Computational modeling of flow rate measurements using an orifice flow meter

Yi Qin Xu; Yulia Peet; Daniel Coxe; Taewoo Lee

doi:10.1115/FEDSM2018-83296

Computational modeling of flow rate measurements using an orifice flow meter

Yi Qin Xu, Yulia Peet, Daniel Coxe, Taewoo Lee

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Abstract

This study is concerned with understanding and improvement of mass flow rate measurement uncertainty and errors encountered at low flow rates and start-up in commercially available flow rate measurement devices, such as orifice flow meters. The flow through a typical cylindrical flange-tapped orifice flow meter is modeled computationally so the actual mass flow rate is known a-priori. Empirical predictions from the reading of “virtual” pressure sensors are compared with the actual flow rate and the measurement errors are quantified and analyzed. Commercial code ANSYS-Fluent is compared in this study to the in-house high-fidelity spectral-element solver Nek5000, so that conclusions about the applicability of a commercial code to the calculations of measurement uncertainty in the orifice flow meters can be made.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Development and Applications in Computational Fluid Dynamics; Industrial and Environmental Applications of Fluid Mechanics; Fluid Measurement and Instrumentation; Cavitation and Phase Change
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9780791851562
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2018-83296
State	Published - Jan 1 2018
Event	ASME 2018 5th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2018 - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jul 15 2018 → Jul 20 2018

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Other	ASME 2018 5th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2018
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	7/15/18 → 7/20/18

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Xu, Y. Q., Peet, Y., Coxe, D., & Lee, T. (2018). Computational modeling of flow rate measurements using an orifice flow meter. In Development and Applications in Computational Fluid Dynamics; Industrial and Environmental Applications of Fluid Mechanics; Fluid Measurement and Instrumentation; Cavitation and Phase Change (Vol. 2). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2018-83296

Computational modeling of flow rate measurements using an orifice flow meter. / Xu, Yi Qin; Peet, Yulia; Coxe, Daniel et al.
Development and Applications in Computational Fluid Dynamics; Industrial and Environmental Applications of Fluid Mechanics; Fluid Measurement and Instrumentation; Cavitation and Phase Change. Vol. 2 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018.

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Xu, YQ, Peet, Y, Coxe, D & Lee, T 2018, Computational modeling of flow rate measurements using an orifice flow meter. in Development and Applications in Computational Fluid Dynamics; Industrial and Environmental Applications of Fluid Mechanics; Fluid Measurement and Instrumentation; Cavitation and Phase Change. vol. 2, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME 2018 5th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2018, Montreal, Canada, 7/15/18. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2018-83296

Xu YQ, Peet Y, Coxe D, Lee T. Computational modeling of flow rate measurements using an orifice flow meter. In Development and Applications in Computational Fluid Dynamics; Industrial and Environmental Applications of Fluid Mechanics; Fluid Measurement and Instrumentation; Cavitation and Phase Change. Vol. 2. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). 2018 doi: 10.1115/FEDSM2018-83296

Xu, Yi Qin ; Peet, Yulia ; Coxe, Daniel et al. / Computational modeling of flow rate measurements using an orifice flow meter. Development and Applications in Computational Fluid Dynamics; Industrial and Environmental Applications of Fluid Mechanics; Fluid Measurement and Instrumentation; Cavitation and Phase Change. Vol. 2 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2018.

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