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February Meeting
"Water Vapor/Dew Point Measurement Technologies
Used in the Natural Gas Process and Pipeline Industry"
Speaker: Daniel R. Potter
Natural Gas Market Specialist
AMETEK Process Instruments Business Unit
Short Summary/Abstract:
The determination of water vapor (and water dew point) is crucial in the
processing, custody transfer and transport of natural gas. High levels
of water vapor in a natural gas stream can lead to a number of problems
which include the formation of hydrates and the contribution to freezing
and corrosion of plant and equipment.
This paper/presentation will discuss AMETEK’s experience with water
vapor measurements in natural gas applications and highlight the
development of their laser-based instruments for the measurement of
water vapor in stationary and portable applications in the natural gas
and LNG industry.
Bio: Daniel R. Potter
Daniel (Dan) Potter has been actively involved in process analytical
instrumentation for nearly 19 years, working with various detection
principles used for process control and optimization in the oil and gas
industry, including UV/VIS photometry for measurement of sulphur
compounds in oil and gas processing, NIR Tunable Diode Laser-based
instruments for gas quality measurements and manual and automated
chilled mirror devices for the detection of water and hydrocarbon dew
point temperatures in natural gas. Dan has held a number of positions,
including service and support engineer and technical sales specialist
with BOVAR Western Research, then as Regional Sales Manager, Business
and Operations Manager and Sales Manager of the Americas with AMETEK
Process Instruments, and currently holds the position of Natural Gas
Market Specialist with AMETEK. Dan is an Electronics Engineering
Technologist and holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration. He
has published several technical papers on process optimization and
control using UV/VIS based photometry as well as chilled mirror
analyzers for the detection of hydrocarbon dew point temperatures in
natural gas.

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