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9780471245094

Flow Measurement Methods and Applications

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    9780471245094

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    0471245097

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-02-02
  • Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Summary

Clear, concise, and generously illustrated, Flow Measurement Methods and Applications is an invaluable resource for researchers and graduate students in physics, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, and instrument engineering. It is a must-have reference for anyone wishing to assess flow processes accurately and reliably in the real world.

Author Biography

J. E. HARDY has been a research staff member at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for over twenty years, concentrating in instrumentation and controls with an emphasis on the measurement of flow in harsh environments.<br> <br> J. O. HYLTON is a researcher at the Instrumentation and Controls Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has worked extensively in the area of thermal and fluid mechanics, including the development of flow measurement instrumentation.<br> <br> T. E. McKNIGHT has worked for ten years at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, predominantly in the measurement and calibration of fluid flow and other physical processes.<br> <br> C. J. REMENYIK is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee, Engineering Science, and Adjunct Researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He has also worked for the aerospace industry.<br> <br> RUPPEL is a senior instrumentation and controls engineer at Thermatrix Inc. in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has held engineering positions at Union Carbide in South Charleston, West Virginia, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and SEMATECH, the semiconductor consortium in Austin, Texas.

Table of Contents

PREFACE vii(2)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
1. GENERAL CONCEPTS OF FLOW AND FLOW INSTRUMENTATION
1(26)
1.1. The Physical Nature of Flow and the Conservation Laws
1(1)
1.2. Fluid Properties
2(1)
1.3. Fully Developed Flow
3(1)
1.4. Flow Units and Standardization of Flow
4(1)
1.5. Flowmeter Classifications
4(1)
1.6. Inferential Flowmeters
5(5)
1.7. Variable-Area Flowmeters
10(6)
1.8. Direct-Measurement Flowmeters
16(1)
1.9. Energy-Additive Flowmeters
17(8)
References
25(2)
2. INFERENTIAL FLOW MEASUREMENT
27(33)
2.1. Introduction
27(1)
2.2. Final Control Element Characteristics
28(6)
2.3. Example System
34(2)
2.4. First-Principles Model Development
36(7)
2.5. Kalman Filter
43(7)
2.6. Neural Networks
50(6)
2.7. Conclusion
56(1)
Nomenclature
57(2)
References
59(1)
3. TWO-PHASE FLOW APPLICATIONS
60(57)
3.1. Electrical Impedance Probes
60(26)
3.2. Flow Momentum-Drag Body Transducer
86(14)
3.3. Determining Two-Phase Mass Flow Values From Combining Outputs From Two Sensors
100(13)
References
113(4)
4. FLOW MEASUREMENTS IN HARSH ENVIRONMENTS
117(18)
4.1. Steam Flow Measurement
117(7)
4.2. High-Temperature, Wide-Range Gas Flowmeter
124(10)
References
134(1)
5. USING MODELING TO IMPROVE MASS FLOWMETERING ACCURACY
135(70)
5.1. Background
135(2)
5.2. An Overview of the Mass Flow Controller
137(6)
5.3. A Typical Mass Flow Controller Design
143(4)
5.4. The Governing Thermal and Hydrodynamic Phenomena of a Mass Flow Controller
147(18)
5.5. Numerical Modeling
165(18)
5.6. Experimental Validation of Modeling Results
183(8)
5.7. Discussion of Results
191(6)
5.8. The Significance of Minor Loss Effects on MFC Performance
197(4)
5.9. Conclusions
201(1)
Nomenclature
202(1)
References
203(2)
6. FLOWMETER CALIBRATION METHODS
205(32)
6.1. Flowmeter Calibration: Terminology and Definitions
205(1)
6.2. Primary Flow Standards
206(10)
6.3. Flowmeters for Use as Secondary Flow Standards
216(16)
6.4. Statistical Analysis of Flow Measurement Errors
232(3)
Nomenclature
235(1)
References
236(1)
7. A NEW GRAVIMETRIC FLOW CALIBRATOR
237(14)
7.1. The Instrument's Field of Application
237(3)
7.2. Principle behind Gravimetric Flow Calibrator
240(1)
7.3. General Considerations for Design of the Gravimetric Flow Calibrator
241(3)
7.4. Design Details
244(7)
INDEX 251

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