The
Process Measurements Division establishes and disseminates national measurement
standards for thermodynamic parameters and engages in measurement science
research to improve measurement capabilities for chemical process and related
technologies. Research efforts enhance U.S. national measurement standards,
their realization and dissemination, measurement techniques, recommended
practices, sensing technology, instrumentation, and mathematical models
required for analysis, control, and optimization of industrial processes.
The Division is responsible for national measurement standards for temperature,
humidity, pressure and vacuum, fluid flow, air speed, liquid density and
volume. Its research efforts seek fundamental understanding of, and generate
key data pertinent to, chemical process technologies. These efforts include
the development and validation of data-predictive computational tools and
correlations, computer simulations of processing operations, and provision
of requisite chemical, physical, physical property, and engineering data.
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Division Chief
Dr. James R. Whetstone
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8360
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8360
(301) 975-2600
jwhetstone@nist.gov
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