ORIFICE PLATES WITH DRAIN HOLES

Dr Michael Reader-Harris, David Addison
Abstract:
This paper presents new data and shows that the existing drain-hole equation in ISO/TR 15377 is unsatisfactory: it leads to flowrate errors up to nearly 2% in magnitude. The data on drain holes have a surprisingly strong dependence on the circumferential location of the pressure tappings. However, a new analysis takes this into account and has produced a formula for d’, the corrected orifice diameter taking account of the drain hole. It is very desirable to amend ISO/TR 15377:2007.
Keywords:
orifice plates, drain holes, ISO/TR 15377
Download:
IMEKO-TC9-2013-088.pdf
DOI:
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC9
Event name:
FLOMEKO 2013
Title:

16th International Flow Measurement Conference

Place:
Paris, FRANCE
Time:
24 September 2013 - 26 September 2013