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Edward J. Farmer
Edward J. Farmer, PE, ISA Fellow, is the author of the ISA book "Detecting Leaks in Pipelines." He has more than 40 years of experience in the "high tech" part of the oil industry.
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What Is Frequency Domain and How Can It Be Applied to Industrial Pipeline Flow?
Knowing the frequency content of a time-domain depiction of a process variable helps expose the magnitude and frequencies of its frequency-domain component parts.By: Edward J. Farmer12 August, 2019 | 5 minutes -
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How Long Does It Take to Detect a Leak on an Oil or Gas Pipeline?
In pipeline leak detection, If we know upstream and downstream pressure and flow, we can make assumptions about what is happening on that piece of pipe.By: Edward J. Farmer08 July, 2019 | 6 minutes -
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Raw Beginnings: The Evolution of Offshore Oil Industry Pipeline Safety
A lot of insight and work goes into oil industry leak detection projects, and a lot of amazing things come out.By: Edward J. Farmer24 June, 2019 | 5 minutes -
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Why You Must Factor Maintenance Into the Cost of Any Industrial System
Maintenance is as important as the selection & implementation of an industrial system. It's not an extra cost, but is an inherent price of this technology.By: Edward J. Farmer05 June, 2019 | 5 minutes -
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How Does Heat Transfer Affect Operation of Your Natural Gas or Crude Oil Pipeline?
There are four methods of heat transfer in most industrial pipeline situations. Each involves significantly different methodology and calculations.By: Edward J. Farmer08 May, 2019 | 4 minutes
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