A Venturi meter is used to measure the flow rate through a tube.

It is based on the use of the Venturi effect, the reduction of fluid

pressure that results when a fluid runs through a constricted
section of pipe. It is called after Giovanni Battista Venturi (17461822), an Italian physicist.

Venturimeter Uses
This device is used for fluid measurement in various industrial processes
1. The Flow of Chemicals in Pipelines
A. Flow is measured using the differential pressure principle
B. Differential pressure integrated with time, so that it is used to any
engineering parameters like flow rate, speed, etc
2. Flow in Carburetors
The venturi meter allows carburetor to calibrate and adjust fuel and air distribution
to the engine as per requirement .

Aviation , Automotive ,chemical , petro chemical industries,etc.

Aviation

To measure the speed of the air around the plane.

Automotive

To measure the fuel and air distribution in carburettor

Medical

To measure the Volume flow of blood through vessels.

Chemical
To measure the Flow rate of chemical through pipes
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The Venturi effect may be observed or used in the following:

Cargo eductors on oil product and chemical ship tankers

Inspirators that mix air and flammable gas in grills, gas stoves, Bunsen burners
and airbrushes
Water aspirators that produce a partial vacuum using the kinetic energy from
the faucet water pressure
Steam siphons using the kinetic energy from the steam pressure to create a
partial vacuum
Atomizers that disperse perfume or spray paint (i.e. from a spray gun).
Carburetors that use the effect to suck gasoline into an engine's intake air
stream
Wine aerators, used to infuse air into wine as it is poured into a glass
The capillaries of the human circulatory system, where it indicates aortic
regurgitation
Aortic insufficiency is a chronic heart condition that occurs when the aortic
valve's initial large stroke volume is released and the Venturi effect draws the
walls together, which obstructs blood flow, which leads to a pulsus bisferiens.
Protein skimmers (filtration devices for saltwater aquaria)
In automated pool cleaners that use pressure-side water flow to collect
sediment and debris
The barrel of the modern-day clarinet, which uses a reverse taper to speed the
air down the tube, enabling better tone, response and intonation
Compressed air operated industrial vacuum cleaners
Venturi scrubbers used to clean flue gas emissions
Injectors (also called ejectors) used to add chlorine gas to water treatment
chlorination systems
Steam injectors use the Venturi effect and the latent heat of evaporation to
deliver feed water to a steam locomotive boiler.
Sand blasters used to draw fine sand in and mix it with air
Emptying bilge water from a moving boat through a small waste gate in the
hullthe air pressure inside the moving boat is greater than the water sliding
by beneath
A scuba diving regulator to assist the flow of air once it starts flowing
In recoilless rifles to decrease the recoil of firing
Ventilators
The diffuser on an automobile
Large cities where wind is forced between buildings - the gap between the
Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center was an extreme example of

the pheonomenon, which made the ground level plaza notoriously

windswept.[3] In fact, some gusts were so high that pedestrian travel had to be
aided by ropes.[4]
In windy mountain passes, resulting in erroneous pressure altimeter readings[5]
The leadpipe of a trombone, affecting the timbre
Foam proportioners used to induct fire fighting foam concentrate into fire
protection systems
Trompe air compressors to entrain air into a falling column of water

The Bernoulli Principle and its corollary, the Venturi effect, are essential to
aerodynamic as well as hydrodynamic design concepts. Airfoil and hydrofoil designs
to lift and steer air and water vessels (airplanes, ships and submarines) are derived
from applications of the Bernouoli Principle and the Venturi effect, as are the
instruments that measure rate of movement through the air or water (velocity
indicators). Stability indication and control mechanisms such as gyroscopic altitude
indicators and fuel metering devices, such as carburetors, function as a result of gas or
fluid pressure differentials that create suction as demonstrated and measurable by
gas/fluid pressure and velocity equations derived from the Bernoulli Principle and the
Venturi Effect.
A simple way to demonstrate the Venturi effect is to squeeze and release a flexible
hose in which fluid is flowing: the partial vacuum produced in the constriction is
sufficient to keep the hose collapsed.
Venturi tubes are also used to measure the speed of a fluid, by measuring pressure
changes at different segments of the device. Placing a liquid in a U-shaped tube and
connecting the ends of the tubes to both ends of a Venturi is all that is needed. When
the fluid flows though the Venturi the pressure in the two ends of the tube will differ,
forcing the liquid to the "low pressure" side. The amount of that move can be
calibrated to the speed of the fluid flow.[1]