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Instrumentation and Control - Lecture 9

This document discusses flow measurement for instrumentation and control. It explains that flow measurement is important for processes like HVAC, gas/water/oil supply, and chemical processes. There are two main types of flow rates - volume flow rate and mass flow rate. While volume flow rate can vary with pressure and temperature changes in gases, mass flow rate provides a more accurate measurement for industrial processes since mass is constant. The document then describes mass flow measurement and different devices used for flow measurement like turbine, positive displacement, variable area, and anemometer meters. It also asks students to watch videos in groups on different flow measurement technologies and report their findings.

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Instrumentation and Control - Lecture 9

This document discusses flow measurement for instrumentation and control. It explains that flow measurement is important for processes like HVAC, gas/water/oil supply, and chemical processes. There are two main types of flow rates - volume flow rate and mass flow rate. While volume flow rate can vary with pressure and temperature changes in gases, mass flow rate provides a more accurate measurement for industrial processes since mass is constant. The document then describes mass flow measurement and different devices used for flow measurement like turbine, positive displacement, variable area, and anemometer meters. It also asks students to watch videos in groups on different flow measurement technologies and report their findings.

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CECOS UNIVERSITY

Of
IT & EMERGING
SCIENCES

Instrumentati
on
and
Control
1

Lecture-7
2

w
o
Fl

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M

WHY TO MEASURE
FLOW????

HVAC application
Gas supply
Water Supply
Oil Supply
Chemical Processes
Many others

TYPES OF FLOW RATES


Volume flow rate..
m3/h, ft3/min, lit/hour
Mass flow Rate.. Kg/h,
Lbs/min

LIQUID VERSUS GAS????


Gassess
Let the volume of the
balloon be 4ft3.
What will happen if out
side pressure is
increased?
Yes the volume will
decrease but the Mass
is still the same

2 kg Air

WHAT DOES THAT


MEAN??
It means that if the pressure and temperature
of a gas is varying then its difficult to measure
the actual flow rate (volume flow rate)
There are many well established methods of
measuring the actual volumetric flow rate.
However, the measured flow rate will vary
with changes in temperature and pressure.
For virtually all industrial process operations,
the user wants to measure the mass flow rate
instead of the actual flow rate.

Where is MASS FLOW


RATE used??
Chemical reactions work on the basis of
mass relationships of ingredients.
Combustion is based upon the mass flow
rate of the air and the fuel.
Gas consumption in a facility is based upon
mass flow rate.
To accurately measure mass flow, the
actual flow rate must be adjusted to correct
for any change in temperature and
pressure.

WHAT IS MASS FLOW


MEASUREMENT ?

WHAT IS MASS FLOW


MEASUREMENT?(Cont)
The simplest way of measuring flow of gas is
in units of cubic feet per minute or cubic
meters per hour, corrected to STP conditions.
This is referred to as SCFM (standard cubic
feet per minute) or the metric equivalent of
Nm3/h (normal cubic meters per hour).
The density of a gas at standard conditions is
known, thus providing a relationship between
SCFM and pounds per hour or between Nm 3/h
and kg/h

SCFM & ACFM

TYPES OF FLOW MEASUREMENT


DEVICES

You Will Study

Turbine
Positive Displacement
Variable Area
Anemometer
Also find out what time of meter is
used by SNGPL for gas
measurement.

NOW
We will now divide the class in 4
groups
Watch videos showing working of
different technologies in measuring
the flow.
Each group will note down as many
details as possible from the videos.
In the end I will ask each group to
present their findings for two
technologies that I ask

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