Ultrasonic Gas Flow Meters have expandable software.

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Daniel® Ultrasonic Gas Flow Meters are equipped with Daniel Mark III(TM) Electronics platform, which enables linear metering, delivers operations data, and provides access to alarms, events, and configuration changes. Audit trail meets American Petroleum Institute Standard 21.1 and is supported by 8 MB non-volatile memory. Platform also supports Customer Ultrasonic Interface (CUI) v3.0, which provides one monitor for viewing operational information.



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Emerson Introduces Daniel® Mark III(TM) Electronics Platform for Its Family of Ultrasonic Gas Flow Meters



New electronics performs nearly 10X faster flow sample rate, enabling next generation accuracy of ultrasonic measurement

HOUSTON, TEXAS (September 22, 2003) -- Emerson Process Management announced today its launch of the Daniel® Mark III(TM) Electronics platform for use with Daniel Ultrasonic Gas Flow Meters. Nearly 10 times faster than conventional electronics, the Mark III platform enables accurate and linear metering, delivers valuable operations data that is easy to use, and supports fast and effective maintenance.

"The innovative new Mark III electronics platform will help save time and money for our customers," said John Lansing, manager of gas measurement technology at the Daniel division of Emerson Process Management. "The platform's speed provides exceptional low flow accuracy of our ultrasonic meters, and tight linearity throughout the calibrated flow range. This helps reduce lost and unaccounted gas."

"Maintenance time savings are enabled by the electronics' speed of delivery of key data from the meter's best-in-class audit trail," continued Lansing. "Access to alarms, events and configuration changes is provided in a matter of seconds. The audit trail meets American Petroleum Institute Standard 21.1, and is supported by a standard 8 MB non-volatile memory. A single, compact circuit board allows users simple field removal and reinstallation. "

The Mark III platform is expandable, enabling future upgrades to help meet changing needs of customers as they manage their measurement data. A future release will add Foundation(TM) fieldbus communications that is one of the technologies powering Emerson's PlantWeb® digital plant architecture to further increase results while decreasing costs.

In addition to the new Mark III electronics, Daniel is expanding its ease of use by announcing its new Customer Ultrasonic Interface (CUI version 3.0). Version 3.0 of the CUI software provides a single monitor screen to view important information and functionality, such as a field start-up wizard, real-time digital wave-form viewing, trending of maintenance logs, an AGA 10 speed-of-sound calculator and quick retrieval of audit, alarm and history information.

CUI 3.0 Software functionality supports remote dial-up access and now supports Ethernet connectivity with Mark III Electronics. For more information about Daniel Ultrasonic flow meters with Mark III Electronics, visit http://www.daniel.com/mark3.

About Emerson Process Management

Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, power, pulp and paper, food and beverage, pharmaceutical and other industries. A division of Emerson Process Management, Daniel Measurement and Control (http://www.daniel.com/) is a global leader in providing fiscal flow and energy measurement solutions to the oil and gas industry. Daniel integrates products and services to supply best-in-class integrated custody transfer measurement systems for both liquid and gas measurement. Daniel custody transfer measurement systems are an example of Emerson's combining of superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services. Emerson brands include Daniel®, PlantWeb®, Fisher®, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, DeltaV(TM), Ovation® and AMS.

About Emerson

St. Louis-based Emerson (www.gotoemerson.com) is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers in process control; electronics and telecommunications; industrial automation; heating, ventilating and air conditioning; and appliance and tools. Sales in fiscal 2002 were $13.8 billion.

Daniel, SeniorSonic, Mark III, PlantWeb, Fisher, Micro Motion, Rosemount, DeltaV and Ovation are marks of Emerson Process Management. Other marks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact:

Terri Beck, Emerson Process Management, Daniel Division
1 (713) 467-6000, Terri.Beck@EmersonProcess.com

Jerry Moon, Emerson Process Management
1 (512) 832-3089, Jerry.Moon@EmersonProcess.com

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