Daniel 3818 LNG Liquid Ultrasonic Meter Installation Manual Section 1: Introduction
3-9000-771 Rev A May 2012
Section 1: Introduction 1
Section 1: Introduction
Daniel 3818 LNG Liquid Ultrasonic Flow Meters have various configurations that meet a broad
range of customer requirements. Each meter comes fully assembled from Daniel
TM
Measurement and Control, Inc. and all parts and assemblies are tested prior to shipment.
Refer to the following documents for additional details:
• P/N 3-9000-762 HART® Field Device Specification Guide Liquid Ultrasonic Meter
• P/N 3-9000-772 Daniel 3818 LNG Liquid Ultrasonic Flow Meter Maintenance and
Troubleshooting Manual
1.1 Typical Applications
• Custody transfer measurement
• Allocation measurement
• LNG applications
- LNG liquefaction to storage (loading terminals)
- LNG liquefaction loading (loading terminal)
- LNG receiving to storage (receipt terminal)
- LNG storage to regasification (receipt terminal)
1.2 Features and benefits:
• Two remote mountable explosion-proof transmitter electronics enclosures with CPU
Module, Power Supply, Intrinsic Safety Barrier Module and Backplane
• Two remote mountable intrinsically safe transmitter electronics enclosures with the
Acquisition Module
• Transducer housings seal-welded to meter body to eliminate leak potential
• Meter body insulated and shroud assembly covering transducers and cabling
• HART®
and AMS
Suite: Intelligent Device Manager communications for PlantWeb
TM
architecture
• Suitable for measuring process fluid temperature ranges from -196
o
C (-321
o
F)
to +60
o
C (140
o
F)
• Reduce unaccounted measurement
• Extensive self diagnostics
• Immediate alarm reporting
• Auto-detected ASCII/RTU Modbus communications protocol