articleMichael Farnon managing director of Micronics, a UK manufacturer of clamp-on, ultrasonic flow meters, shares his thoughts on sub-metering of potable and DHWS (Domestic Hot Water Services) and offers quotes from Micronics’ customers as they endeavour to monitor, control and manage water, energy consumption and costs.
productWhen three newly built blocks at Manchester University including a large lecture theatre and reading rooms had insufficient metering for the 250mm+ pipework, assistant mechanical and energy engineer, Chris Cunningham, turned to equipment from Micronics for a solution.
productServitech International is
using a Micronics Stingray
portable area/velocity meter
to monitor effluent from a
potato packaging plant.
productMicronics offers a wide range of fixed
Clamp-On metering solutions as an
alternative to traditional in-line
meters. Benefits claimed include no
disruption of services or problems
associated with system drain down
for ma
productWhen managers at a hospital in Bedfordshire wanted to understand their consumption of hot water in order to identify requirements for replacing equipment with the most energy efficient solution, they called in ETA Energy Systems. The Bedford-based consultant specialises in determining that pumps, flowrates and balancing valves are correctly set.
productIn the current climate of NHS
cuts, managers at an acute, district
general hospital, which provides
healthcare services to over 270,000
people in Bedfordshire, wanted to
understand their consumption of hot
water and ide
productLondon based PA Energy which
specialises in the supply, installation
and ongoing monitoring of turnkey
sub-metering systems, has used
Micronics’ ultrasonic, clamp-on flow
and heat metering products to good
effect on a w
productMicronics exhibited at Nemex 2012
its range of clamp-on ultrasonic
liquid flow, heat and energy flow
meters, including its new U1000
fixed clamp-on flow meter, that
provides simple to install and
accurate flow measureme
productSurveying large-scale heating
and HWS installations to
establish a basis for
improvements can prove daunting;
Environmental Treatment Concepts
(ETC) uses a PF330 Time of Flight
portable clamp-on flow and heatmeter
data
productThe need to know what’s flowing
where in building services is
fundamental to well managed services,
good energy/water management,
reduced consumption and costs.
Clamp-on, ultrasonic flow
measurement is a technology th
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