids and types of gas meters;  the gas flow measurement standards, smart metering concepts, ultrasonic flow meters, coriolis flow meters and turbine and rotary meters; and the pressure and temperature compensation, gas chromatography in skid systems, flow computers and data acquisition. 

 

Further, the course will also discuss the skid fabrication and layout design, control panel and SCADA integration; the power supply and electrical design, power supply and electrical design; the smart communication technologies and calibration and validation procedures; the routine operation of gas metering skids and common troubleshooting scenarios; and the predictive and preventive maintenance, diagnostic tools and remote monitoring and safety in gas metering operations. 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the legal requirements for custody transfer, approval of measuring systems, role of third-party verification and penalties for metering inaccuracies; the gross calorific value (GCV) determination, correction factors and calculation methods and invoice generation and audit trails; the ISO 17025 calibration lab requirements, MID compliance and API/AGA reporting requirements; the concept of digital twins for metering skids and AI for anomaly detection, predictive maintenance through ML models and future integration with blockchain for billing; the planning and specification phase and vendor selection; and the technical bid evaluation, installation and commissioning management and risk mitigation and project handover.