Flow meter calibration with sonic nozzles in high-pressure natural gas

FLOMEKO 2000 - 10th Conference on Flow Measurement

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Dietrich, H ^a   Nath, B ^a   Lavante, E V ^b   Jaeschke, M ^c   Schley, P ^c   Hotze, H J ^c  

^a Elster Produktion GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c RUHRGAS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; High pressure; Natural gas; Sonic nozzles; Test rig

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRILLING RIGS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF GASES; GAS METERS; GASES; NATURAL GAS; NOZZLE DESIGN; NOZZLES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CFD SIMULATIONS; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE NATURAL GAS; OPERATING PRESSURE; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SONIC NOZZLE; TEST RIGS;

FLOWMETERS;

EID: 84925359476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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