THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT INLET-VELOCITY PROFILES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A CORIOLIS FLOWMETER
Gregor Bobovnik, Jože Kutin, Ivan Bajsic
Abstract:
Numerical simulations (using finite volume method) of the flow of a viscous fluid through a measuring tube were performed to identify the effects of different inlet-flow conditions on the performance of a straight, slendertube, Coriolis flowmeter. The magnitudes of the antisymmetric fluid forces and the twisting moments acting on the measuring tube were compared with results from a onedimensional fluid-flow model. Simulations were made for some hypothetical inlet-velocity profiles that represent extreme cases of various flowmeters’ installation positions and flow regimes in a pipeline. No significant effects of the modelled inlet-velocity profiles on the performance of the flowmeter were observed.
Keywords:
Coriolis flowmeter, velocity profile, numerical simulation
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Event details
Event name:
XVII IMEKO World Congress
Title:

Metrology in the 3rd Millennium

Place:
Dubrovnik, CROATIA
Time:
22 June 2003 - 28 June 2003
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