Orifice plates and venturi tubes. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Reader-Harris.
• Authors: Reader-Harris, Michael
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Notations; 1 Introduction and History; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Theory; 1.2.1 Bernoulli's Theorem; 1.2.2 Method of Operation; 1.2.2.1 General; 1.2.2.2 Incompressible Flow; 1.2.2.3 Compressible Flow; 1.2.2.4 Equation for Practical Use; 1.3 Essential Requirements; 1.3.1 General; 1.3.2 With a Calibration in a Flowing Fluid; 1.3.3 Without a Calibration in a Flowing Fluid; 1.4 Introduction to Reynolds Number and Velocity Profile; 1.5 Pipe Roughness; 1.6 Accuracy; 1.7 Pressure Loss; 1.8 Standards; 1.9 Advantages and Disadvantages; 1.10 History; 1.11 Conclusions. Appendix 1.A: Sextus Julius FrontinusReferences; 2 Orifice Design; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Orifice Plate; 2.2.1 General; 2.2.2 Flatness; 2.2.3 Surface Condition of the Upstream Face of the Plate; 2.2.4 Edge Sharpness; 2.2.5 Plate Thickness E and Orifice (Bore) Thickness e; 2.2.5.1 General; 2.2.5.2 Plate Thickness E; 2.2.5.3 Orifice (Bore) Thickness e; 2.2.5.4 Requirements; 2.2.6 Circularity; 2.3 The Pipe; 2.3.1 General; 2.3.2 Pressure Tappings; 2.3.2.1 General; 2.3.2.2 Flange and D and D/2 Tappings; General; Tapping Diameter; Tapping Location; 2.3.2.3 Corner Tappings. 2.3.2.4 Number of Tappings2.3.3 Pipe Roughness; 2.3.3.1 Uniform Roughness; 2.3.3.2 Rough Pipes with a Smooth Portion Immediately Upstream of the Orifice; 2.3.3.3 Non-uniform Roughness; 2.3.4 Steps and Misalignment; 2.3.5 Eccentricity; 2.4 Dimensional Measurements; 2.5 Orifice Fittings; 2.6 Pressure Loss; 2.7 Reversed Orifice Plates; 2.8 Conclusions; Appendix 2.A: Orifice Plates of Small Orifice Diameter; 2.A.1 Introduction and Test Work; 2.A.2 Conclusions; References; 3 Venturi Tube Design; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Type; 3.2.1 General. 3.2.2 Machined Convergent (5.2.9, 5.5.3 and 5.7.2 of ISO 5167-4:2003)3.2.3 Rough-Welded Sheet-Iron Convergent (5.2.10, 5.5.4 and 5.7.3 of ISO 5167-4:2003); 3.2.4 `As Cast' Convergent (5.2.8, 5.5.2 and 5.7.1 of ISO 5167-4:2003); 3.2.5 Wider Range of Reynolds Number; 3.3 Angles, Pressure Loss and Truncation; 3.4 Dimensional Measurements; 3.5 Steps and Straightness; 3.6 Pressure Tappings; 3.7 Effects of Roughness and Reynolds Number; 3.8 High or Low Reynolds Number; 3.9 Conclusions; Appendix 3.A:Effect of Roughness: Computational Fluid Dynamics; 3.A.1 General; 3.A.2 Venturi Tube Roughness. 3.A.2.1 Effect of Venturi Tube Roughness Height3.A.2.2 Effect of Reynolds Number; 3.A.2.3 Effect of Venturi Tube Roughness Type; 3.A.3 Pipe Roughness; 3.A.4 Effect of Rounding the Corner Between the Convergent Section and the Throat; References; 4 General Design; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Impulse Lines; 4.2.1 General; 4.2.2 Tapping Locations and Slopes of Impulse Lines; 4.2.3 Density of the Fluids in Two Impulse Lines to Measure the Differential Pressure; 4.2.4 Length of Impulse Lines; 4.2.5 Blockage; 4.2.6 Damping of the Pressure Signal or Resonance; 4.3 Differential Pressure.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 681.28; Engineering; Flow meters; Plates (Engineering); Venturi tubes; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; Flow meters; Plates (Engineering); Venturi tubes; Science -- Weights & Measures; Technology & Engineering -- Mechanical; Mensuration & systems of measurement; Mechanical engineering; Hydraulic engineering; Mechanical engineering; Mechanics of fluids; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319168807; 3319168800; 3319168797; 9783319168791
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed May 5, 2015).
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