Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Steam Flow Measurement

These are the main sections of this tutorial:

* Differential pressure cells (DP cells)
* Special requirements for accurate steam flow measurement
* Dryness fraction variation
* Conclusion

A steam flowmeter comprises two parts:
1. The 'primary' device or pipeline unit, such as an orifice plate, located in the steam flow.
2. The 'secondary' device, such as a differential pressure cell, that translates any signals into a usable form.


In addition, some form of electronic processor will exist which can receive, process and display the information. This processor may also receive additional signals for pressure and/or temperature to enable density compensation calculations to be made.

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