Process Measurement & Controls Inc., Danbury, CT, offers the Michell Instruments SF52 dew point and absolute humidity transmitter.More>>

The growing demand for developed property is paralleled by the increasing need for irrigation. In reaction to these trends, local jurisdictions place tighter restrictions on water usage, and the cost of irrigation becomes significant. To reduce the cost of maintaining award-winning greens and...More>>

The pressure is constantly increasing to bring ever-smarter products, including white goods, to market more and more quickly while keeping production costs down. New household appliances should have as small an effect on the environment as possible-reducing energy consumption is an excellent case...More>>

Choices for logging systems are expanding all the time, and defining your application and finding a logger to match it, rather than fitting your requirements to a given logger, dictates the best selection. Take care not to over-specify because this will reduce your choices and increase your...More>>

The summer of 2004 might not have set hurricane records, but hundreds of thousands of lives were disrupted by either a hurricane or the threat of one on its way. Improved knowledge of the paths these storms are most likely to take will lead to more accurate advisories and reduce the chances of...More>>

The chilled mirror hygrometer (CMH) has been used as a NIST-referenced humidity transfer standard in metrology laboratories for the past four decades. Its principle of operation is simple and elegant. Its totally inert construction, wide measuring span, and high precision have led to thousands of...More>>

Pumping crude oil tends to take place in some pretty inhospitable locales. Esso Exploration and Production Chad Inc. (operator of a consortium that also includes Petronas Carigali [Chad EP] Inc. and Chevron Petroleum Chad Co. Ltd.) uses a remote airstrip in Kome, Chad, to support its crude oil...More>>

A few years back, Measurement Specialties, a pioneer in pressure sensing, gained recognition for an aggressive schedule of acquisitions. More recently, the company established MSI Sensors (www.msisensors.com) as a separate division and echoed history as MSI made four significant acquisitions in...More>>

This discussion of the operating principles of capacitive, resisitive, and thermal conductivity humidity sensors also addresses their advantages, disadvantages, and applications.More>>

A humidity sensor designed for retrofit into a 1-Wire weather station is powered by and communicates over a single twisted pair.More>>