The concept of flowmeter types - application (1)

A table to understand the selection of flowmeter types

Many design and piping engineers use the wrong characteristics of the flowmeter itself. This table makes it easier for the piping engineering design to understand what kind of restrictions each flowmeter itself has. The principle of the flowmeter will not be discussed separately.

This time we will discuss the types of gas flowmeters and water flowmeters, and discuss the price of flowmeters in another space

Selection steps

Before choosing a flowmeter, preparatory work

1. Fluid type: gas, liquid, oil, mud
2. Diameter Size: Imperial, Metric, Japanese
3. Pipe material: stainless steel, plastic
4. Connection method: flange, tooth mouth, clamp, non-contact
5. Fluids: viscosity, temperature, pressure, pH, conductivity
6. Flow meter unit: L/min, m3/hr, gallon/min
7. Confirmed use: instantaneous flow, cumulative flow
8. Confirm electrical output: dry contact, analog output, communication output

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Types of flowmeters - measurement selection methods

Type selection We list the flowmeters commonly used in piping design on the left according to the flowmeter function

I have production: On behalf of the editor, the company produces this type of flowmeter. As long as it is a flowmeter manufacturer, it is impossible to produce all kinds of flowmeters. Only agents or resellers will sell all flowmeters.

Type of flow meter	Electromagnetic	Karman Vortex	Thermal mass (mass formula)	impeller	Turbo	Float type (area formula)
i have production	have	have	have	have	have	have
liquid	Can	Can	X	Can	Can	Can
gaseous state	X	Can	Can	X	Can	Can
steam	X	Can	X	X	Can	Can
high temperature	Can	Can	Can	Can	Can	Can
micro flow	Depending on the conditions	X	Can	Can	Depending on the conditions	X
medium traffic	Can	Can	Can	Depending on the conditions	Can	Can
high pressure flow	Can	Can	Can	Depending on the conditions	Can	Can
viscosity	Can	X	X	X	Depending on the conditions	Depending on the conditions
mud	Can	Depending on the conditions	X	X	X	X
Oil	X	X	X	Can	Can	Can
accurate	Can	Can	Can	Depending on the conditions	Depending on the conditions	Depending on the conditions
Field maintenance	Can	Can	X	X	Can	X
pressure loss	Can	Depending on the conditions	X	X	Can	Depending on the conditions
bubble	Depending on the conditions	Depending on the conditions	X	Depending on the conditions	Can	Depending on the conditions
horizontal installation	Can	Can	Can	Can	Can	X
vertical installation	Can	X	X	X	X	Can
Continuation method	Flange clamp Thread	Flange clamp Thread	Flange Thread	Flange Insertion	Flange Thread Insertion	Flange Thread oil orders
Flowmeter formula	Velocity x Area	Velocity x Area	Velocity x Area	speed x area	speed x area	area x weight
Most often used	five stars	four stars	three stars	two stars	five stars	four stars

Type of flow meter	Diaphragm	Ultrasonic	Corsair	pitot tube	orifice plate	open channel
i have production	X	have	have	X	X	X
liquid	Can	Can	Can	X	Can	Can
gaseous state	Can	Depending on the conditions	Depending on the conditions	Can	Can	X
steam	Can	Depending on the conditions	X	Depending on the conditions	Can	X
high temperature	Can	Can	Can	Can	Can	X
micro flow	Depending on the conditions	X	Can	Can	X	X
medium traffic	Can	Depending on the conditions	Can	Can	Can	Can
high pressure flow	Can	Can	Depending on the conditions	Can	Can	Can
viscosity	X	Can	Depending on the conditions	Depending on the conditions	Depending on the conditions	Can
mud	Can	Can	Can	X	X	Can
Oil	Can	Can	Can	X	X	Can
accurate	X	Can	Can	Depending on the conditions	Depending on the conditions	Depending on the conditions
Field maintenance	X	Can	Can	Can	Can	Depending on the conditions
pressure loss	X	Can	X	Depending on the conditions	Depending on the conditions	Can
bubble	X	X	Can	X	X	Can
horizontal installation	Can	Can	Can	Can	Can	Can
vertical installation	X	Depending on the conditions	Depending on the conditions	Can	X	X
Continuation method	Insertion	Flange Clamp on	Flange Thread	Insertion	Flange	flat floor
Flowmeter formula	Velocity x Area	Velocity x Area	Velocity x Area	differential pressure	Velocity x Area	velocity x height
Most often used	four stars	four stars	five stars	four stars	four stars	four stars

X: means not available for this purpose
Depending on the conditions: representative part of the fluid properties can be used

Selection Description

1. Types of traffic

fluid type	content	characteristic
gas	General gas, high-purity gas, acid-base gas	room temperature, low temperature, high temperature
liquid	General water, pure water, waste water, liquid medicine	Conductivity, viscosity, acidity and alkalinity, sanitary grade
oil	Lubricating oil, diesel oil, gasoline, high viscosity oil, general oil	Normal temperature, high temperature, viscosity, acidity and alkalinity

2. Diameter size

size	Pressure resistance	Pressure resistance
JIS/day	JIS10K	JIS20K
ANSI/US	ANSI#150	ANSI#300
DIN/German	PN10	PN16

3. Pipe material

pipe material	common fluid
Galvanized iron pipe	gas, liquid
copper pipe	gas, liquid
stainless steel pipe	gas, liquid
Aluminum-plastic composite pipe	gas, liquid
Stainless steel composite pipe	gas, liquid
PVC pipe	liquid
PP pipe	liquid

4. Connection method

Common Flow Meters | Connector Styles

Flange method: There are JIS/ANSI/AMST/DIN and other style joints respectively

Mouth method: There are PT mouth, NPT mouth, male teeth, female teeth and other styles of connectors

Clamping method:

Single Axis Tri-Clamp Tube Clamp - Airfoil
Dual Axis Tri-Clamp Tube Clamp - Middle Hole Type
Three-piece Tri-Clamp

5. Fluid: viscosity, temperature, pressure, pH value, conductivityRate

Does Viscosity Affect the Flow Meter?

For example, if the detection method of the flowmeter is flow velocity, this class will be affected by the viscosity image

Does normal temperature and high temperature affect the flowmeter?

As long as there is a circuit board chip in the electronic flowmeter, the temperature resistance coefficient of the chip is 70 degrees Celsius. Of course, high-temperature fluids are generally designed to separate the display processor from the measurement chip to protect the circuit board.

Does pressure have a big effect on flow meters?

The flow velocity is caused by the high pressure flow of the pipeline itself to the low pressure. The greater the differential pressure, the faster the flow velocity, and the relatively high pressure of the pipeline itself. Of course, it will affect the stability of the flow velocity. Can be affected by performance accuracy

Will the pH value affect the flow meter?

There are design engineering rubbers in the flowmeter, if the wrong material is selected, it will affect the durability of the flowmeter itself

Does conductivity affect the flow meter?

When choosing an electromagnetic flowmeter, why does the factory always ask about the conductivity of the fluid, because the electromagnetic flowmeter relies on a certain conductivity to measure the flow, can relatively pure water be used in the electromagnetic flowmeter, of course not, because pure water itself is a non-conductive medium

6. Flow unit: L/min, m3/hr, gallon/min

Velocity x cross-sectional area = flow rate

Flow unit:How much area passes through how much fluid per minute, per second, per hour
The weight unit is not included in the flow unit, so why can the weight unit be displayed in the high-end version of the vortex flowmeter

Because only the vortex flowmeter itself can be used with a pressure gauge and a thermometer, the vortex flowmeter is often designed to measure the amount of steam used in calculations.

7. Confirm use: instantaneous flow, cumulative flow, alarm output,

Flow meter use:

How much is run in the pipeline:This type is called instantaneous flow, how much fluid passes through each unit cross-sectional area

How much the pipeline runs per month and per year:This type is called accumulative flow, and the monthly and annual daily usage is calculated through the instantaneous flow unit time set by the flowmeter itself

Alarm output usage:Generally, the alarm output is used to understand the current status of the pipeline when the fluid in the pipeline is empty or under high pressure or on-line.

8. Confirm electrical output: dry contact, analog output, communication output

Types of electrical output of the flowmeter

Dry contact output: action mode has NO, NC/electrical characteristics have dry contact, ABC and relay
Analog output: electrical characteristics are 4~20mA, 0~5VDC, Pulse pulse output
Communication output: electrical characteristics include RS485, RS232, WIFI, IoT, NB-IoT, GRPS