METERING CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS

Metering cryogenic liquids accurately can be done with a turbine meter, and the turbine meter can be accurately proved with a bidirectional piston prover, according to a research project conducted with liquid nitrogen by Humble Pipe Line Co. The combined repeatability of the 1 in. meter and 100 gal prover tested varied between a minimum of 0.008% on three consecutive round-trip runs at 58 gpm and a maximum of 0.11% on eight consecutive round-trip runs of the prover displacer at 71 gpm. The design factors, cool-down procedure, data recording, test results, and costs for installing prover facilities for turbine meters are discussed.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at Instrument Society of America's Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, 1969.
• Corporate Authors:

  Petroleum Publishing Company

  211 South Cheyenne, P.O. Box 1260
  Tulsa, OK  United States  75221
• Authors:
  • Shamp, F F
• Publication Date: 1970-2-23

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 112-114
• Serial:
  • Oil and Gas Journal
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: PennWell Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0030-1388

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Liquefied natural gas; Measurement; Pipe flow
• Old TRIS Terms: Lng metering; Pipeline flow theory
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056087
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM