Fluid Mechanics of Flow Metering

• Main Authors: Merzkirch, Wolfgang (Editor), Gersten, Klaus (Author), Peters, Franz (Author), Vasanta Ram, Venkatesa (Author), Lavante, Ernst von (Author), Hans, Volker (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Continuum physics.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Fluid mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Mechanical Engineering.

Flow meters measure the volumetric flow rate in a pipeline. Most meters are based on deriving a signal from the fluid flow and calibrating the signal against the volumetric flow rate. The calibration is done in fully-developed flow, and the same state of flow must exist at the meter’s position when...

Table of Contents:

• Fully Developed Turbulent Pipe Flow
• Decay of Disturbances in Turbulent Pipe Flow
• Optimal Characteristic Parameters for the Disturbances in Turbulent Pipe Flow
• Measurement of Velocity and Turbulence Downstream of Flow Conditioners
• Signal Processing of Complex Modulated Ultrasonic Signals
• Vortex-Shedding Flow Metering Using Ultrasound
• Ultrasonic Gas-Flow Measurement Using Correlation Methods
• Ultrasound Cross-Correlation Flow Meter: Analysis by System Theory and Influence of Turbulence
• Effect of Area Changes in Swirling Flow
• Errors of Turbine Meters Due to Swirl
• Investigation of Unsteady Three-Dimensional Flow Fields in a Turbine Flow Meter
• How to Design a New Flow Meter from Scratch
• Effects of Disturbed Inflow on Vortex Shedding from a Bluff Body
• Correction of the Reading of a Flow Meter in Pipe Flow Disturbed by Installation Effects
• How to Correct the Error Shift of an Ultrasonic Flow Meter Downstream of Installations.