Results from an intercomparison between multiphase flow test facilities |
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| G. Kok, D. van Putten, L. Zakharov |
- Abstract:
- Multiphase flow meters are measurement instruments that simultaneously measure the flow rates of oil, natural gas and water flowing through a pipe line. Their traceability and the comparability of test results stemming from different multiphase test facilities is much less well established than that of single phase flow meters and single phase calibration facilities. In the (first) EMRP MultiFlowMet project an intercomparison for multiphase test facilities was organised to investigate the comparability of multiphase flow test facilities. Three facilities participated: NEL, DNV GL and OneSubsea-Schlumberger (OSS). VSL acted as independent partner auditing the uncertainty budgets, witnessing the tests and analysing the data. The outcome of this analysis was pairwise consistencies in the order of 80 %, taking into account the claimed uncertainties of the test facilities and the estimated meter reproducibility. This value was also found for the comparison with OSS, where a different inlet geometry was used. Open access to data and more extensive testing could provide means to get a better understanding of the reasons behind the inconsistency of a small part of the points.
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- IMEKO-TC9-2019-105.pdf
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- Event details
- IMEKO TC:
- TC9
- Event name:
- FLOMEKO 2019
- Title:
18th International Flow Measurement Conference 2019
- Place:
- Lisbon, PORTUGAL
- Time:
- 26 June 2019 - 28 June 2019