Selection of flow meters for chemical process steam jacket pipelines
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As the title suggests, it’s a jacketed pipeline with an outer pipe of DN40 and an inner pipe of DN25; the inner pipe is made of 304 material while the outer pipe is made of CS material. It has a steam jacket, and the fluid flowing through it is a liquid at a pressure of 0.6 MPaG and a temperature of 80°C, with a viscosity of 100 cp. In such a case, what type of flow meter would be suitable? ? Jacketed rotor? Jacket wedge? Are there any others?
A jacketed vortex flow meter will work; for important flow rates, a mass flow meter can also be considered.
Do we still need vortex flow meters for a viscosity of 100cp? Don’t joke around – calculate the Reynolds number; can vortices still be formed?
Positive displacement flow meter, mass flow meter, target flow meter