Wei Wang, Yuming Shen
When Pulse interpolation technology emerged and was introduced into flow calibration device, the volume is reduced , furthermore, the calibration time is shorten, so calibration efficiency is improved greatly.However, pluse interpolation technologies is difficult and complex to implement, and in this paper a simple, stable and multi- function method is presented.
Mou Changhua , Wang Maolin, Peng Lihui
Thus far, the thermal gas flow sensor is commonly based on the constant current principle. However, the constant current thermal sensor suffers the zero drift because of the tolerance of manufacture. And the accuracy and the response time of constant current thermal sensor cannot fulfill the application with high accuracy requirement. The paper presents a novel thermal sensor for gas flow measuring, which is based on the constant power techniques. Experiment results demonstrate that the novel constant power thermal sensor is of high accuracy, short response time and small zero drift.
Zhen-ya Wang, Ning-de Jin, Zhong-ke Gao, Rong-hua Xie, Xing-bin Liu
In order to study oil-gas-water three-phase flow characteristics in oil well, the vertical upward three-phase flow experiment at low velocity was carried out in a large diameter (125 mm ID) flow loop using the combination instrument of vertical multi-electrode array (VMEA) conducatance sensor and mini-conductance probe array, and the conductance fluctuating signals of five three-phase flow patterns with water as the continuous liquid were acquired. The nonlinear dynamical characteristics of the five flow patterns were represented by nonlinear analysis method, which are chaotic attractor...
Jin-Ming Zhang, Yi-Ping Liu
The sensors, consisting of METC axial synchro driving guard electrodes and two sets of detecting electrodes, make it possible to obtain simultaneously two groups of signals of the void fraction in liquid-gas two-phase flow. The quality of the reconstructed image and the performance of multielectrode capacitive system depend on the uniformity of sensibility distribution between electrode pairs. To determine the spatial sensitivity distribution over the pipe cross section and to study the static responses of the system, a numerical simulation has been employed to analyze the design parameters...
Xu Ying, Zhang Qiang, Zhang Tao, Li Tao, Duan Yu-han, Li Zhen-lin
This research is on the implementation of online non-separation flow measurement of gas-liquid two-phase condensate natural gas. The V-cone throttle device, which has the shrinkage characteristics of fluid-flux sectional area along the outside surface of its core and the inside surface of its pipe wall, and the venturi throttle device, which has the shrinkage characteristics of fluid-flux sectional area along the center of its tube, are assembled. Then the two overreading measurement models are built up according to the different characteristics of the two overreading measurement values and...
Andreas Brümmer, Roland Edlerherr, Johann Lenz
In natural gas flow metering and pressure regulation stations flowmeters, heat exchangers and control valves are usually connected in series. Especially in case of two and more measuring bars sometimes at minor flow rates untypical pipe vibration together with flow metering faults are observed. Based on field investigations the dependencies between the pipe vibration level, the gas pulsation inside the pipe and the operating conditions of the heat exchanger are analysed. It turns out that with increasing heat flow rates into the natural gas the pulsation and hence the metering faults as well...
Alexandre T. P. Alho, Maria H. Farias, José L. S. Neto
Circulating water channels provide a controlled flow environment in which a wide variety of experiments may be conducted. The Fluid Dynamics Metrology Division of INMETRO - Brazil, has designed a circulating water channel that is particularly suited to the characterization of flow phenomena. The facility was designed to conduct research on general flow phenomena with liquids as those related to environmental management and pollution control, turbulence and velocity measurements, flow meters calibrations, among others. In this paper, major issues related to the design of the water channel for...
Zhou Guo-xiang, Wang Jing-an, Li Chunhui
Several tests using FJPE-type gauging pipes for improving the accuracy of large-bore flow measurement have been described herein. The measuring test of non-fully developed pipe flow, which is formed in the elbow, is discussed especially, including research processes, part of data-processing result, and flow velocity profiles at the cross-section of pipes. The initial results indicate that, measurement of large-bore flow by varied-bore pipe is of significant flow-rectifying effects, which reduces the length-requirements of straight tubes as well. The gauge constant fluctuated little within...
Wu Jian, Chua Hock Ann
Anemometers are commonly calibrated using wind tunnel systems. Due to the finite volume of the test section of wind tunnels, measurement results obtained in the wind tunnels often do not resemble those obtained under the condition of infinitely spaced boundaries as the blockage effects of anemometers cannot be neglected. This paper describes an experiment carried out to analyse the blockage effects of anemometers in a wind tunnel having effective test size of ∅ 180 mm x 300 mm which covers the velocity range of 0.1 to 60 m/s.
Pier Giorgio Spazzini, Riccardo Malvano, Aline Piccato
This paper deals with some of the problems connected with the design of a wind tunnel. In particular, the flow in the diffuser is analyzed in detail. The tool for this analysis was the numerical simulation, which allowed to forecast possible problems and to set up strategies to overcome them before the device was built. The simulations required to reach this aim will be presented, alongside with the results obtained. The results will be discussed in the light of the objectives of the device, which is designed to improve the performance of a reference test rig for airspeed measurement.