The rising demand for energy, accompanied by the increasing requirements for environmental protection, is creating the need for solutions to a variety of challenges, including the appropriate measurement and control of the flow rates of various media in the energy plants. Special requirements on quality and safety have to be considered for flow sensors in traditional coal or gas power plants, as well as in nuclear power plants or in renewable energy plants, such as solar, wind power or biomass.
Accurate fuel consumption measurements, monitoring of blends of fuel-air ratios to optimize combustion and to reduce emissions, as well as flare monitoring are important tasks for highly robust, durable, contamination-insensitive, and accurate flowmeters.