IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MERCURY-SEAL PISTON FLOWMETER

Improvements to the mercury-seal piston flowmeter were made to reduce and even out the back-pressure from the meter, to permit continuous flow measurement, and to provide a simple and easily adjusted electronic timing system. The modified meter gives errors of only plus/minus 0.16% for single measurements and of plus/minus 0.6% for continuous measurements and can measure flow rates of 4-300 1./hr. It will handle a wide variety of gases, which need not be saturated prior to measuring. The pressure drop across the flowmeter is insignificant.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Chemical Society

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• Authors:
  • Reed, S B
  • Sprange, M P
• Publication Date: 1970-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 666-669
• Serial:
  • Industrial and Engineering Chemical-Fundamentals
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Chemical Society

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flow measurement; Flowmeters; Measuring instruments; Pipelines
• Old TRIS Terms: Pipeline metering
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056310
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM