Field tests of correction procedures for turbine flowmeters in pulsatile flows

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-17

  Cheesewright, R ^a   Atkinson, K N ^b   Clark, C ^a   Ter Horst, G J P ^c   Mottram, R C ^d   Viljeer, J ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c GASTEC NV   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pulsation profiles; Turbine meter correction procedures; Turbine meter over registration

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; GAS PIPELINES; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; OSCILLATIONS; PULSATILE FLOW;

IRREGULAR GAS USAGE; PERIODIC FLOW VARIATIONS; PRESSURE REGULATOR OSCILLATIONS; SINUSOIDAL PULSATION PROFILES; TURBINE METER CORRECTION PROCEDURE;

GAS METERS;

FLOWMETERS-TURBINE; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0030110783     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0955-5986(96)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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