Flow Measurement

Overview

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 Flow Meter Selection Considerations
• Line Size
• Type of fluid metered
• Physical State…Gas, Liquid, Vapor
• Meter Range
• Desired Accuracy/Repeatability
• Piping Configuration
• Cost…Initial, Installation, and Operating

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 Flow Measurement Technologies

VERIS Verabar VERIS Accelabar Armstrong Vortex Meter

1991 2004 2016

2017

Venturi Tube Wedge Meter Flow Nozzle Orifice Plate

AMF AUF 2019

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 Orifice Plate

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 DP Primary Devices
Orifice Plates

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 Orifice Plate
Installed with Flange Taps

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 ASME Flow Nozzle
• ASME & ISO recognized
• Widely accepted test
standard
• Reliable performance history
• Accurate metering solution
• Flexible design & materials

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 Flow Nozzle

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 PTC-6 ASME Flow Nozzle
• Very high accuracy &
precision
• Flow conditioner, diffuser
cone, flanged/welded-in
nozzle
• Steam turbine testing
• Feedwater and steam service

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 Venturi

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 Differential Pressures

• Height of Water, hw
• Temperature is Constant, T1=T2=T3
• Pressure P1 is more than P2.
• Pressure P3 is more than P2.
• Pressure P1 is more than P3.

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 48” Rough Welded Sheet Iron Inlet Venturi

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 4” Venturi 200 psig 575 deg F

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 How Verabar Works

Verabar’s superior performance is due

to its shape, surface condition, and low Verabar senses and averages
pressure port location the natural pressures created
by the velocity profile

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 Verabar's Non-Clog Design
• Low-pressure ports located on sensor sides virtually
eliminate clogging and produce an extremely stable signal

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 Accelabar Design
The INLET is a Transmitter
patented torroidal
radius that accelerates RTD (Optional)
and conditions the flow Verabar
to produce a linear
velocity profile

The DIFFUSER is a
gradual increase in
the diameter to
reduce the permanent
pressure loss

The STRAIGHTENING & SETTLING ZONE

stabilizes & linearizes the velocity profile

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 Integral Expanders and Reducers Save on Installation
Cost

12” Meter X 10” Pipe 8” Meter X 12” Pipe

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 Natural Gas Installation
60,000 to 1,000SCFH (Turndow n 60:1)

No straight run
Natural gas to LNG
heaters
80 psig @ 70°F
2 stacked
transmitters
0-302.8”H20
0-1.6:” H20
Replaced a turbine
meter that was
unable to cover the
turndown

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 Installation below ground in vault

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 University Steam Piping

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 Wedge Meter

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 Wedge Meter
• Difficult Fluid Applications
– High viscosity
– Slurries
– Asphalt
– Tar-Sands
– Fracking fluids
– Spent water
– Sludge
– Bottoms flow
– Cement
– Contaminated/Abrasive fluids

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 Wedge Meter
• Accuracy ±2% to ±3%
– ±0.5% calibrated
• Virtually any line size
• Numerous materials of
construction
• Variety of connection
types

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 VORTEX SHEDDER

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 Veris FMG / Armstrong Vortex Meter
• Inline
• Insert

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 Veris FMG / Armstrong Vortex meter

Piezoelectric Sensor

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 Vortex Shedding

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 AMF Principle of Operation
Simply stated…
The operation of an electromagnetic
flowmeter, or mag meter, is based
upon Faraday's Law which states
that the voltage induced across any
conductor as it moves at right angles
through a magnetic field is
proportional to the velocity of that
conductor
The faster water flows through the
magnetic field, the greater the voltage

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 3 Parts to a Mag Meter
Voltage Induced proportional to flow

Coils
Water is the
conductor
*Pipe must be full
Electrodes
*Media must have
conductivity ≥ 5μs/cm

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 Mag Meter Characteristics
• Excellent turndown (Typically 100:1 or more)
• Lower straight run requirements (5 up, 2 down)
• Accuracy +/- 0.5% of reading or better
• Low to moderate cost on lines from 1/2” to 80”
• Low maintenance
• Conductive Liquids only (≥ 5μs/cm)
• BTU System Available
• Multiple Outputs
• Integral Display - 14°F~176°F
• Remote Display - 14°F~400°F (Liner Dependent)
• Pressure – 0-362 PSIG (Size Dependent)

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 Features and Benefits:
• No moving parts to wear and tear
• Short straight-pipe run required, thus, suitable for any desired installation location (5D up, 2D down)
• All parameters are pre-configured at the factory. Plug and Play.
• High accuracy +/- 0.5% accuracy is the standard offer +/- 0.3% accuracy available for (1/2”-12”)
• Large operable flow range (-36 – 36 ft/s)
• Bi-Directional flow capable.
• Wide size selection from (1/2”-80”)
• Multiple liners: Teflon, Rubber, PFA, Polyurethane
• Multiple electrode materials: 316SS, Hastelloy B&C, Titanium, Tantalum
• No pressure loss
• Multiple outputs: 4-20 mA, pulse, relay, RS232, or RS485/MODBUS
• Optional HART or PROFIBUS communication interface
• Self-diagnosing capability to minimize operational downtime
• All meters come with certificate of calibration and are wet calibrated at the factory, 2 Year Warranty
• Available BTU system with insert/clamp on RTD’s (4 wire, platinum, matched)
• Integral/Remote displays (2 Line LCD display)

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 AUF Principle of Operation
Transducers measure the transmission time of ultrasonic signal both with and against
flow. The time differential proportional to velocity of liquid.

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 Transducer Mounting Configurations

Direct Mount

Reflect Mount

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 Features and Benefits:
• No moving parts to wear and tear. No maintenance required
• NIST-traceable factory “wet” calibration cert with every meter, 2 Year Warranty
• Multi-frequency system. Able to work reliably in a wide range of pipe sizes
• Able to measure thermal energy and temperature with BTU measurement option
• Suitable for pure liquids and liquids with some particles.
• Bi-directional flow capability
• Can be used on pipes ranges of ¾” – 120”
• Magnetic transducer mounts for easy installation
• No dependency on conductivity or pressure
• Suitable for all commonly used pipes
• Compatible with various types of transducers
• Non-contact, non-invasive, easy and economical installation, no shut downs, no pipe work.
• Large storage data logger for recording flow, temperature, status, and more
• Communication: RS485/MODBUS. Optional BACnet, GPRS, RF wireless
• IP65 protection
• Permanent or Portable options

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 Industries & Applications
Industries: • Thermal storage, geothermal system, solar hot-
• Higher Education water system • Data Centers
• Healthcare • District energy management and billing
• Hospitality • Commercial building tenant billing
• Government • LEED / Green building verification, green credit
• Power Supply application
• Municipal • Energy consulting
• Waste Water Treatment • Power plant efficiency monitoring
• Irrigation • Facility management in shopping malls,
• Chemicals campuses, industrial parks, hospitals,
• Industrial Liquid Processes commercial buildings, government buildings,
airports
• Flow monitoring and control in desalination
Applications: plants, steel
• Chilled/Hot Water HVAC • Domestic Water Supply and Drainage
• Condensate and heating water circuits • Plants, power plants, machining plants, pump
• Boiler feed water stations

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 Product Selection Matrix

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E-Mail: ereid@armstronginternational.com
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Website: armstronginternational.com/veris
Contact: Eric Reid, Jon Zoppa

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