Summary Report of NIST's Industry-Government Consortium Research Program on Flowmeter Installation Effects with Emphasis on the Research Period November 1988-May 1989

摘要

The report presents results produced in a consortium-sponsored research program on flowmeter installation effects. The objective of the research program is to produce improved flowmeter performance when meters are installed in non-ideal conditions. The objective is being attained via a strategy to (1) measure, understand, and quantify the salient features of non-ideal pipe flows from such pipeline elements as elbows, reducers, valves, flow conditioners, etc. or combinations of these, (2) to correlate meter-factor shifts for selected types of flowmeters, relative to the features of these non-ideal pipe flows so as to be able to predict meter performance accurately in non-ideal installations, and (3) disseminate the resulting technology through appropriate channels such as publishing the authors' results in pertinent journals and upgrading paper standards for flow measurement.