FIELD PROVING BY MICRO MOTION CORIOLIS PROVER MASS MASTER METER METHOD |
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| Bert Roos, Milovan Antonijevic |
- Abstract:
- Coriolis Mass Flow Meters have been used for process optimisation for more than 20 years. Refining, petrochemical, and other process industry for use in automating and optimising production processes have adopted this technology. As companies have gained more confidence and trust in Coriolis technology it was only natural that they began to apply them in fiscal service or custody transfer metering. Coriolis inherent reliability and meter factor stability as well as multi-variable versatility (mass, density, operating volume, and temperature) have helped many users lower life cycle costs and better manage loss control.
Traditionally all LPG measurements have used volume as the basis of measurements. Mass can be a better basis for trade but, until the development of Coriolis mass flowmeters, no universally acceptable Coriolis meter based metering system was generally available. Coriolis mass flowmeters are now increasingly being introduced into custody transfer and fiscal metering duties for many different types of fluid. National regulations will require uncertainties of 0.5 or even 0.1% to meet this change in technology and philosophy. The aim of this article is to provide information to set up standardized proving method and techniques for Coriolis mass flow meters used for LPG custody transfer measurement.
A large community of Coriolis users have begun applying them not only in process but also in regulated custody transfer service of LPG and other hydrocarbons. Coriolis meters are chosen by industry to provide specific measurement solutions and are now used extensively. Their applications overlap with traditional meters and they compete well in price and performance in these areas of overlap. The following article will feature this remarkable metering technology evolution and suggest one build-in on-situ proving technique to be applied. A brief synopsis of this application will follow. - Download:
- IMEKO-TC9-2003-072.pdf
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- Event details
- IMEKO TC:
- TC9
- Event name:
- FLOMEKO 2003
- Title:
- 11th Conference on Flow Measurement
- Place:
- Groningen, NETHERLANDS
- Time:
- 12 May 2003 - 14 May 2003