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The Wessex Section of The Institute of Measurement and Control will present a seminar entitled 'Using Straight Tube Coriolis Meters in Chemical / Oil and Gas Applications'. This will take place on 21 April 2010 at The Forest Lodge Hotel near Lyndhurst, followed by a buffet and social opportunity to meet the local IMC members. David Hopper, a product-support specialist with Krohne, will deliver the presentation, which will detail how modern straight-tube Coriolis meters can be used in the chemical and oil and gas industries. It will cover: how a straight-tube Coriolis meter works; single straight-tube meter applications; corrosive applications; dual straight-tube meter applications; and large line sizes. This workshop is one of a series that will be offered by the Wessex Section of the IMC. It will provide a relaxed setting for learning, socialising and networking. The event is open to all and free to attend.

David Weeks will present 'The Role of Carbon Capture Projects in the Battle Against Climate Change' to the IMC London Section at Brunel University , Uxbridge, on 10 February. The talk will cover the scientific evidence for, and the potential consequences of, global warming. Weeks will discuss carbon capture and storage (CCS) and will examine the status of current CCS projects. This is a free event and is open to members and non-members. Registration is essential. Anyone interested in attending should contact event organiser Doug Rowe.

The next technical lecture from the London Section of the Institute of Measurement and Control (IMC) is entitled 'SIL Compliant Fire and Gas Systems' and will be presented by Rob Pashby of ABB . At the lecture, which will be held at 18:15 on 9 February at the EIC in London, ABB will discuss the 800xA HI system that it has developed to meet the functional requirements of fire and gas systems and SIL compliance and what this means. The company hopes to provoke some discussion on why fire and gas systems, traditionally classified as post-event mitigation controls, are increasingly being specified as part of SIL-compliant safety systems. The presentation will highlight some of the work carried out by ABB specifically for fire and gas systems in the oil-and-gas sector and will introduce some of the new-range SIL-compliant detectors being used. Pashby is currently the UK safety execution manager for ABB, based in St Neots, and is a TUV-certified functional safety engineer. He works w...