OWDMANUAL 1114
KAM CONTROLS, INC.
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INTRODUCTION CONTINUED
Rugged,easytouseandextremelyaccurate,theKAM
®
OWD
®
OilWaterDetectoristheidealinstrumentforcontinu-
ouslymonitoringwaterconcentrationinyourpipeline.ItisdesignedinaccordancewithAPI,ASTM,ISO,EI,UL,and
DINstandardsamongstothers.Especiallyvitalinproductionmanagement,theOWD
®
sensor lets you maximize oil
productionversusproducedwater.ThesimplicityofdesignandqualityofengineeringemployedintheOWD
®
sensor
meantherearenomovingparts.Patentedmicrowavesensorsmeasuretheconductivity,dielectric,andboththereal
andimaginarypartofpermittivityoftheuidwithanextremelyhighdegreeofaccuracy,andmeasurementisfully
automaticwithouttheneedforoperatorinterventionorsupervision.TheoutputsignalcanbesenttoFlow
Computers,SCADA,PLC’sortoaCentralControlRoomforloggingordisplayonchartrecordersormonitors.
TheKAM
®
OWD
®
sensoralsousesinternalreferencestoautocalibratefordriftcausedbytemperaturechangesof
theelectronics,theagingoftheelectronicscomponents,uidpressure,anduidtemperature.
TheKAM
®
OWD
®
owthroughmodelcanbeusedinananalyzer/densitometerloop,forprocessoptimizationwhere
anaccuratedeterminationofwaterconcentrationisimportant,anditisvitaltooptimizingthe
desalinizationprocess.Placedonthedesaltersampleline,oroneachsampleline,theKAM
®
OWD
®
owthrough
modelprovidesreal-timeinformationaboutyourdesalterperformance.
Toensurethehighestdegreeofaccuracy,theowmustbehomogenous.InstalledupstreamofyourOWD
®
sensor,thepatentedKAM
®
SMP™StaticMixingPlateorKAM
®
SMS™StaticMixingSpoolcreateafully
homogenousmixtureinyourpipeline.Inlowvelocitysituations,theuseofaKAMMLMeasurementLoopmay
berequiredinordertocreateahomogenousowformeasurement.Propercalibration,alsokeytocomplete
accuracy,canbeachievedintheeldwiththeKAM
®
PKFPortableKarlFischerMoistureAnalyzer.
Becauseitcanbeinsertedintoyourpipeortankthrougha2",3",or4"hottap,theOWD
®
sensorhelpsyouavoid
costlydrainage,theneedforabypassloop,orhavingtocutasectioninthepipe.Allwettedpartsaremachinedfrom
316stainlesssteel.Shaftlengthsfrom1to3feetareavailablewithoff-the-shelflengthscomingin12",24",and36".
Metricandcustomlengthsareavailable.
Range(waterinoil) 0-1% 0–5% 0–10% 0–20% 0–40% 0–100%
Accuracy(atlistedrange)0.01% 0.05% 0.10% 0.20% 0.40% 1.00%
TABLE 1-5 MEASUREMENTCAPABILITIES:CALIBRATEDRANGEANDACCURACIES
NOTE:TheKAMOWDcanbecalibratedtoanyrangebetween0-1%and0-100%.
THEORY OF OPERATION