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PIPELINE

METER BALANCE VALVE &


METER BACK PRESSURE VALVE
Background: In transporting crude oil and pipeline petroleum products
to refineries, storage tanks, and other delivery points, metering of the fluid is
essential for determining flow rate, volume, and ultimately, cost. In situations
where the flow in the input line may vary significantly, multiple meter runs
are required in order to maintain flow rates within the optimum accuracy
range of each flowmeter. Such meter runs branch off of a manifold and run
in parallel, dividing the flow among the individual runs.
The flows from the individual meter runs are then combined into a single
line before the petroleum enters the refinery or storage tank. Accuracy in
metering pipeline flow and in preventing a phase change during the flow
through the meters is essential in delivery and in determining product costs
and pricing.

Key to success in metering crude oil and petroleum products is


ensuring that flow through the meters is controlled to the extent that the
liquid is laminar and is flowing at a rate within the capability of the meters to
accurately measure the volume. Turbulent flow and changes in the phase of
the fluid will result in erroneous readings.

Problem: Each meter run typically consists of a flowmeter and a meter


balance valve, for controlling the flow through the line to ensure that it is
within the effective accuracy range of the meter and that it is consistent
with the flow through the other meter runs. In combining the individual
meter runs, the liquid flows through a meter back pressure valve before the
petroleum enters the refinery or storage tank. The purpose of the meter
back pressure valve is to maintain sufficient back pressure on the flowmeters

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to ensure there is no phase change as the product flows
through the meter.
With regard to both meter balance valves and meter
back pressure valves, ball valves are generally preferred,
although globe valves and butterfly valves may be used.
Ball valves provide good control characteristics with wide
range ability at moderate costs. Globe valves offer the
advantage of better throttling control, while butterfly
valves are a lower cost solution, but with reduced control
performance.

Solution: To meet the requirements of precise and


reliable actuator control, REXA Actuators based on the Result
company’s proprietary Electraulic® Technology are finding
growing use in the industry. The self-contained actuators The substitution of REXA X2 actuators have
combine the simplicity of electric operation, the power of provided the quick response and precise level of
hydraulics, the reliability of solid state electronics, and the control required to maintain flow rates within the
flexibility of user-configured control. optimum accuracy range of flowmeters in the
Electraulic™ Technology is comprised of two primary meter runs. REXA Actuators are also used to create
subassemblies: a mechanical subassembly and an electrical the back pressures essential for ensuring against
subassembly. The principle behind its technology is a phase changes and the possibility of cavitation.
unique hydraulic circuitry called the flow match valve With valve control provided by Electraulic™
system. The actuator incorporates a bi-directional gear Actuators, crude oil and petroleum products are
pump coupled to either a stepper or a servo motor that reaching customers without problems in pipeline
provides a highly efficient method of pumping hydraulic flow and at accurately determined pricing.
fluid from one side of a double-acting cylinder to the
other. The discrete operation of the motor and pump
creates action only when a position change is required.
Once the required position is reached, the motor shuts off
and the flow match valve system hydraulically locks the
actuator in place. Minimal power is required to maintain
actuator position. The motor and pump sit idle until a new
command signal is received.

REXA, Inc.
Headquarters & Factory
4 Manley Street
West Bridgewater, MA 02379
(508) 584-1199

AS_MBV-09/15

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