Discharge coefficient performance of Venturi, standard concentric orifice plate, V-cone and wedge flow meters at low Reynolds numbers

CL Hollingshead, MC Johnson, SL Barfuss… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2011 - Elsevier
The relation between the Reynolds number and differential producer discharge coefficient
was obtained through solutions to the steady, Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations …

Study on discharge coefficient of perforated orifices as a new kind of flowmeter

S Huang, T Ma, D Wang, Z Lin - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2013 - Elsevier
A perforated orifice is promising in measuring flowrates accurately as a differential pressure
device. In this study, the discharge coefficient of a perforated orifice, characterizing the …

Flow rate measurements of slug flow by pressure differences of a venturi tube with a swirler

X Ma, Q Xu, X Zhang, H Wang, L Li, L Guo - Flow Measurement and …, 2024 - Elsevier
When the elongated bubbles and liquid slugs of slug flow alternately flow through a throttling
element, the strong random fluctuations of pressure difference leads to low accuracy of …

CFD prediction of the effects of the upstream elbow fittings on the performance of cone flowmeters

RK Singh, SN Singh, V Seshadri - Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper describes the numerical studies to establish the effect of upstream elbow fittings
on the performance of the cone flowmeter. Different combinations of elbows were installed …

Simulation and performance analysis of the perforated plate flowmeter for liquid hydrogen

T **, H Tian, X Gao, Y Liu, J Wang, H Chen… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The flow rate measurement of the liquid hydrogen (LH 2) is of significance for the effective
and safe operation of the systems dealing with massive liquid hydrogen, eg, hydrogen …

High GVF and low pressure gas–liquid two-phase flow measurement based on dual-cone flowmeter

F Zhang, F Dong, C Tan - Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 2010 - Elsevier
Parameter measurement of gas–liquid two-phase flows with a high gas volume fraction
(GVF) has received great attention in the research field of multiphase flow. The cone meter …

Study on the effect of vertex angle and upstream swirl on the performance characteristics of cone flowmeter using CFD

RK Singh, SN Singh, V Seshadri - Flow measurement and Instrumentation, 2009 - Elsevier
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has emerged as a revolutionary tool for optimizing the
design of any flowmeter for given conditions. The flow features obtained with CFD are more …

Mass flowrate measurement using the swirl motion in circular conduits

S Wang, D Wang, P Niu, P Wei, M Liu - Flow Measurement and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, a method of mass flow measurement was presented based on swirl motion
motivated by specific shapes of swirlers. The measuring principle of the method has been …

Shape optimization of the cone body for the improved performance of the V-cone flowmeter: A numerical study

N Sheikh, SN Singh, SV Veeravalli, S Hegde - Flow Measurement and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study has been carried out to optimize the shape of the cone body by providing
a curved surface (the radius of curvature (R)) at the base of the cone element for improving …

Study on the measurement accuracy of an improved cemented carbide orifice flowmeter in natural gas pipeline

J Dong, C **g, Y Peng, Y Liu, H Ren, X Liu - Flow Measurement and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Standard orifice flowmeter has been widely used in the field of natural gas metering.
However, the traditional stainless steel orifice flowmeter (TSSOF) is not resistant to wear and …