Rodeo’s Fenceline Weblog

I’ve edited the data reporting website with the following changes:

• Added Methane,  Mercaptan, and MTBE to FTIR listings.
• Changed the FTIR readout to PPB to be consistent with the UV instrument.
• Made the FTIR data fields turn green on non-zero reading (as the manufacturer claims that a non-zero is a detect).
• Changed the FTIR signal strength and MET Temperature data fields to “NA” until they are available.

See the changes at http://fenceline.net/fence.php and let me and Don G. know if the numbers make sense to you. The charting doesn’t seem to work yet on the FTIRs.  We might need more time for more data….

Regards,

ET

Hi all,

As discussed at the 7/10/08 fenceline meeting at the refinery, the following items are to performed by Don G’s company ASAP:

1. Get methane and mercaptin back on the FTIRs.
2. Change the reported levels to PPB on the FTIRs.
3. Provide thresholds for detection for FTIR Chems for modification (green boxes enabled) to the website.
4. Send signal strength data to website from FTIRs. (old item)
5. Get temperature data back to the website. Met tower to be erected.

Also, apparently the North FTIR has been NON-FUNCTIONAL for the past four days.  Please advise.

Please make additions and corrections to the comments.

Thanks,

ET

The north FTIR data has been absent for three days.
et

The north UV is showing a low signal and neither UVs are  registering any valid data.

Also, when can we expect temp and humidity on the met channel?

I smells bad in Crockett today and it’s coming from you. Mostly petrol odor I think.

ET

As of last night, all instruments are reporting again. OOPS. Correction… South UV went down this morning and is not reporting.
et

Apparently the fenceline is not being taken seriously.  It is now over four weeks and with no real data being reported.  Only the North UV device is reporting.  Apparently connectivity has FINALLY been restored to the devices.  SO WHAT’S THE PROBLEM NOW?  Cerex was supposed to get it going now. HELLO?????

We will need a performance clause in the MOU with teeth.  Someone must pay for downtime.  Otherwise we will have more of the same.  We haven’t worked so hard for a system that works only on a whim.
et

Mr. Blowhard is blowing correctly and we’ve had a few hours of success (which is better than we were getting) so I’ve made the new data the default for the fenceline reporting site.  I’m about to turn off the 5 minute pickup cycle from our site.

Regards,

et

Cerex has started to feed data directly to our database server!  Benny comes through! There is a problem with the North FTIR right now (seems to be a cronic problem and is reflected on the Cerex site too) unrelated to the database feeding.  A new page has been set up that uses the new database.  The advantages are data are more current with (usually) faster refreshes.

Mr. Blowhard (the cloud) hasn’t gotten his bearings yet, so he’s blowing the wrong way.  I’ll fix him soon. The new page is temporarily at:

www.fenceline.net/fencenew.php

et