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Worldwide Survey of Flowmeter Users, 2nd Edition Overview
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Executive Summary
Overview
1-1
Figure Number
1-1 Profile of Participants............................................................................................. 1-3
1-2 Industry Distribution of Participants ........................................................................ 1-4
1-3 Installed Base of Flowmeters by Type ................................................................... 1-5
1-4
Liquid, Gas, and Steam Measurement Usage by Percentage of
Total Responses ....................................................................................................
1-5
Chapter Two: Introduction
Overview........................................................................................................................... 2-1
How to Read the Figures in the Report............................................................................... 2-1
Team History and Experience ............................................................................................ 2-2
Flow Research, Inc........................................................................................................... 2-3
Flow Research Studies ...................................................................................................... 2-3
Flow Research Instrumentation Articles............................................................................. 2-4
Custom Projects................................................................................................................ 2-7
Figure Number
2-1...... New-Technology and Traditional Technology Flowmeters..................................... 2-9
2-2
..... New-Technology
Flowmeters Approved by the Fieldbus Foundation...................
2-10
Chapter Three: Worldwide Survey of Users of All Types of Flowmeters
Overview........................................................................................................................... 3-1
Profile of Participants: Figures 3-1 to 3-3............................................................................ 3-3
Industry Distribution of Participants: Figures 3-4 and 3-5.................................................... 3-3
Installed Base of Flowmeters by Type: Figures 3-6 to 3-8................................................... 3-3
Flowmeters Purchase or Specified in 2004 and Expected to be Purchased or Specified in 2008: Figures 3-9 to 3-23 3-4
Flowmeters Purchased or Specified by Type: Figures 3-24 and 3-25.................................. 3-5
Reasons Given for Shifts in Types and Quantities of Flowmeters Purchased from 2004 to 2008: Figures 3-26 to 3-27 3-6
Use of Different Types of Flowmeters for Liquid, Gas, and Steam Applications: Figures 3-28 to 3-43 3-6
Applications for Flowmeters by Type: Figures 3-44 to 3-57................................................ 3-7
Average Purchase Price: Figure 3-58 to 3-60..................................................................... 3-7
Product Features, Characteristics, and Specifications that are Important in Flowmeter Selection: Figures 3-61 to 3-65 3-8
When Buying
Flowmeters, Openness to Switching Types: Figure 3-66................................
3-8
Percent of Respondents Purchasing Flowmeters with Digital or Analog Output Signals: 3-67 to 3-68 3-8
Communication Protocols Used by Flowmeters Purchased or Specified in 2004 and Expected to be Purchased in 2008: Figures 3-69 to 3-76.......................................................................................................... 3-8
Industry Certifications Required: Figure 3-77...................................................................... 3-9
Important
Non-Product or Commercial Considerations in Selecting Flowmeter
Vendors: Figure 3-78.........................................................................................................
3-9
Openness to Doing Business with a New Supplier When Purchasing or Specifying Flowmeters: Figure 3-79 3-10
Ways to Become Aware of Flowmeters and Vendors: Figures 3-80 to 3-83..................... 3-10
Figure Number
3-1 General User Survey Charts................................................................................. 3-11
3-2 Profile of Participants – “Other”............................................................................ 3-12
3-3 Regions Represented by Participants.................................................................... 3-13
3-4 Industry Distribution of Participants....................................................................... 3-14 ...................................................................................................................................
3-5 Industry Distribution of Participants – Other.......................................................... 3-15
3-6 Installed Base of Flowmeters................................................................................ 3-16
3-7 Installed Base of Flowmeters by Type.................................................................. 3-17
3-8 Number of Flowmeters Purchased or Specified in 2004........................................ 3-18
3-9 Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Specific Types of Flowmeters in 2004 3-19
3-10 Percent of Total Respondents Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Particular Types of Flowmeters in 2008 3-20
3-11 Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Coriolis Flowmeters in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Coriolis Flowmeters in 2008 ................................................ 3-21
3-12
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Differential
Pressure Flowmeters in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or Specify
Differential Pressure Flowmeters in 2008...............
3-22
3-13
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Magnetic
Flowmeters in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Magnetic
Flowmeters
in 2008...............................................................................................................
3-23
3-14
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Open Channel
Flowmeters in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Open Channel
Flowmeters in 2008 ......................................
3-24
3-15
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Optical
Flowmeters in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Optical
Flowmeters in 2008 .................................................
3-25
3-16
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Positive
Displacement Flowmeters in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or Specify
Positive Displacement Flowmeters in 2008.............
3-26
Figure Number
3-17
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Sonar Flowmeters
in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Sonar Flowmeters in 2008....................................................
3-27
3-18
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Target
Flowmeters in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Target Flowmeters
in 2008...................................................
3-28
3-19
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Thermal
Flowmeters in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Thermal
Flowmeters
in 2008................................................................................................................
3-29
3-20
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Turbine
Flowmeters in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Turbine
Flowmeters in 2008..................................................
3-30
3-21
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Ultrasonic
Flowmeters in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Ultrasonic
Flowmeters
in 2008................................................................................................................
3-31
3-22
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or
Specified Variable Area Flowmeters in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or
Specify Variable Area Flowmeters in 2008 .......................................
3-32
3-23
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or
Specified Vortex Flowmeters in 2004 and Who Expect to Purchase or Specify
Vortex Flowmeters in 2008...................................................
3-33
3-24
Percentage of Total Flowmeters Purchased or Specified in 2004 by Type.............
3-34
3-25
Percentage of Total Flowmeters Expected to Be Purchased or Specified in
2008 by Type
3-35
3-26
Reasons Given for Shifts in Types and Quantities from Flowmeters
Purchased or Specified in 2004 and Expected to Be Purchased or Specified
in 2008 (Bar Chart).............................................................................................
3-36
3-27
Reasons Given for Shifts in Types and Quantities from Flowmeters
Purchased or Specified in 2004 and Expected to Be Purchased or Specified
in 2008 (Table)...................................................................................................
3-37
3-28
Are or Will the Coriolis Flowmeters You Have Purchased or Will Purchase
Be Used in Gas, Liquid, or Steam Applications?.......................................................................................................
3-41
3-29
Are or Will the Differential Pressure Flowmeters You Have Purchased or
Will Purchase Be Used in Gas, Liquid, or Steam Applications? ............................................................................................
3-42
3-30
Are or Will the Optical Flowmeters You Have Purchased or Will Purchase
Be Used in Gas, Liquid, or Steam Applications?.......................................................................................................
3-43
3-31
Are or Will the Positive Displacement Flowmeters You Have Purchased or
Will Purchase Be Used in Gas, Liquid, or Steam Applications?........................................................................................
3-44
3-32
Are or Will the Sonar Flowmeters You Have Purchased or Will Purchase Be
Used in Gas, Liquid, or Steam Applications?.......................................................................................................
3-45
3-33
Are or Will the Target Flowmeters You Have Purchased or Will Purchase Be
Used in Gas, Liquid, or Steam Applications?.......................................................................................................
3-46
3-34
Are or Will the Thermal Flowmeters You Have Purchased or Will Purchase
Be Used in Gas, Liquid, or Steam Applications?.......................................................................................................
3-47
Figure Number
3-35
Are or Will the Turbine Flowmeters You Have
Purchased or Will Purchase Be Used in Gas, Liquid, or Steam Applications?.......................................................................................................
3-48
3-36
Are or Will the Ultrasonic Flowmeters You Have Purchased or Will
Purchase
Be Used in Gas, Liquid, or Steam Applications?...................................................
3-49
3-37 Are or Will the Variable Area Flowmeters You Have Purchased or Will Purchase Be Used in Gas, Liquid, or Steam Applications?....................................................................................................... 3-50
3-38 Are or Will the Vortex Flowmeters You Have Purchased or Will Purchase Be Used in Gas, Liquid, or Steam Applications?....................................................................................................... 3-51
3-39 Are or Will the Other Flowmeters You Have Purchased or Will Purchase Be Used in Gas, Liquid, or Steam Applications?....................................................................................................... 3-52
3-40 Percent of Total Flowmeters Purchased and to be Purchased for Liquid Applications, Segmented by Type 3-53
3-41
Percent of Total Flowmeters Purchased and to be Purchased
for Gas Applications, Segmented by Type
3-54
3-42
Percent of Total Flowmeters Purchased and to be Purchased
for Steam Applications, Segmented by Type
3-55
3-43
Liquid, Gas, and Steam Measurement Usage by Percentage of
Total Responses...................................................................................................
3-56
3-44
Applications for Coriolis Flowmeters....................................................................
3-57
3-45
Applications for Differential Pressure Flowmeters..................................................
3-60
3-46
Applications for Magnetic Flowmeters..................................................................
3-64
3-47
Applications for Open Channel Flowmeters.......................................................... 3-67
3-48
Applications for Optical Flowmeters.....................................................................
3-68
3-49
Applications for Positive Displacement
Flowmeters...............................................
3-69
3-50
Applications for Sonar Flowmeters.......................................................................
3-71
3-51
Applications for Target Flowmeters......................................................................
3-72
3-52
Applications for Thermal Flowmeters....................................................................
3-73
3-53
Applications for Turbine Flowmeters....................................................................
3-75
3-54
Applications for Ultrasonic Flowmeters.................................................................
3-78
3-55
Applications for Variable Area Flowmeters........................................................... 3-81
3-56
Applications for Vortex Flowmeters.....................................................................
3-83
3-57
Applications for Other Flowmeters.......................................................................
3-85
3-58
Average Purchase Price in 2004 and Expected in 2008.........................................
3-86
3-59
What Will Account for the Expected Price Changes or Lack of Changes?
(Bar Chart) 3-87
3-60
What Will Account for the Expected Price Changes or Lack of
Changes? (Table).................................................................................................
3-88
3-61
How Important is Reliability in Your Selection of Flowmeters?..............................
3-91
3-62
How Important Is Accuracy in Your Selection of Flowmeters?..............................
3-92
3-63
How Important is Price in Your Selection of Flowmeters?.....................................
3-93
3-64
How Important is Repeatability in Your Selection of Flowmeters?.........................
3-94
Figure Number
3-65
Other Features, Characteristics and Specifications Important in
Flowmeter Selection 3-95
3-66
When Buying Flowmeters, How Open Is Your Firm to Switching Types?..............
3-96
3-67
Percent of Respondents Who Purchased
Flowmeters with Digital or Analog Output Signals in 2004 3-97
3-68
Percent of Respondents Who Expect to Purchase Flowmeters with Digital or
Analog Output Signals in 2008 3-98
3-69
Types of Communication Protocols Used by Flowmeters Purchased or
Specified
in 2004................................................................................................................
3-99
3-70 Types of Communication Protocols Expected to Be Used by Flowmeters Purchased or Specified in 2008 3-100
3-71
Change in Percent of Respondents Who Purchased
or Specified Flowmeters with Ethernet in 2004 and Who are Likely to
Purchase or Specify Them
in 2008..............................................................................................................
3-101
3-72
Change in Percent of Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Flowmeters
with HART in 2004 and Who are Likely to Purchase or Specify Them in 2008.......................................................
3-102
3-73
Change in Percent of Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Flowmeters
with Foundation Fieldbus in 2004 and Who are Likely to Purchase or Specify
Them in 2008.........................................
3-103
3-74
Change in Percent of Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Flowmeters
with Profibus in 2004 and Who are Likely to Purchase or Specify Them in
2008.......................................................
3-104
3-75
Reasons for the Changes in Expected Usage of Digital Signals from 2004
to 2008 (Bar Chart) 3-105
3-76
Reasons for the Changes in Expected Usage of Digital
Signals from 2004 to 2008 (Table)
3-106
3-77
Industry Safety Certifications Required for Flowmeters
Your Firm Purchases or Specifies
3-110
3-78 The Most Important Non-Product or Commercial Considerations in Your Selection of Flowmeter Vendors 3-111
3-79
When Considering Using, Specifying, or Purchasing Flowmeters, How Open
Is Your Firm to Doing Business with a New/Different Supplier?.....................................................................................
3-112
3-80
In What Ways Do You Most Often Become Aware of Flowmeters and
Flowmeter Vendors?..........................................................................................
3-113
3-81
In Which Trade Periodicals Do You Learn About Flowmeters and
Vendors?..........................................................................................................
3-114
3-82
At What Trade Shows Do You Learn about Flowmeters and Vendors?..............
3-115
3-83
At What Trade Shows Do You Learn about Flowmeters and Vendors?
– Other..............................................................................................................
3-116
Chapter
Four: Survey of Magnetic Flowmeter Users
Participants Who Use, Specify, or Purchase Magnetic Flowmeters: Figure 4-1................... 4-1
Mounting Types for Magnetic Flowmeters: Figure 4-2........................................................ 4-1
Coil Types for Magnetic Flowmeters: Figure 4-3................................................................ 4-2
Accuracy Levels for Magnetic Flowmeters: Figure 4-4........................................................ 4-2
Liners for Magnetic Flowmeters: Figure 4-5........................................................................ 4-2
Line Sizes for Magnetic Flowmeters: Figure 4-6.................................................................. 4-3
Applications for
Magnetic Flowmeters: Figures 4-7 to 4-8..................................................
4-4
Figure Number
4-1
Does Your Firm Use, Specify, or Purchase
Magnetic Flowmeters?.........................
4-5
4-2
Shares of Magnetic Flowmeters Used, Specified,
or Purchased with the Following Mounting Types
4-6
4-3
Shares of Magnetic Flowmeters Used, Specified,
or Purchased with the Following Coil Power Types
4-7
4-4
Shares of Magnetic Flowmeters Used, Specified,
or Purchased with the Following Accuracy Levels
4-8
4-5
Shares of Magnetic Flowmeters Used, Specified,
or Purchased with the Following Liners
4-9
4-6
Shares of Magnetic Flowmeters Used, Specified,
or Purchased with the Following Line Sizes 4-10
4-7
What Are the Primary Applications of the
Magnetic Flowmeters Your Firm Uses, Specifies, or Purchases?
4-11
4-8
Shares of Magnetic Flowmeters Used in These
Applications.................................
4-12
Chapter Five: Survey of Vortex Flowmeter Users
Participants Who Use, Specify, or Purchase Vortex Flowmeters: Figure 5-1...................... 5-1
Mounting Types for Vortex Flowmeters: Figure 5-2............................................................ 5-1
Line Sizes for Vortex Flowmeters: Figure 5-3..................................................................... 5-1
Use of Vortex Flowmeters for Liquid, Steam, and Gas: Figure 5-4...................................... 5-2
Use of
Multivariable Flowmeters: Figures 5-5 and 5-6........................................................
5-2
Figure Number
5-1
Does Your Firm Use, Specify, or Purchase
Vortex Flowmeters?.............................
5-3
5-2
Shares of Vortex Flowmeters Used, Specified,
or Purchased with the Following Mounting Types
5-4
5-3
Shares of Vortex Flowmeters Used, Specified,
or Purchased with the Following Line Sizes
5-5
5-4
Shares of Vortex Flowmeters Used, Specified,
or Purchased with the Following Types of Fluids
5-6
5-5
Did Your Firm Purchase or Specify
Multivariable Vortex Flowmeters
in 2004?................................................................................................................
5-7
Figure Number
5-6
Do You Expect to Purchase or Specify
Multivariable Vortex Flowmeters
in 2008?...............................................................................................................
5-8
Chapter Six: Survey of Users of DP Flowmeters and Primary Elements
Participants Who Purchase or Specify Multivariable DP Flowmeters:
Figure 6-1 to 6-3............................................................................................................... 6-1
DP Flowmeters
Used to Measure Mass Flow, Volumetric Flow, or Both: Figures
6-4 to 6-6..........................................................................................................................
6-1
Use of Primary Elements with DP Transmitters: Figures 6-7 to 6-17.................................... 6-2
Shares of
Primary Elements Purchased for Use with DP Transmitters: Figures
6-18 to 6-29......................................................................................................................
6-3
Reasons for
Changes in Types and Shares of Primary Elements: Figures 6-20
and 6-21............................................................................................................................
6-3
Figure Number
6-1
Did Your Firm Purchase or Specify Multivariable DP Flowmeters in
2004?............. 6-5
6-2 Does Your Firm Expect to Purchase or Specify Multivariable DP Flowmeters in 2008? 6-6
6-3 Share of Multivariable DP Flowmeter Procurements in 2004 and Expected in 2008. 6-7
6-4 Percent of Users Who Purchased or Specified DP Flowmeters in 2004 for Mass Flow Measurement, Volumetric Flow, and Both...................................................................................................... 6-8
6-5 Share for Mass Flow Measurement and Volumetric Flow, among Users Who Purchased and Specified DP Flowmeters for Both Applications n 2005............................................................... 6-9
6-6 Units of Measure Used for Volumetric Flow Applications..................................... 6-10
6-7 Total Number of Primary Elements in Use at End-User Facility............................. 6-11
6-8 Does Your Firm Use Primary Elements with Differential Pressure Transmitters Measuring Flow? 6-12
6-9 Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Particular Types of Primary Elements Used with DP Transmitters in 2004............................................................................................. 6-13
6-10 Percent of Total Respondents Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Particular Types of Primary Elements Used with DP Transmitters in 2008....................................................................................... 6-14
6-11
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified
Multiport Pitot Tubes with DP Transmitters in 2004 or Who Expect to
Purchase or Specify Multiport Pitot Tubes with DP Transmitters in 2008
6-15
6-12 Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Single Port Averaging Pitot Tubes with DP Transmitters in 2004 or Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Single Port Averaging Pitot Tubes with DP Transmitters in 2008............................................................................................................................ 6-16
Figure Number
6-13
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Flow
Nozzles with DP Transmitters in 2004 or Who Expect to Purchase or Specify
Flow Nozzles with DP Transmitters in 2008...........
6-17
6-14
Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Laminar
Flow Elements with DP Transmitters in 2004 or Who Expect to Purchase or
Specify Laminar Flow Elements with DP Transmitters in 2008
6-18
6-15 Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Orifice Plates with DP Transmitters in 2004 or Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Orifice Plates with DP Transmitters in 2008........... 6-19
6-16 Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Venturi Tubes with DP Transmitters in 2004 or Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Venturi Tubes with DP Transmitters in 2008.......... 6-20
6-17 Percent of Total Respondents Who Purchased or Specified Wedge Elements with DP Transmitters in 2004 or Who Expect to Purchase or Specify Wedge Elements with DP Transmitters in 2008...... 6-21
6-18
Primary Elements Purchased for Use with DP Transmitters, by Types
in 2004..............................................................................................................
..6-22
6-19 Primary Elements Expected to be Purchased for Use With DP Transmitters, by Types in 2008 6-23
6-20 Reasons for the Changing Types and Shares of Primary Elements Purchased in 2004 and Likely to Be Purchased in 2008 (Bar Chart)................................................................................................. 6-24
6-21
Reasons for the Changing Types and Shares of Primary Elements
Purchased in 2004 and Likely to Be Purchased in 2008 (Table)........................................................................................................
6-25
Appendix
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