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Here we discuss about Comparison of Different Types of Flow Meter like

Magnetic flow meter, Orifice Flow Meter, Ultrasonic flow meter, Turbine Flow
meter, Vortex flow meter, Coriolis flow meter, Variable area flow meter.

Comparison of Different Flow Meters

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Comparison of Flow Meters

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 Flow meter Pipe/size Gas/Liquid
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Mass flow / Diff.
Orifice 1” – 48” Liquid/Gas 1%
velocity Pressure

Mass flow / Diff.

Venturi 6” – up Liquid/Gas 0.50%
velocity Pressure

Rotating
Mass flow / blades
Turbine 0.5” – 2” Liquid/Gas 0.30%
velocity produce
pulses

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Positive
1” – 24” Liquid 0.50% Mass flow specific
Displacement
volume

Faraday’s
Magnetic 1” – 120” Liquid 0.2 – 1 % Mass flow
Law

Speed of
Ultrasonic 0.5” – 48” Liquid/Gas 1% Mass flow
sound

Eddies
Vortex 0.5” – 16” Liquid/Gas 1% Velocity produce
pulses

Diff.
Variable area 0.5” – 3” Liquid/Gas 1% Velocity
Pressure

Coriolis
Coriolis 2” – 150” Liquid 0.50% Mass flow
principle
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X 2% Mass flow / Diff. X
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Note :

1. Pipe/Size may vary from make to make, Above shared details are for
reference only.
2. For measuring Mass Flow, appropriate Temperature/Pressure
compensation, Density Factors etc… to be considered in calculations of the
Mass Flow, if the instrument primarily a volumetric flow measuring device.

Comparison between Turbine meter and Positive

Displacement meter

Positive Displacement Flow

Turbine Flow meter
meter

Indirect measurement Direct measurement

Requires upstream/downstream
No straight lengths required
straight lengths

Affected by fluid viscosity Free from viscosity effect

For a given small range, a smaller size Larger size required to achieve a given
compared to PD meter flowrate range

 Lower  Higher
operating/maintenance/investment operating/maintenance/investment
costs costs

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3 thoughts on “Difference between Different Types of

Flow Meters”

varun
October 30, 2017 at 3:05 am

What about Cross-Correlation based Ultrasonic Flow Meter?

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Very informative according to interview

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sofiane
October 20, 2019 at 2:54 pm

we have observed in the table above ”Comparison of Flow Meters” that

maximum pipe /size of coriolis flow meter is between 2” and 150” , please
verify this information

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