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TRACERCO Diagnostics™ services are used during commissioning trials, trouble-shooting exercises, inspection programmes and optimisation trials to allow our customers to "look" inside their vessels to assess the actual process conditions.

TRACERCO™ Instruments, which are extremely low maintenance, are used when difficult measurements, due to process fluids and operating conditions, are required in real-time.

If you are experiencing similar problems to those listed below please click on the problem to find out which of Tracerco’s products or services can help your process;

How can I detect deposits in my subsea pipeline?

How can I find an untagged pig that is lost in a pipeline?

How can I assess the amount of deposit in my subsea pipeline?

How can I check the integrity of my members?

Have the nozzles come off my burners?

Are the tubes in my exchanger fouling?

How can I ensure the integrity of my radioactive source during logging whilst drilling operations?

Paying too much for services such as steam, water and fuel?

Is your flare header system free of blockage or buildup?

Do you know how much material is in your transfer lines?

What antifoam is best for my system?

Is your catalyst getting deactivated or is there internal by passing or leakage?

Which of the bank of heat exchangers is leaking?

My product is off-spec….

These methanol drums should all be made from 20swg material. Some have been made from 20swg material. How can I tell which is which without removing the paint?

Is my settling tank efficient?

How do I find a leak in my brine reservoir?

How can I monitor corrosion in my heat exchanger-offline?

How can I check for corrosion under lagging?

I have a leak in a pipe but the pipe is under 3ft of concrete. Do I have to dig it all up to find the problem of the leak?

Does the gate valve operate?

How do I know that the refractory in my transfer lines has been fabricated correctly and does not contain voids?

What happens to the effluent when it leaves my plant and goes into the river?

I think I am getting overcharged for discharges….

Do you have sand build-up in your vessel?

Do you have slugs in pipes?

Does your separator experience foam buildup?

Does your separator experience poor separation?

Does your separator experience oil in water measurement?

Do you have instrument damage?

Is my umbilical leaking?

How can I confirm a blockage within a tower?

Is there a technique available to confirm vapour cross-flow channels?

I suspect maldistribution in a packed bed. How can I confirm my suspicions?

A surge on the tower has damaged an indefinite number of trays. How can I investigate the extent of the internal damage of the tower?

How can I quantify and identify the extent of a leak from a reboiler system?

How can I check if the exit nozzles on the vessel are becoming choked or restricted?

I am experiencing excess carryover from a packed bed tower...

After major internal modifications to separation vessels, how can I evaluate how successful the modifications have been?

Due to stringent environmental legislation, I need to determine our flare gas rates...

How can I feel confident that the heat exchangers on our site are operating at optimised performance?

How can I track a pig in a pipeline?

Is your flow distribution through the reactor achieving its theoretical yield?

We have a problem producing and maintaining an even fluidisation of catalyst and gas between the catalyst regenerator and the reactor...

How can I investigate the dramatic increase in the water concentration in the ethylene glycol product stream?

How can I determine the coke thickness in a FCCU?

How can I determine the flow in my stream and verify some existing flow meters?

How can I prevent loss of efficiency and measure steam utilisation?

How can I determine the cause of lost efficiency in my column?

How can I locate a dislodged tray avoiding a shutdown?

How can we diagnose the cause of poor tower performance?

How can I detect a blockage in a reboiler?

How can I detect pipeline scale and blockage in the line?

How can I measure the bypassing in a feed/effluent exchanger?

How can I determine evidence of gas bypassing through IS reactor?

Can you pinpoint a leaking valve that is losing material?

Can you identify a leaking waste heat boiler?

Do you have an operational problem within packed bed section of a separation column?

How can I detect on-line leaks for better shut down scheduling?

How can I detect a leak on a distillation column reboiler system?

How can I identify packed bed damage?

How can I boost the production yield in the reactor?

I need a solution to polyethylene overflow problem...

Is it possible to measure flow maldistribution?

How do I detect a leaking converter bypass valve?

We suspect internal damage/high metal content in a distillation column...

I think my feed/effluent exchanger may be leaking...

Can we repair our pipeline without emptying/depressurising?

It is important to have on-line measurement and control within our separator vessel...

Can I identify the location of a damaged spindle?