Volume Flow Measurements

Obstruction Meters

Orifice Meters

Venturi Meters

Flow Nozzles

Pitot-Static Tubes

Rotameter, variable-areaflowmeter
Force balance

Drag Force
Gravity
Buoyancy

(usually negligible)

m use m cal
Derived on next
slide

use
cal

Turbine Flow Meters

Vortex meters operate on the principle that when a non-streamlined

object is placed in the middle of a flow stream, vortices are shed
alternately downstream of the object. The frequency of the vortex
shedding is directly proportional to the velocity of the liquid
flowing in the pipeline.

Magnetic flowmeter

Magnetic flowmeter
Based upon Faradays Law
The fluid is the conductor, must be electrically conductive.
E=BDVx10-8
E=voltage, volts
B=magnetic flux density, gauss
D= length of the conductor, cm
V=velocity of the conductor, cm/sec

Magnetic Flow
Meter

Positive
Displacement
Meters