Measuring the Landfill Gas Directly From the Ground
With rising natural gas prices, it is critically important to determine your hourly and daily consumption by measuring the gas entering into the plant with a Sage Thermal Mass Flowmeter.With Sage, you can track the gas usage within your facility each minute, each hour, each day, and gain critical information about your natural gas demand. Are you maximizing operating efficiencies? Are you wasting energy heating a building with all the doors open? Are you adjusting for peak usage? Are you providing your Gas Broker an accurate assessment for your next gas allocation?
. . Installing a Sage In-Line or Insertion Thermal Mass Flow Meter will not only provide a back-lit readout and 4- 20 ma output of instantaneous mass flow rate, it will also automatically track the highest and lowest flow rate with a date and time stamp. In addition, the instrument will totalize continuously (up to 12 digits) and provide gas temperature as well. A convenient menuing system (through the RS232 output or via the “user-friendly” keypad) allows many other features including “looking back” an hour for average flow, changing decimal points, setting relays, clearing settings, changing units or conducting diagnostics.

MEASURING THE LANDFILL GAS TO ENGINES THAT GENERATE ELECTRICITY
More and more landfills are developing the technology to generate electricity from the landfill gas. The landfill gas runs the engines that generate electricity, the excess of which is sold and added to the power grid. These facilities are now being required to measure the gas going into the engines - and the Sage Thermal Gas Mass Flow Meter will accurately and cost-effectively handle this requirement, providing additional benefits described above.

Combustion Control
By monitoring the natural gas (or backup fuel of propane) into a furnace or burner, along with the air or oxygen line, you can optimize your combustion process. Proper control of the air/fuel ratio can improve efficiency, lower fuel consumption, improve product quality and increase product yields.

THERMAL MASS FLOW METERS
Sage Metering is your source for monitoring, measuring and controlling the gas mass flow in your industrial process. Our high performance, NIST traceable,
thermal mass flow meters will help increase productivity, reduce energy costs, and maximize product yields.With over 70 years of combined experience in delivering quality in-line and insertion thermal mass flow meters for a wide variety of industrial needs, the Sage Metering management team is
dedicated to providing you with the performance and customer support that you deserve.
. . .Sage Thermal Mass Flow Meters are designed for high performance mass flow measurement of flow rate and consumption of gases such as natural gas, air, oxygen, propane and other gases and gas mixes.They are field rangeable and have a convenient user interface.
. . .Sage Metering has distinguished itself by offering a higher standard – our mass flow meter output is virtually independent of even large process temperature
variations, and our digital electronics is impervious to external analog noise. In addition, our meters feature a back-lit display that reports mass flow or velocity, totalized mass flow, and temperature. Isolated 4-20 ma outputs for mass flow and/or temperature, relays, and a convenient RS232 and keypad user-interface, gives you the flexibility to integrate the functions of
flow measurement with your specific needs.

HOW DOES THERMAL MASS FLOW
MEASUREMENT BENEFIT YOU?

• Direct Mass Flow - No need for separate temperature or pressure transmitters
   
• High Accuracy and Repeatability - Precision measurement and optimal control of your process
   
• Rangeable over 100:1 Turndown - Accommodates the extremes of your process with one instrument
   
• Low-End Sensitivity - Detects leaks, and measures flow, even on start-up
   
• Negligible Pressure Drop - Will not impede the flow nor waste energy
   
• No Moving Parts - Eliminates costly bearing replacements, and prevents undetected accuracy shifts
   
• Dirt Insensitive - Provides sustained performance

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS THAT SAGE THERMAL
MASS FLOW METERS OFFER YOU?

• Verify sensor cleanliness and validate calibration with self-check routine
   
• Touch Screen Technology. The cover does not need to be removed to access Menuing System
   
• Lead-Length Compensation. Remote electronics up to 2000 ft from probe
   
• Probe Junction Box requires no electronics. Suitable for harsh environments
   
• Available with up to four totally independent calibations (four different gases, sensitivities, or configurations). Channels A-D selectable by keypad, laptop or external switch closure
   
• Powerful state-of-the-art microprocessor technology designed for high performance mass flow measurement, and field rangeability
   
• Proprietary sensor drive circuit provides enhanced signal stability and insensitivity to process temperature changes
   
• Menu driven user configurability, including full scale setting, units of measure, pipe area, signal filtering, zero cut off, decimal point selection, etc,
   
• Easy to read 2-line back lit flow rate/totalizer and temperature display - Also serves as dialog window for menu selection of user options
   
• RS232 PC interface and free Sage VIP Software – easy to use
   
• Ease of installation, and convenient mounting hardware
   
• Flow conditioning built in to large flow meters (3/4" and up)