Measurement of two-component flow using ultrasonic flowmeters

Conference · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:10131579

Whitehouse, J C; Eghbali, D A ^[1]; Flitton, V E ^[2]; Anderson, D G ^[3]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
2. EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
3. Wyle Labs., Norco, CA (United States)

Calibration of transit-time and Doppler ultrasonic flowmeters under two-component flow conditions has been conducted on 400 mm (16-in.) pipe. Testing covered total flows of 0.19 to 1.89 m{sup 3}/s (3000 to 30,000 gpm) and void fractions up to 40%. Both flowmeter types of accurately measured total volumetric flow over a portion of their ranges. Pipe average void fraction, based on a three-beam gamma densitometer, was used to determine water component flow under stratified flow conditions, with similar results. 2 refs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 10131579
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-91-261; CONF-911213-23; ON: DE92010099
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) annual winter meeting,Atlanta, GA (United States),1-6 Dec 1991; Other Information: PBD: [1991]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FLOWMETERS
CALIBRATION
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