Piping Specialties Inc. (PSI) is one of the northeast's largest suppliers of valves; process controls/instrumentation, and engineered mechanical specialties. Industries served: Power Generation, Pulp/Paper, HVAC, Water/Wastewater, Food/Beverage, Life Sciences, Chemical/ Process, Semiconductor. For more information visit PSI-Team.com or call 800-223-1468.
Industrial Thermowell Process Connection Types
Water Cut Meters from Drexelbrook
Water cut meters measure the water cut (or BS&W) of oil flowing from a well, a separator, crude oil transfer in pipelines, and tanker loading.
Food Industry Batch Level Control
- 3A designed sanitary sensing elements
- No moving parts
- 3 control points on one vertical sensing element
- Cote-Shield circuitry eliminates false alarms due to coatings
- Designed to endure Clean In Place (CIP) demands
A Free Technical Paper Explaining Refractive Index
Refractive index measurement is a measurement of the speed of light in a medium. The speed of light (usually denoted by c) is 299 792 458 m/s in a vacuum. In other media, the speed of light is lower, and the refractive index (R.I.) of a medium is how much slower the light's speed is in the medium.
The detection of liquid concentrations by optical means is not new. The law of refraction was mathematically formulated first by Ibn Sahl in 984 but not known in Europe. Instead, its discovery misattribution goes to the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Willebrord Snellius (Snell), who rediscovered the law and published it in 1621. The first laboratory instrument to accurately measure liquids' refractive index was developed by Ernst Abbe in 1874.
This technical paper, courtesy of Vaisala K-Patents, is a technical explanation and understanding of the refractive index.
For more information about industrial refractometers, contact Piping Specialties / PSI Controls by calling 800-223-1468 or by visiting their web site at https://psi-team.com.