The Developing Role of Helical Turbine Meters

摘要

The petroleum measurement industry is continually searching for the ultimate meter - a meter that is accurate, reliable and inexpensive. One of the latest entries is the helical turbine meter (See Fig. 1). However, it should be noted that this type of meter has been around for many years but did not find wide application outside of Europe until the last two to three years because of the proving difficulty posed by its inherent low pulse resolution. With the advent and API acceptance of pulse interpolation techniques for proving low resolution meters, the helical turbine meter is finding a wider audience.