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Fluid Mechanics of Flow Metering

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
  2. Fully Developed Turbulent Pipe Flow

    • Klaus Gersten
    Pages 1-22
  3. Decay of Disturbances in Turbulent Pipe Flow

    • Klaus Gersten, Heinz-Dieter Papenfuss
    Pages 23-47
  4. Optimal Characteristic Parameters for the Disturbances in Turbulent Pipe Flow

    • Klaus Gersten, Heinz-Dieter Papenfuss
    Pages 49-59
  5. Measurement of Velocity and Turbulence Downstream of Flow Conditioners

    • Wei Xiong, Kathrin Kalkühler, Wolfgang Merzkirch
    Pages 61-77
  6. Vortex-Shedding Flow Metering Using Ultrasound

    • Volker Hans, Ernst von Lavante
    Pages 95-110
  7. Ultrasound Cross-Correlation Flow Meter: Analysis by System Theory and Influence of Turbulence

    • Franka Schneider, Franz Peters, Wolfgang Merzkirch
    Pages 129-148
  8. Effect of Area Changes in Swirling Flow

    • Venkatesa Vasanta Ram
    Pages 149-164
  9. Errors of Turbine Meters Due to Swirl

    • Venkatesa Vasanta Ram
    Pages 165-184
  10. How to Design a New Flow Meter from Scratch

    • Franz Peters, Carsten Ruppel
    Pages 201-210
  11. Correction of the Reading of a Flow Meter in Pipe Flow Disturbed by Installation Effects

    • Carsten Wildemann, Wolfgang Merzkirch, Klaus Gersten
    Pages 223-237
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 255-256

About this book

Flow meters measure the volumetric flow rate in a pipeline. Most meters are based on deriving a signal from the fluid flow and calibrating the signal against the volumetric flow rate. The calibration is done in fully-developed flow, and the same state of flow must exist at the meter’s position when it is in practical use. Because the field of flow metering has been neglected by fluid mechanicists for a long time, this book addresses two major fluid mechanical problems in flow metering: the analysis of signal generation in turbulent pipe flow, which explains the function of the meter beyond a simple calibration, and the possible use of a meter in non-developed flows. These problems are investigated with reference to, and examples from, a variety of meters, e.g. ultrasound cross-correlation meters, vortex meters, and turbine meters. Studying these problems requires consideration of specific phenomena in turbulent non-developed pipe flow, as caused by installations, and finding special solutions with signal processing, both of which are included in the book.

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"This book, edited by Wolfgang Merzkirch, presents the work of 12 German academicians … . Merzkirch is to be commended not only for compiling the work of his colleagues but also for his own fluid mechanical contributions. This tome is a critical element for the bookshelves of those currently involved in or intending to join worldwide quest to improve flow measurement." (George E. Mattingly, AIAA Journal, Vol. 44 (3), 2006)

Authors and Affiliations

  • FB Maschinenwesen Strömungslehre, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Wolfgang Merzkirch

  • Fakultät für Maschinenbau, Institut Thermo- und Fluiddynamik, Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Klaus Gersten, Franz Peters, Venkatesa Vasanta Ram

  • FB Maschinentechnik Strömungsmaschinen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Ernst Lavante

  • FB 12 Maschinenwesen Mess- und Regelungstechnik, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Volker Hans

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