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Kam Controls

Kam Controls is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kam Controls rather than just read about it. In short: Kam Controls Incorporated is an R&D company based in Houston, Texas, United States manufacturing measurement instruments for producers and pipeline operators in the petroleum industry. The company manufactures instruments to be used in downstream, midstream and upstream operations in the petroleum industry, used in aviation, laboratory, marine, pipeline, production, refinery, storage and truck applications, includin…

Key takeaways

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Connect Kam Controls to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Kam Controls from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Kam Controls Incorporated is an R&D company based in Houston, Texas, United States manufacturing measurement instruments for producers and pipeline operators in the petroleum industry. The company manufactures instruments to be used in downstream, midstream and upstream operations in the petroleum industry, used in aviation, laboratory, marine, pipeline, production, refinery, storage and truck applications, including water in oil and interface detectors, turbidity and moisture analyzers, samplers and static mixers. The company is also a supplier for the oil shale production companies in the Eagle Ford and Marcellus Shale Plays.

History Kam Controls was founded in 1983 when ExxonMobil approached company founder Kam Mohajer to design an instrument to measure the volume of oil in marine offloading that would be unaffected by sediment. In response, the KAM UFM Ultrasonic Flow Meter was designed with no moving parts The second product to be introduced was the KAM KF Karl Fischer Moisture Analyzer, a Karl Fischer titrator for hydrocarbons.

FAME measurement In May 2010, Kam Controls announced that it had successfully tested the Kam FAME Meter, an instrument to measure the Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) amount in jetfuel. This development followed Directive 2003/30/EC implemented in EU member states, which mandates addition of 5% FAME in automotive diesel fuel. However, the international specification for FAME in jetfuel is 5ppm or less, with 30ppm for restricted usage. Due to the presence of multi-fuel transport and distribution facilities, this raised concerns in the aviation industry including aircraft engine manufacturers. The company founder and President Kam Mohajer claimed that tests were conducted in the 100, 200, 300, and 500ppm range. According to Mohajer, the instrument was able to measure FAME concentrations from 1ppm and higher.

Patents and Inventions KAM Controls has made contributions to the Petroleum Industry through the invention of various measuring and mixing solutions. They have registered patents for two of their instruments: The KAM OWD Oil Water Detector and the KAM SMP Static Mixing Plate.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kam Controls

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kam Controls claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kam Controls before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kam Controls ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kam Controls

In research: Kam Controls appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kam Controls in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kam Controls is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Petroleum in the United States, Psychrometrics, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kam Controls outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Kam Controls in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Kam Controls means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Kam Controls out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

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Why does Kam Controls matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kam Controls?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Kam Controls.