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Flow Meter Selection Table
Flow Meter Selection Table
STANDARD
PRODUCT
BS 1359 + BS 29104:1993
EN code AMD:2006
BS 12480:2015 BS 12261:2002
(only for liquid)
B109.1:2000 AGA Report N°
AGA ANSI code AGA Report N° 3 AGA Report N° 3
B109.2:2000
B109.3:2000 AGA Report N° 7 AGA Report N° 9
10
AGA Report N° 11
MPMS 14.9:2013
MPMS 5.2:2005 MPMS 5.2:2005 MPMS 5.3:2005 MPMS 5.8:2011
API code MPMS 22.2:2012 MPMS 22.2:2012 MPMS 22.2:2012 MPMS 22.2:2012 MPMS 22.2:2012 MPMS 22.2:2012
(only for liquid) (only for liquid) (only for liquid) (only for liquid)
MPMS 5.6:2002 MPMS 5.1:2005
(only for liquid)
VDI/VDE
Other ISA 1932
3513:2008
Clean Good Good Good Good Good Good No No Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good No
Dirty Fair Fair Fair No Fair Fair No No No Fair Fair Fair Fair Good Fair Good No
LIQUID
Corrosive / Toxic Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Good No No Fair Fair Fair Good Fair Good Fair Fair No
Viscous No Fair Fair No Fair No No No Good No No Fair Fair Good Fair Good No
Clean Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good No Good Good No Good Good No Good Good
Dirty Fair Fair Fair No Fair No No No No No Good No Fair Fair No Fair Fair
GAS
Corrosive/Toxic Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Good No No No No Fair No Fair Good No No Fair
Liquid/Liquid
Good Good Good Good Fair No No No Fair Fair Fair Good Fair Fair No Fair Fair
mixture
Liquid/Gas
No Fair Fair No No No No No No No No Fair No No No No No
mixture
Slurries No Fair Fair No Fair No No No No No No Good Fair Good No Fair No
Min. ø Pipe size
2" 2" 2" 2" 2" 1/2" 1/2" 3/4" 1" 2" 1" 1" 4" 1/2" n. a. 1" 1/2"
(in)
Max. ø Pipe size
40" 50" 48" 50" 72" 4" 4" 10" 4" 12" 12" 24" 24" No limits n. a. 12" 72"
(in)
Straight Piping ø
15÷60 ø 15÷80 ø 10÷30 ø 10 ø 10 ø None None None None 10÷50 ø 10÷50 ø 5÷20 ø 10÷40 ø 10÷40 ø n. a. None 10÷50 ø
UPSTREAM
Piping Data
Straight Piping ø
10 ø 10 ø 5ø 5ø 5ø None None None None 2÷6 ø 2÷6 ø 3ø 2÷6 ø 2÷6 ø n. a. None 5ø
DOWNSTREAM
Sensitivity to
Installation High Moderated Low Low Low None High High High High High Low High Low Moderate None None
Effects
Pressure Loss Medium Medium Negligible Low Negligible Low Low Medium Medium High Medium None None None None High Negligible
Max. Pressure
400 600 600 400 400 400 6 15 100 250 100 40 500 No limits 3 900 20
(bar)
Max.
Temperature 1200 500 500 1200 700 200 60 60 130 100 400 150 1500 550 n. a. 300 500
(°C)
Min. Reynolds N° > 5000 > 10000 > 200000 > 3000 > 80000 Suitable for fluid n. a. n. a. > 0.3 cSt > 0.2 cSt > 5000 n. a. > 100 > 10000 n. a. > 4000 > 2000
viscosity
Max. Reynolds 7 6 7 7 6 6 8
no limit 10 2 x 10 10 1.2 x 10 < 3 Cp n. a. n. a. 100000 cSt 70 cSt 7 x 10 n. a. 10 6 n. a. 3 x 10 1 x 10
N°
Min. β 0.1 0.2 0.3 n. a. 0.45 n. a. n. a. n. a. n. a. n. a. n. a. n. a. n. a. n. a. n. a. n. a. n. a.
Turndown
4:1 4:1 4:1 3:1 10 : 1 10 : 1 200 : 1 10 : 1 10 : 1 30 : 1 15 : 1 40 : 1 100 : 1 100 : 1 n. a. 50 : 1 100 : 1
(Rangeability)
Low Liquid Flow
(0.12 m3/h), (< 2 Fair No No No No Good No No Good No No No No No n. a. No No
l/min)
Large Liquid
Flow
Good Good Good Good Good No No No No Good Fair Good Good Good n. a. Good No
(>1000 m3/h), (>
1.7 x 10 4 l/min)
calibrated meter
Flow data for
± 1 ÷3 % ±1÷2% ±1÷2% ±2÷4% ± 0.5 % ±1÷5% ±1÷2% ±1% ± 0.5 % ± 0.25 % ±1÷2% ± 0.5 ÷ 1% ± 0.5 ÷ 2 % ± 0.5 ÷ 3 % ± 2 ÷ 5 % Full ± 0.1 ÷ 0.3 % ±1÷3%
Accuracy Full scale Full scale Full scale Full scale of reading Full scale Full scale Full scale of rate of rate of rate of rate Full scale Full scale scale of rate of rate
±1% ±1% ± 0.1 % ± 1.5 % ± 0.1 % ± 0.25 % ±1% ±1% ± 0.1 % ± 0.1 % ± 0.2 % ± 0.1 % ± 0.2 % ± 0.2 % ± 0.2 % ± 0.1 % ± 0.25 %
Repeatability Full scale Full scale reading Full scale Full scale Full scale Full scale Full scale reading reading reading reading reading reading reading reading reading