Industrial Oxygen Flow Meters

Oxygen Flow Meters are digital flow meters that can measure industrial oxygen. It is very important to choose a suitable flow meter to measure and monitor the oxygen flow.

Industrial Oxygen Flow Meters

Oxygen and hydrogen are special gases, so you must choose a suitable flow meter. Several commonly used flow meters that can measure oxygen are precession vortex flowmeters, vortex flowmeters, DP flowmeters and thermal gas mass flowmeters. The selection of oxygen flow meter must provide specific parameters, such as pipe diameter, working pressure, temperature, flow range, functional requirements and so on.

Sino-Inst offers a variety of Industrial Oxygen Flow Meters for flow measurement. If you have any questions, please contact our sales engineers.

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Applications of industrial oxygen

Industrial oxygen generally only requires oxygen purity, and has no special requirements for other sanitary conditions. At the same time, it also contains excessive carbon monoxide, methane and other harmful gases, and the content of moisture, bacteria and dust is also high. Industrial oxygen is mainly used for welding and gas welding. , Gas cutting, etc.

Application of industrial gas oxygen

  • Chemical industry: In the production of synthetic ammonia, oxygen is mainly used for the oxidation of raw gas to strengthen the process and increase the output of chemical fertilizers. Another example is the high-temperature cracking of heavy oil and the gasification of pulverized coal.
  • National defense industry: Liquid oxygen is a good combustion-supporting agent for modern rockets. Liquid oxygen is also needed as an oxidant in supersonic aircraft. After being impregnated with liquid oxygen, combustible substances are highly explosive and can be used to make liquid oxygen explosives.
  • Medical care: supply breathing: used in hypoxic, hypoxic, or anaerobic environment. For example diving operations, mountaineering, high-altitude flight, space navigation, medical rescue, etc.
  • Other aspects: It is used as a combustion aid in combination with acetylene, propane, and other combustible gases to achieve the role of welding and cutting metals. It is widely used in various industries, especially in machinery enterprises. It is also very convenient for cutting and is the first choice A cutting method.

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Oxygen flow meters types

Several commonly used flow meters that can measure oxygen are vortex flow meters, target flow meters, differential pressure flow meters, metal tube float flow meters and thermal gas mass flow meters. Let’s pay attention to the analysis.

Vortex flowmeter measures oxygen:

It is not anti-vibration, has a high starting flow rate, and can measure large flow media. Oxygen is a small molecule gas. It cannot measure its offline flow during measurement. The flow range of the vortex street DN300 caliber is 4500~45000m3/h. (Read more about: Flow Unit Conversion Table) At the time of selection, this flowmeter cannot measure a flow rate of less than 4500 cubic meters per hour.

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Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter measures oxygen:

Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter, like vortex flowmeter, is a velocity flowmeter. The cost performance of the intelligent precession vortex flowmeter is higher than vortex flowmeter. The intelligent precession vortex flowmeter can only measure gas.

Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter can be made into an integrated temperature and pressure compensation. And can measure various gases. Such as compressed air, oxygen, biogas, natural gas, coal gas, etc.

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Target flow meter measures oxygen:

The main measurement medium of this flowmeter is high viscosity, many impurities, easy to block, high temperature, low temperature, and strong corrosion. Oxygen is a pure gas, a small molecule gas, and its flow rate is slow. The target flowmeter does not meet its measurement characteristics.

Differential pressure flow meters (Bar-type series flow meters, orifice plates, wedge types, nozzles, V cones, etc.) measure oxygen:

All of them belong to a kind of throttling device. When measuring, the pressure is taken through the pressure taking port, and then converted into a flow signal output by the transmitter. In the process of converting the flow signal, the transmitter is prone to zero drift, and the stability of the flow is difficult to guarantee.

The pressure loss is larger than other flow meters, and it is difficult to accurately measure under low pressure and low flow rate conditions. Easy to get dirty and easy to block, large maintenance, can be used for general process control.

When there is no interference on site, the accuracy is greater than 2.5%, and the installation of large pipe diameter is time-consuming and laborious.

Metal tube float flowmeter measures oxygen:

This flowmeter is a mechanical flowmeter designed to measure small flow gases, with a measurement accuracy of 2.5%. There is no advantage in measuring large pipe diameters, hydrogen, and oxygen.

The flow range of DN300: 600~6000m3/h. The upper limit of flow can only reach 6000 cubic meters per hour, which cannot meet the on-site flow. Large pipe diameters are expensive and troublesome to install.

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Thermal gas mass flow meter measures oxygen:

The oil-free degreasing treatment has been done before leaving the factory to ensure the reliable usability of the flowmeter under working conditions.

Its range can be 400-10000m3/h, which can fully reach the required flow range. It comes with temperature and pressure compensation and high measurement accuracy. Good stability, simple installation, no special maintenance. It is a high-precision, maintenance-free gas flow meter.

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Industrial CO2 flow meters

CO2 flow meters are instruments that can measure the flow of gaseous or liquid carbon dioxide. CO2 is a common industrial gas, and effective measurement is very important.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature and pressure. We often recommend precession vortex flowmeters, v-cone flowmeters, vortex flowmeters, gas turbine flowmeters, etc. Under different working conditions, we will choose different flow meters for customers.

Sino-Inst offers a variety of CO2 flow meters for flow measurement. If you have any questions, please contact our sales engineers.

  • High-purity carbon dioxide is mainly used in the electronics industry. Calibration gas for carbon dioxide lasers, testing instruments, and other special mixed gas preparations. It is used as a regulator in polyethylene polymerization.
  • Solid carbon dioxide is widely used in refrigerated dairy products, meat, frozen food, and other foods that are perishable during transit. Used as a refrigerant in many industrial processes. For example, crushing heat-sensitive materials, rubber polishing, metal cold processing, shrink assembly of mechanical parts, vacuum cold traps, etc.
  • Gaseous carbon dioxide is used for carbonized soft drinks, pH control in water treatment processes, chemical processing, food preservation, inert protection in chemical and food processing, welding gas, and plant growth stimulant. Used for hardening molds and cores in casting and for pneumatic devices.
  • It is also used as a diluent for sterilizing gas. That is, the mixed gas of ethylene oxide and carbon dioxide is used as sterilization, insecticide, and fumigant. It is widely used in the fumigation of medical equipment, packaging materials, clothing, furs, factories, cultural relics, and books.
  • Liquid carbon dioxide is used as a refrigerant for low-temperature tests of aircraft, missiles, and electronic components. Improve oil well recovery. Rubber polishing and chemical reaction control can also be used as a fire extinguishing agent.
  • Supercritical carbon dioxide can be used as a solvent for dissolving non-polar, non-ionic, and low-molecular-weight compounds. Therefore, it is widely used in homogeneous reactions.

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CO2 gas flow meter

Vortex flow meters and gas turbine flow meters are the most commonly used carbon dioxide flow meters.

In addition to vortex and gas turbine flowmeters, we mainly recommend precessing vortex flowmeters to measure carbon dioxide.

Precession vortex flowmeter is a new type of gas flowmeter. It can be used for the measurement of natural gas, propane, air, nitrogen, and other gases.

Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter, like a vortex flowmeter, is a velocity flowmeter. The cost performance of the intelligent precession vortex flowmeter is higher than the vortex flowmeter. The intelligent precession vortex flowmeter can only measure gas. Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter can be made into an integrated temperature and pressure compensation. And can measure various gases. Such as compressed air, oxygen, biogas, natural gas, coal gas, etc.

Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter reference price: DN50, USD 600.00/pc.

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CO2 mass flow meter

The thermal gas flow meter is a flow meter that only measures gas! There are two types of installation, plug-in type, and pipeline type, and the maximum temperature of the medium can reach 300°C. And it has high precision and good stability. Measuring carbon dioxide couldn’t be better.

  • Measure gas mass flow without temperature and pressure compensation.
  • The range ratio is large, and the measuring flow rate range: 0.1Nm/s~120Nm/s.
  • No pressure loss, suitable for pipes of any shape with the known cross-sectional area.
  • Corrosion-resistant sensor, suitable for measuring corrosive gases.
  • The plug-in sensor can be installed and maintained online.
  • The expert algorithm in the full range ensures the accuracy of the measurement. Suitable for trade settlement or gas leak detection.

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A thermal gas mass flow meter is a new type of flow meter that can conveniently and accurately detect the mass flow of various gases flowing in the pipeline without temperature and pressure compensation.

It can be widely used in gas process control and gas flow measurement.
The mass flow of natural gas, air, hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine, helium, argon, ammonia, biogas, coal gas, flue gas, and (except acetylene gas) flowing in the pipeline.

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Liquid CO2 flow meter

Liquid carbon dioxide refers to the liquefaction of carbon dioxide gas into liquid form under high pressure and low temperature. Liquid carbon dioxide is a refrigerant that can be used to preserve food and can also be used for artificial rainfall.

According to the situation of night talk about carbon dioxide, we can choose a suitable flow meter.

For example, in low temperature conditions, we can choose Low temperature Turbine Flowmeter.

In other cases, a V-cone flowmeter can also be used for measurement.

Gas mass flow controller

The gas mass flow controller is based on the principle of thermal mass flow measurement. With control valve. The Micro Gas Flow Controller (MFC) is used to precisely measure and control the mass flow of gas.

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Biogas Flow Meters Selection Guide

Biogas Flow Meters are instruments that can measure the flow of biogas. Could be a vortex flow meter, thermal mass flow meter, etc. Commonly used in biogas stations, biogas production fermentation tanks, etc.

Biogas Flow Meters measure the flow of biogas in the production and use process.
At present, several biogas flow measurement technologies have been widely used in the biogas field, including turbine flow meters, vortex flow meters, orifice flow meters, ultrasonic gas flow meters, etc.

Sino-Inst offers a variety of Biogas Flow Meters for flow measurement. If you have any questions, please contact our sales engineers.

renewable energy source-biogas

At present, the use of biogas is mainly concentrated in three major fields: rural areas, aquaculture, and industry.

Utilization of rural biogas
The comprehensive utilization of rural biogas can effectively solve the problem of living energy for farmers. The existing plant straw and animal manure in rural areas are used as raw materials. Use facilities such as biogas digesters to produce biogas after long-term fermentation. Provide farmers with gas, lighting, organic fertilizers.

Utilization of biogas in aquaculture
Livestock and poultry manure is put into the biogas project to produce biogas after fermentation. After the manure is fermented, it can be directly used as crop fertilizer, fish farming, pig feeding, seed soaking, etc. Promote the integration of agricultural planting and breeding. The main utilization methods are as follows: First, to provide gas for surrounding residents. The second is to provide electricity for the farm through power generation, and the remaining electricity will be connected to the grid.

Utilization of biogas in industry
The utilization of biogas in the industrial field is mainly concentrated in papermaking, brewing, food processing, sewage treatment and other industries. Industrial waste is used as raw material for fermentation to produce biogas. Mainly power generation and heat supply. Biogas can be used for internal combustion engine power generation, combustion support of large coal-fired boilers or to replace raw coal. Use small boilers to produce steam, etc.

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Purpose of biogas flow measurement

In the process of biogas production and use, it needs to be flow metered. The main purposes are as follows:

  • Provide reference data for biogas station. The purpose of installing flow meters in biogas supply stations is to provide basic data for the scheduling and control of biogas.
  • Check the efficiency of fermentation tanks or landfills. Know the efficiency of the fermentation tank through the biogas flow. If the flow fluctuates unexpectedly, you can check the status of the fermentation tank in time.
  • Control the combustion efficiency of the boiler. When a biogas boiler is burning, it is necessary to understand the flow of biogas to control the ventilation of the boiler. Excessive ventilation will reduce the furnace temperature. The ventilation rate is too low and the gas cannot be fully burned, causing waste and pollution.
  • Control greenhouse gas emissions. Both CH4 and CO2 in biogas are greenhouse gases. Among them, CH4 is a greenhouse gas that is more harmful than CO2.
  • Charges for civil biogas metering. Civil users install flow meters mainly for metering charges, and the management department conducts cost accounting.

Difficulties in biogas measurement

Biogas is a kind of gas that is very difficult to measure. It has the following characteristics:

  • Very low pressure: the original biogas from the fermentation tank usually does not exceed 0.1 kg (10kPa).
  • Composition changes: Biogas is composed of a variety of mixed gases. The composition of the biogas produced will fluctuate greatly depending on the raw materials for gas production.
  • Large flow fluctuations: With changes in biogas raw materials, bacteria conditions, temperature fluctuations, etc., the output biogas flow rate will also vary greatly, so the flowmeter is required to have a larger turndown ratio.
  • Water vapor: Biogas is produced by the fermentation of biomass, and the water in the biomass will be carried into the biogas. Therefore, the biogas usually contains saturated water vapor.
  • Corrosive: Biogas usually contains H2S, although the content is low. But H2S will form corrosive hydrosulfuric acid after encountering water vapor. There is a greater potential for corrosion of metering components.

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Types of biogas flow meters

At present, several biogas flow measurement technologies have been widely used in the field of biogas. Mainly include turbine flowmeter, vortex flowmeter, orifice flowmeter, ultrasonic gas flowmeter, etc.

However, due to the characteristics of low biogas pressure, large changes in biogas component flow, strong corrosiveness, and viscous impurities. These flow measurement technologies also have some application problems, which bring troubles to the stability of flow measurement and daily maintenance.

Vortex flow meter to measure biogas

The vortex flowmeter is a volume flowmeter that measures the volume flow of gas, steam or liquid, the volume flow of standard conditions or the mass flow of gas, steam or liquid based on the Karman vortex principle. When the fluid flows through the dust collector rod of the vortex flowmeter, a vortex is formed. The frequency of vortex shedding is proportional to the fluid velocity. Temperature and pressure compensation can be configured.

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Precession vortex flowmeter to measure biogas

Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter, like vortex flowmeter, is a velocity flowmeter. The cost performance of the intelligent precession vortex flowmeter is higher than vortex flowmeter. The intelligent precession vortex flowmeter can only measure gas. Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter can be made into an integrated temperature and pressure compensation. And can measure various gases. Such as compressed air, oxygen, biogas, natural gas, coal gas, etc.

Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter reference price: DN50, USD 600.00/pc.

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Thermal mass flow meter to measure biogas

Thermal Mass Flow Meter is a true mass flow meter. No temperature and pressure compensation is required. Thermal gas mass flow meters are designed based on the principle of thermal diffusion. Including natural gas, coal gas, liquefied gas, flare gas, argon, carbon dioxide and other mixed gas flow measurement.


Gas turbine flowmeter to measure biogas

The gas turbine flowmeter integrates temperature, pressure, flow sensors and intelligent flow totalizers. The gas turbine flowmeter has high accuracy and good repeatability, so it is suitable for trade measurement and industrial process detection. It is widely used in many kinds of gas in petroleum, chemical, metallurgy, aviation, scientific research and other sectors and industrial fields. Such as natural gas, city gas, propane, butane, air, nitrogen and other gases measurement.

Gas Turbine Flow Meter reference price: USD900-2500/pc


Differential pressure flow meter to measure biogas

Differential Pressure Flow Meter is also called DP flow meter. Differential pressure flow meters use the principle of differential pressure to measure the flow of liquid, gas and steam.

The measurement of biogas flow is currently a big problem. But the advent of the differential pressure flowmeter completely broke the traditional flow measurement. V-cone flowmeters, balanced flowmeters, and orifice flowmeters are typical for measuring biogas flow. Both can easily solve the problem of biogas flow measurement, with measurement accuracy and good stability.

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Biogas flow meter price

Biogas flow meter price varies according to different flow meter technologies, flow meter size and functions.

Generally speaking, vortex flowmeters are preferred to measure biogas flow. Because the technology is mature and the cost is low.
Vortex flow meter for biogas flow meter price starts from $230. Welcome to send your flow meter size to us obtain the low price cost for biogas flow measurement.

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Digital Beer Flow Meters

The beer Flow Meter is also called the brewery flow meter. Beer Flow Meters is Flow Meters for the Craft Beer Brewing Process management system. For beverages such as beer and liquor, it is important to accurately measure and control their flow.

Digital Beer Flow Meters for Brewery-Wine flow measurement can be contact or non-contact. Contact type is also called sanitary flowmeter. The non-contact type is mainly the external clamp type ultrasonic flowmeter. Next, we will analyze in detail.

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The Use of Beer Flow Meter in Beer Production Process

In the main technological process of beer production. For effective control in the production process. It is necessary to measure and control the intermediate raw materials – wort, sake in semi-finished products, raw juice wine in high-concentration dilution process, sterile carbonated water, final product filling and waste water generated during production.

Raw material allocation: During the preparation of raw materials for beer production. The main measurement parameters are weight and level.

Wort production: Wort is an important intermediate raw material for beer production. Its measurement involves the handover settlement between the front and rear processes (workshops), which is extremely important. Especially when the front and rear process workshops are separately accounted for. The measurement results are related to the completion of the respective production and economic indicators. Therefore, this measurement point is very important and sensitive, and accuracy is its primary indicator.

Wort has a certain viscosity, but there is no difficulty in the measurement of electromagnetic flowmeter. What needs to be considered is corrosion during the process. The flowmeter used at this measurement point can consider the electromagnetic flowmeter with PTFE lining (or PFA) and stainless steel electrode. It can prevent the corrosion of dilute hydrogen peroxide and alkaline water. Usually the diameter is between 50 and 100mm. The diameter of the flowmeter can be determined according to the flow rate and the matching process piping.

Fermentation: Sake that has been fermented and filtered. It will be transported to the next process through the pipeline – packaging. It also involves the custody transfer of the two departments. Accurate measurement of sake is also extremely important, otherwise unnecessary disputes will arise. The requirements for flow meters are similar to those for wort metering.

High concentration dilution: due to different production processes. Some beers are produced by blending high-strength ale. This requires strict control of the ratio of high-concentration original wine and sterile carbonated water. Guarantee the degree of beer after mixing.

Beer Flow Meter System

In each production line, two electromagnetic flowmeters are required for proportional flow control. Generally, the diameter of the flowmeter for measuring wine is 50-100mm. The flowmeter for measuring water is 20-50mm. Depends on production scale. In order to ensure that the instrument has a high measurement accuracy. It should be ensured that the fluid velocity is above 1m/s. Make the flow measurement in the best working range of the instrument. At the same time, the time constant of the flowmeter should also be set smaller, generally 1 to 3s. In order to improve the sensitivity of the control and ensure the accuracy of the proportioning.

Flow meters in the production process of the beer industry have their own special requirements. For example, it is necessary to avoid the reproduction of bacteria, to facilitate frequent cleaning and to withstand the disinfection of corrosive alkaline water and hydrogen peroxide under higher temperature conditions. Specific requirements are as follows:

  1. The sensor measurement circuit is simple. There are no obstructions and parts that tend to retain media.
  2. All the parts and materials in contact with the medium meet the requirements of food hygiene. Such as compliance with FDA (US Food and Drug Administration), EHEDG (European Health Equipment Design Organization) requirements.
  3. The parts in contact with the medium can withstand the temperature crash and corrosion when cleaning with steam, alkaline water and hydrogen peroxide.
  4. When used in filling process, it should have fast response performance and high measurement accuracy.
  5. Can adapt to low temperature (about 2 ℃) and humid working environment.

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Sanitary Flow Meters for Beer, Wine and Spirits

Magnetic flow meter for beer flow

Beer is a conductive medium and can be measured with an electromagnetic flowmeter.
When measuring beer, you only need to use stainless steel electrodes and PTFE lining.
Electromagnetic flowmeter is a measuring instrument with high measurement accuracy and good stability. It has been widely used in beer flow measurement.

Beer flow measurement, let’s take a look at how to select a beer electromagnetic flowmeter:

  1. Medium
  2. Temperature
  3. Pressure

When measuring beer flow, you can select according to the above three corresponding parameters. It can meet the measurement requirements on site.

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Turbine flow meter for beer flow

Sanitary turbine flow meter or Hygienic turbine flowmeter. Ensure Accurate Flow Measurement in Sanitary food-processing and bio-technology industries.

Sanitary Turbine Flow Meter reference price: DN100. USD 300-700/pc.

Sanitary turbine flow meters have stainless steel bodies and come standard with Tri-Clover fittings. Sanitary flow meter is suitable for measuring liquid without impurities. It can output pulse frequency signal. It is used to detect instantaneous flow and total integrated flow. Sanitary flow meter can be used in food, sport drink, liquor and other beverage industries, in preprocess applications.

Ultrasonic flow meter for beer flow

There are three types of ultrasonic flowmeters. Like clamp type, plug-in type, pipe segment type can be used to measure the flow of beer.

Because beer is food, the clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter is non-contact with beer. The other two require contact with the beer. According to the ease of installation and use. The clamp-on type is better than the other two.

Tri-clamp flow meter

Common sanitary flow meters are sanitary magnetic flow meter and sanitary turbine flow meter. Composed of 304/316 stainless steel. Sanitary flowmeter with Tri-Clamp fittings is easier to install and disassemble. Suitable for food hygiene industry.

The sanitary flowmeter uses a new sanitary lining material and lining technology. At the same time, a stainless steel casing and a stainless steel clamp connection are used to facilitate the quick disassembly and cleaning of the sanitary flowmeter. It is not easy to be polluted, and can effectively prevent the accumulation of measuring fluid residue in the measuring tube. It is used in the production process of mineral water, soy sauce, jam, beer, fruit juice, rice wine, milk and other foods and in the fields of hygiene and chemical industry.

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Brewery Oxygen-Co2 Flow Meter

Oxygen and hydrogen are special gases, so you must choose a suitable flow meter. Several commonly used flow meters that can measure oxygen are precession vortex flowmeters, vortex flowmeters, DP flowmeters and thermal gas mass flowmeters. The selection of oxygen flow meter must provide specific parameters, such as pipe diameter, working pressure, temperature, flow range, functional requirements and so on.

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Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature and pressure. We often recommend precession vortex flowmeters, v-cone flowmeters, vortex flowmeters, gas turbine flowmeters, etc. Under different working conditions, we will choose different flow meters for customers.

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Beverage Flow Meter

The beverage industry includes beer, fruit juice, etc., and electromagnetic flowmeters could not be better. Generally, the medium is conductive, and it is very good to add ions appropriately. And there is no loss. There is no differential pressure loss or something.

Originally, there are still many ways to protect the electrodes of the electromagnetic flowmeter. We should pay more attention to it in the process of use. Don’t cause the electromagnetic flowmeter to fail to operate normally in the future due to a little negligence.

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Frequently
Asked
Questions

1. If you originally used an ultrasonic external clamp flow meter. Then change is very simple. Just need to remove the outer clamp sensor. Then install a new external clamp sensor.
2. If you originally used a sanitary electromagnetic flowmeter or a sanitary turbine flowmeter. Then it is recommended that you add a bypass pipe for the initial installation.


In this way, when the beer flow meter needs to be replaced, the bypass pipe can be opened. Close the main pipe. Replace the beer flow meter in this way. Will not affect production efficiency.

The purpose of the flowmeter is to measure the flow of fluid in a pipe or open channel.

Flow meters are the eyes of industrial production.

Flow meters can be used to measure liquids, gases (vapor) and solids (impulse flow meters). To meet the needs of process control and metered delivery.

In fact, different flow meters should be installed in different locations.

Regarding flow meter installation for gas or liquid, the flow meter should always be placed in a position where it is filled with the fluid, even if there is no flow. 、

Yokogawa’s 5 Flow meter installation tips to maximize efficiency. Might be able to give you better advice.

First of all, it is necessary to distinguish what medium is the flowmeter of the right type.

  1. With viscous liquid: use oval gear flowmeter, like lubricating oil, high viscosity oil, syrup, peanut oil, gasoline, diesel, toothpaste, yogurt, edible oil, hydraulic oil
  2. For liquids with higher viscosity, use dual rotor flowmeters

The ones with higher viscosity are rubber, paraffin, paint, petroleum with high viscosity, thickener, bitumen, thickener, etc.

  1. With conductive liquid: electromagnetic flowmeter

Sewage, tap water, aluminum chloride solution, sodium chloride solution, silver nitrate, ferric chloride solution and other conductive liquids

  1. Non-conductive liquid, use liquid turbine flowmeter

The filtered liquid cannot have impurities and must be equipped with filters, purified water, mineral water, ethanol, and other liquids.

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LPG flow meters

LPG flow meter is used for flow measurement of liquefied petroleum gas. The flow measurement of LPG is very important in industrial production, transportation and trade settlement.

LPG gas (Liquefied petroleum gas) is a kind of hydrocarbon with propane and butane as its main components. LPG is used for heating, motor fuel, industrial applications and in agriculture. LPG can be in a gas or liquefied state. Different type industrial LPG flow meters with accurate and reliable performance. Such as thermal dispersion flow meter, Coriolis flow meter, gas turbine flow meter, vortex flow meters.

Sino-Inst offers LPG/propane gas flow meter at competitive low price from China gas flow meter manufactures. If you have any questions, please contact our sales engineers.

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Features of LPG

LPG refers to petroleum gas liquefied at high pressure or low temperature, referred to as “liquefied petroleum gas” or “liquefied petroleum gas”. Its composition is propane, n-butane, isobutane and a small amount of ethane, organic compounds greater than carbon 5, unsaturated hydrocarbons and so on.

LPG has the characteristics of flammability, explosiveness, vaporization, thermal expansion, retention, electrification, corrosiveness and suffocation.

PG is mainly composed of propane (C3H8) and butane (C4H10). Some LPG also contains propylene (C3H6) and butene (C4H8).

LPG is generally obtained from petroleum gas in oil and gas fields, refineries or ethylene plants. Compared with other fuels, LPG has the following unique advantages.

  • Less pollution
  • High heat
  • Easy to transport
  • Stable pressure
  • Simple storage and flexible supply

Because of the above-mentioned advantages of LPG, it is widely used as industrial, commercial and domestic fuel.

At the same time, its chemical composition determines that LPG is also a very useful chemical raw material, so it is also widely used in the production of various chemical products.

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LPG Flow Meter Types

Generally, when choosing a suitable LPG flow meter, we must distinguish it according to the state of the LPG.

Gaseous LPG

Vortex flow meter also called Vortex shedding flow meter. Vortex Flow Meter is suitable for flow measurement of steam and various liquids and gases. Read more about: How Vortex Flow Meter measures efficiently? For steam, gas, liquid 

Precession vortex flowmeter is a new type of gas flowmeter. It can be used for the measurement of natural gas, propane, air, nitrogen, and other gases. Read more.

Gas turbine flow meter is a velocity flow meter that measures gas flow. For natural gas, nitrogen, and gas trade measurement.

Rroots Gas Meter is a meter that accurately measures gas flow. Based on the principle of volumetric measurement. It is an ideal natural gas and gas flow meter.

Liquid LPG

Mass flow meter directly measures the mass flow of the medium passing through the flow meter. It can also measure the density, temperature and viscosity of the medium

Mass flow meter is a flow measuring instrument that measures the mass flow in the pipeline. The volume of a fluid is a function of fluid temperature and pressure and is a dependent variable. The quality of a fluid is a quantity that does not change with time, space temperature, and pressure.

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Low temperature micro flow LPG

A gear flow meter is a micro digital positive displacement flow meter. Can measure very small flow rates and quantify small volumes of liquid. High and low-temperature resistance (-196℃-200℃).

The Gear flow meter for Microflow is made of stainless steel and is used for precise continuous or intermittent measurement of the flow or instantaneous flow of liquid. It is especially suitable for the flow measurement of heavy oil, polyvinyl alcohol, grease, and other high-viscosity media. It can measure the viscosity of Fluids up to 10000Pa.s.

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High viscosity LPG

Volumetric Flow Meter, as a mechanical flow meter, is also called Positive displacement flowmeter. It can measure the volume flow of high viscosity and corrosive fluids.

Volumetric Flow Meter is a mechanical instrument used to measure the volume flow of fluids. A volumetric flow meter is an instrument which can measure either directly or indirectly the volume of a substance which is passing through a specific location in a set period of time. The main advantage of these types of flow meters is that they can handle high viscosity and corrosiveness fluid.

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Digital Propane Flow Meters

Propane flow meter refers to a flow meter that can measure gaseous or liquid propane. Propane is also generally referred to as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

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Wet Gas Flow Meters

Wet Gas Flow Meter is an instrument used to measure industrial wet gas flow. Such as wet air, wet gas and wet chlorine, etc.

Common gas flow meters include vortex flow meters, V cone flow meters, orifice flow meters, gas turbine flow meters, and so on. The Wet Gas Flow Meter Solutions introduced in this article are mainly used to measure the volume flow or mass flow of Wet Gas Flow.

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LMF wet gas flow meter

LMF anticorrosive wet gas flowmeter is one of the commonly used instruments in laboratories.

When measuring the total volume of gas, its accuracy is high, especially when the flow rate is small, its error is small. It can be used directly to measure gas flow, and can also be used as a standard instrument to calibrate other flowmeters.

The effective volume of each gas chamber of the wet gas flowmeter is controlled by the water surface injected into the flowmeter in advance. Therefore, it is necessary to check whether the water surface reaches the predetermined position during use, and the instrument must be kept level during installation.

Measured medium:
LMF series wet gas flow meters are mainly divided into two models:
LML type is a common type, using brass material, generally used in the range of non-corrosive gas.
LMF type is anti-corrosion type, made of stainless steel, can measure corrosive gas-acid, alkali gas, etc.

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Vortex flowmeter for the volume of wet gas

When using a vortex flowmeter to measure gas flow, many wet gases are often encountered, such as wet air, wet gas, and wet chlorine.

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Physically, the commonly used mixture of water vapor and gas is called a mixed gas with certain humidity, that is, wet gas.

In wet gas, the density of water vapor constitutes a part of the density of the wet gas. However, in many cases, what needs to be measured and calculated is the volume or mass of dry gas. For example, this is the case when determining the heating value.

There are also wet air, wet chlorine, etc., as industrial raw gas. What companies need is a dry gas, so the “moisture” of these wet gases should be squeezed out when measuring, in order to better control the quality of products. Calculate the cost of the product.

The density of the wet gas is composed of the dry part of the wet gas and the water vapor contained in the wet gas. When the vortex flowmeter is used to measure the flow of the wet gas, because the vortex flowmeter only reflects the wet gas in the working state The volume flow rate cannot distinguish between the dry part of the wet gas and the amount of water vapor. Therefore, the volume flow measured by the vortex flowmeter is the volume flow of all wet gas. If only the volume flow rate of the dry part of the wet gas needs to be measured, the volume flow rate of the water vapor part should also be subtracted.

When using a vortex flowmeter to measure the flow of wet gas, because the vortex flowmeter only reflects the volume flow of the wet gas under working conditions, it cannot distinguish the dry part of the wet gas and the amount of water vapor.

Therefore, the volume flow measured by the vortex flowmeter is the volume flow of all wet gas. If only the volume flow rate of the dry part of the wet gas needs to be measured, the volume flow rate of the water vapor part should also be subtracted.

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Precautions for measuring wet gas with vortex flowmeter

(1) Instrument selection

For the wet gas in the industrial gas, when the water vapor reaches the saturated state, water in the free state will appear in the pipeline. This state has a certain impact on the normal operation of the thermal and ultrasonic vortex flowmeters.

If the water in the free state adheres to the surface of the thermal detection element, it will affect the thermal conductivity of the thermistor element. It will affect the detection sensitivity and the lower limit of the range of the instrument.

If the water in the free state adheres to the surface of the ultrasonic transducer, it will also affect the transmission and reception of ultrasound. It will not only affect the transmission efficiency of ultrasound, but also the effect and sensitivity of ultrasound reception.

If this free water stays in the acoustic isolation annulus between the ultrasonic transducer and the tube wall, it will cause an acoustic “short circuit” phenomenon. Ultrasonic waves will diffract along the measuring tube wall and reach the opposite receiving transducer. The normal operation of the instrument was severely damaged.

If the water in the free state passes through the sound beam in the form of water droplets or mist, it will scatter and modulate the sound beam. It will become a serious random interference and affect the stability of the measurement.

Due to the above influences, when measuring wet gas flow, vortex flowmeters with force-sensitive detection should be used. For example, stress vortex flowmeters and capacitive vortex flowmeters. Because of the moisture in the wet gas and the free water, It has little influence on force detection and transmission.

(2) Prevent the corrosive effect of wet gas

Some gases such as chlorine, hydrogen sulfide, and so on. There is a certain degree of corrosiveness in the dry state, but the corrosiveness is not very strong. Once it becomes wet gas, its corrosive effect increases sharply. When selecting the meter, the vortex flowmeter that can withstand the corrosive effect of the medium should be selected in a targeted manner to prevent the invasion of wet gas.

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(3) Installation method

When measuring wet gas with a vortex flowmeter.

If installed horizontally, the measuring section should be increased appropriately. Prevent saturated water from staying in the measuring tube of the instrument.
If installed vertically, the vortex flowmeter should be at a certain height from the horizontal pipe section.

(4) Operation and maintenance of the instrument

To prevent free water from accumulating in the pipe, a drain valve or drain valve should be installed at the lowest point of the pipe. Evacuate the sewage and dirt accumulated in the pipe regularly.

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Industrial LPG/Propane flow meter

Digital LPG/Propane flow meter

A propane flow meter refers to a flow meter that can measure the volume or mass flow of propane gas. Also often called LPG gas flow meter.

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Propane is also generally referred to as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). So what is the difference and connection between propane and LPG? Next, let’s take a look together.

Propane VS LPG

Because propane is one of the main components of liquefied petroleum gas.

Propane is pure, and liquefied petroleum gas is a mixture.

LPG is a by-product obtained during the catalytic cracking and thermal cracking of crude oil in refineries.

The main source of commercial LPG is the processing and refining of natural gas and oil. The raw materials usually contain excessive amounts of propane and butane. To prevent these two substances from condensing in the high-pressure exhaust pipe, they must be removed.

In the petroleum refining process. LPG is collected by titration from the dissolved crude oil mixed with a lighter specific gravity. At the same time, it can also be produced by the molecular fission of heavy hydrocarbons. Therefore, LPG is considered a subsidiary product. Its exact composition and characteristics usually vary from source to source.

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Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter for LPG/Propane measurement

Precession vortex flowmeter is a new type of gas flowmeter. It can be used for the measurement of natural gas, propane, air, nitrogen, and other gases.

Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter, like a vortex flowmeter, is a velocity flowmeter. The cost performance of the intelligent precession vortex flowmeter is higher than the vortex flowmeter. The intelligent precession vortex flowmeter can only measure gas. Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter can be made into an integrated temperature and pressure compensation. And can measure various gases. Such as compressed air, oxygen, biogas, natural gas, coal gas, etc.

Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter reference price: DN50, USD 600.00/pc.

  • Medium: no impurities, no corrosive gas
  • Accuracy: soil 1.5%, ±1.0%
  • Caliber: DN15~DN200
  • Measuring range: 1~3600m3/h
  • Display content: temperature, pressure, instantaneous flow under standard conditions, cumulative flow under standard conditions
  • Connection method: flange connection
  • Power supply: Lithium battery power supply or external power supply 24VDC power supply
  • Output: pulse signal output, 4-20mA current output, RS485 communication, and GPRS remote communication

Advantages of Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter.

  • No mechanical rotating parts, not easy to corrode, no maintenance required for long-time work;
  • It can be used on the occasion of medium and high flow rate gas;
  • The process installation conditions are not harsh, and the upstream and downstream straight pipe sections of the instrument can be greatly shortened compared with the orifice flowmeter;
  • The measurement accuracy of the system can meet the current trade measurement requirements (≤2%);
  • The flow measurement range is wide (Qmax/qmin=15~20″>). It can work effectively in some small flow areas that the orifice flowmeter cannot reach;
  • Small size and lightweight, it is more convenient for offline calibration;
  • The measurement signal can be displayed on the spot or transmitted remotely as required;

Why is Precession Vortex Gas Flowmeter the right Propane flow meter?

Before that, people would use vortex flowmeters to measure propane.
Although the precession vortex flowmeter and vortex flowmeter are all fluid vibration flowmeters. However, the precession vortex flowmeter has the following advantages:

  1. The generated vortex signal is stronger than that of a vortex flowmeter, so the lower limit Reynolds number is lower. When measuring gas flow, the lower limit flow rate can be as low as (1.5~2) m/s.
  2. Because the vortex signal generated by the flowmeter is stronger than that of the vortex flowmeter. It is less affected by the upstream choke than the vortex flowmeter. Therefore, the length of the upstream straight pipe is much shorter.
  3. The meter coefficient K is 1 to 2 times larger than that of the vortex flowmeter.

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Liquid propane flow meter

Propane can be measured with a vortex flowmeter. If it is corrosive, it must be plated with PTFE, which can prevent corrosion.

Vortex shedding flow meter also called Vortex flow meter. Vortex shedding flow meter is suitable for measuring steam flow rate as well as liquids and gases.

Vortex shedding flow meter, easy installation, low cost, analog, and 4-20mA output. Pressure & temperature compensation can improve the sensor for more accurate measurement. Vortex shedding flow meter is suitable for measuring steam and various liquids and gases. When the fluid flows through the assembly line of the vortex flowmeter, a vortex is formed. The frequency of vortex shedding is directly proportional to the fluid velocity.

Vortex shedding flow meter reference price: USD 200-1500/pc.

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Propane gas mass flow meter

Thermal Mass Flow Meter can directly measure the mass flow of various gases. Unaffected by changes in viscosity, density, temperature, or pressure.

A thermal Mass Flow Meter is a true mass flow meter. No temperature and pressure compensation is required. Thermal gas mass flow meters are designed based on the principle of thermal diffusion. Including natural gas, coal gas, liquefied gas, flare gas, argon, carbon dioxide and other mixed gas flow measurement.

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Natural gas flow meter

The natural gas flow meter is mainly used for inline measurement of natural gas flow. A natural gas flow meter is mainly used for industrial production and trade settlement.

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A wide variety of Digital Propane Flow Meters options are available to you, such as free samples, paid samples.

Sino-Inst is a Digital Propane Flow Meters supplier, located in China. Digital Propane Flow Meters products are most popular in North America, Mid East, and Eastern Europe. The United States, and India, which export 99%, 1%, and 1% of Digital Propane Flow Meters respectively.

Inline Air Flow Meters

Inline air flow meters measure the volume or mass flow of air/compressed air. Vortex flow meters and thermal mass flow meters are more common inline air flow meters.

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An line flow meter is a flow meter with the function of displaying flow rate on-site. The sensor of the flow meter is installed on the fluid pipe. Digital display or pointer shows the flow rate on the spot. Read more

In-line flowmeters could be digital and mechanical flow meters. Common in-line flowmeters include turbine flowmeters, electromagnetic flowmeters, and ultrasonic flowmeters. With stainless steel material, analog and 4-20mA output, in-line flow meters can measure and controll inline flow.

Features of In-line Flow Meters

  • Local LCD display flow rate.
  • Signal output: analog, 4-20mA, pulse, and so on.
  • Liquid, Gas pipe flow measurement.
  • Special materials can be selected depending on the working conditions.
    Such as PTFE
  • Remote type is available.

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Inline air flow meter units conversion

Inline air flow meter cfm

CFM is a common imperial flow unit, cubic feet per minute.
For a certain volume of air flow passing in a unit time, m3/h air volume unit is generally used in China. Other countries also use the British air volume unit cfm (cubic foot per minute). That is ft3/min cubic feet/minute,
1CFM=28.316846592 L/MIN=0.028316847 m3/min

CFM traffic is divided into SCFM and ACFM.

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Inline air flow meter scfm

SCFM English standard cubic foot per minute means standard cubic foot per minute, British flow unit. Both ACFM & SCFM are units of measurement for English flow
ACFM=actual flow rate ft^3/min

SCFM=standard flow rate ft^3/min

Convert
1 cubic meter = 35.314724827664 cubic feet
1Nm^3/min=35.315 SCFM
1 liter/minute=0.03531SCFM
1 liter=0.03531SCFM

Inline air flow meter lpm

LPM is liter/minute.

Liter/minute to Cubic Meter/hour Conversion Table

Liter/minute [L/min]Cubic Meter/hour [m^3/h]
0.01 L/min0.0006 m^3/h
0.1 L/min0.006 m^3/h
1 L/min0.06 m^3/h
2 L/min0.12 m^3/h
3 L/min0.18 m^3/h
5 L/min0.3 m^3/h
10 L/min0.6 m^3/h
20 L/min1.2 m^3/h
50 L/min3 m^3/h
100 L/min6 m^3/h
1000 L/min60 m^3/h

How to Convert Liter/minute to Cubic Meter/hour?

1 L/min = 0.06 m^3/h
1 m^3/h = 16.6666666667 L/min

Example: convert 15 L/min to m^3/h:
15 L/min = 15 × 0.06 m^3/h = 0.9 m^3/h

Inline air flow meter units Converters

Converters for conversion and calculation of flow. Or a calculation tool that requires flow measurement to obtain other measurement parameters. Help users choose the right flow sensor and transmitter!

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Inline compressed air flow meter

Compressed air is an important secondary energy source for industrial production. Most of it is converted from electrical or thermal energy through compressors.

The working fluids converted from a large amount of energy are managed to achieve the effect of saving energy and improving equipment management.

Compressed air It is an important economic indicator for cost accounting of enterprises and institutions. This is the main purpose of compressed air flow measurement.

Compressed air flow is an important parameter that expresses the performance of an air compressor, and it is also an important parameter measured in an industrial process.

With the widespread application of air compressors, accurate measurement of its flow is essential for product upgrades, industrial production process control and monitoring, and energy conservation and emission reduction.

Compressed air has the following characteristics. Sino-Inst suggestion: Combine the characteristics of compressed air to make a reasonable selection of compressed air flow meters.

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Frequently
Asked
Questions

Air Velocity is measurement of the rate of displacement of air or gas at a specific location.

Air velocity (distance traveled per unit of time) is usually expressed in Linear Feet per Minute (LFM). By multiplying air velocity by the cross section area of a duct, you can determine the air volume flowing past a point in the duct per unit of time. Volume flow is usually measured in Cubic Feet per Minute (CFM).
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1CFM is 0.028 cubic meters per minute.
CFM is a unit of gas flow, the full name is cubic feet per minute. It means the air flow of a certain volume through the filter in unit time. Air flow is the amount of air flow per unit time.
China generally uses m3/h air volume units, and foreign countries also use British air volume units cfm (cubic foot per minute). That is ft3/min cubic feet/minute, the two are converted into: 1cfm≈1.7m3/h.
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Industrial Fuel Flow Meters

What is a fuel flow meter? The fuel flow meter is an instrument that can monitor fuel flow. Industrial Fuel is an important energy source. For example, diesel, marine fuel, gasoline, etc.

Industrail Fuel is an important energy source for production and manufacturing. For example, diesel, marine fuel, gasoline, etc. It is very necessary to accurately measure industrial fuel. Commonly used industrial fuel flow meters, such as turbine flow meters, gear flow meters, mass flow meters, ultrasonic flow meters, etc.

Sino-Inst offers a variety of Fuel Flow Meters for flow measurement. If you have any questions, please contact our sales engineers.

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Common Industrial Fuel

Fuel oil refers to light distillate fuel oil and heavy distillate fuel oil obtained after crude oil is distilled and processed in a refinery. The former mainly includes gasoline, diesel and jet fuel used in crawling machinery and aircraft internal combustion engines. The latter is mainly used as boiler fuel for steam furnaces and various heating furnaces.

Fuel oil is a fuel used for engine operation, mainly divided into gasoline and diesel.

There are two main types of fuel for automobiles, gasoline and diesel.

The aircraft uses aviation kerosene.

The classification of gasoline is based on the octane number it contains, such as 90#, 97#, etc. The higher the octane number, the lower the probability of deflagration produced by the car, and the better it is for the engine. Therefore, most high-end cars use higher-grade gasoline.

The classification of diesel is based on its freezing point. 0# means that when the temperature is lower than 0 degrees Celsius, it will condense into a solid. The same reason -10# means that it condenses into a solid at -10 degrees Celsius. This is the reason why the diesel cars in the northern winter have a lower label to prevent the fuel from being frozen.

Marine fuel flow meter-fuel flow meter for boat

Marine Fuel Flow Meter is a positive displacement flow meter specially used for measuring marine fuel oil (MFO). With the highest accuracy.

Large-caliber oval gear flow meters, such as 6 inch, 8 inch (DN150, DN200) etc. It is commonly used to measure the flow of oil such as marine fuel, aviation fuel, and diesel. Oval gear flowmeter is a commonly used positive displacement flowmeter. Can indicate cumulative flow, instantaneous flow, single flow, etc. on site. It can also output pulse signal, 4-20mA or 1-5V analog signal, 4-20mA, MODBUS232, 485 communication.

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Fuel flow meter aircraft

Aircraft mainly use aviation kerosene as fuel, which is purified from naphtha and paraffin oil through multiple processes.

Turbine flowmeters are mainly used for aircraft kerosene.

Liquid turbine flow meter is the main type of impeller flow meter. Turbine flow meter sensor uses a multi-blade rotor to sense the average flow rate of the fluid. Belongs to speed flow meter.

Liquid turbine flow meter is the main type of impeller type flow (velocity) meter. It is composed of sensors and conversion display. The sensor uses a multi-blade rotor to sense the average flow rate of the fluid, thereby deriving the flow or total amount. Liquid turbine flow meter is suitable for measuring liquids that are not corrosive to stainless steel 1Cr18Ni9Ti, 2Cr13 and corundum Al2O3 in closed pipelines and are free of impurities. For milk, soybean oil, edible oil, diesel, purified water.

Liquid Turbine Flow Meter reference price: DN100. USD 600-700/pc.

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Fuel flow meter for diesel

Three kinds of flow meters are commonly used to measure diesel:
The first is an oval gear flow meter, which is also commonly used, with an accuracy of 0.5.
The second type is liquid turbine flowmeter, the accuracy can be 0.5 or 0.2, flange or thread connection
The third type is float type, installed vertically or horizontally, with an accuracy of 1.5.

Although they all measure the flow of diesel oil products, the difference is still very large.

For example, dual-rotor flowmeters and oval gear flowmeters can measure diesel fuel. And various parameters are in line with the measurement range of these two flowmeters.

However, the measurement range of the dual-rotor flowmeter is very large and the noise is very low, and the accuracy is also high. Under the conditions of high precision and low precision, the liquid flow range is very large. However, the minimum pipe diameter is 25mm and the maximum is 300mm;

The oval gear flowmeter is different. The minimum pipe diameter is 6mm and the maximum is 200mm.

And the flow range is very wide. The most important thing is that the price is relatively cheap, which is the best choice for most customers.

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Ultrasonic flow meter for fuel

The ultrasonic flow meter measures the liquid flow rate quickly and effectively. There are two types of ultrasonic flowmeter technology: Doppler frequency shift and transit time.

Transit time ultrasonic flow meter is most suitable for measuring the flow of cleaning liquid. Therefore, it is the most popular type of ultrasonic meter.

Doppler ultrasonic flow meter can measure the frequency difference of sound waves reflected from bubbles or particles in the airflow. It is suitable for aerated or dirty liquids.

Mechanical fuel flow meter

Volumetric Flow Meter, as a mechanical flow meter, is also called Positive displacement flowmeter. It can measure the volume flow of high viscosity and corrosive fluids.

Volumetric Flow Meter is a mechanical instrument used to measure the volume flow of fluids. A volumetric flow meter is an instrument which can measure either directly or indirectly the volume of a substance which is passing through a specific location in a set period of time. The main advantage of these types of flow meters is that they can handle high viscosity and corrosiveness fluid.

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Diesel Fuel flow meters are digital flow meters for liquid fuel consumption measurement.

Most widely used types are mechanical and digital inline fuel meters. Differential flow sensors are avilable. Like: the turbine, positive displacement (oval gear), Coriolis, and differential pressure flow meters. Sino-Instrument offers a variety of fuel flow meters for most fuels. Including diesel, bio-diesel, kerosene, gasonline, oil, heating oil, grease and certain chemicals.Sino-Instrument offers diesel fuel flow measurement solutions and free technical support. If you have any question for diesel fuel flow measurement, please contact us.

FAQ

What is a fuel flow meter?

The fuel flow meter refers to a device used to measure the volume of fuel flowing through the pipe section per unit time. Diesel flow meters can be a turbine, gear, and other flow meters. The specific choice of the flow meter to measure diesel fuel needs to be determined according to your measurement parameters.
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What is the most accurate flow meter?

At present, the most accurate flow meter is the mass flow meter.
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Micro flow meters for low flow liquids

Micro flow meters for Low Flow Indicating is a big challenge for the manufacturing industry. The smaller the flow, the more difficult the measurement.

Commonly used Micro flow meters for low flow liquid flow rate include positive displacement/oval gear, mass flow meter, and ultrasonic flow meter.

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A Microflow meter is also called a microfluidic flow meter or a low flow meter. The Micro flow meters we are going to discuss here mainly include gear flow meters, turbine flow meters, ultrasonic flow meters, and mass flow meters.

How to choose a suitable Microflow meter depends on your actual measurement requirements. Let us analyze it together.

Ultrasonic flow meter for Micro flow

Strap on flow meter X3 is a kind of ultrasonic external clamp-on flow meter. Strap on flow meter X3 is easy to install. Suitable for measuring pipe diameter Φ9.53~Φ90.

ProductStrap on Flow meter
ModelX3
Flow range0.1m/s~5.0m/s
Accuracy±2.0%
Repeatability0.80%
Pipe sizeφ6.35~φ90
Data storageDaily, monthly, and Annual. Flow Totalizer
Analog output4~20mA, Maximum load: 600Ω
Alarm outputDCT, Upper and lower limit alarm function(optional)
CommunicationRS485,support Modbus communication protocol
Power supply24VDC
Cable length2.0m
KeypadFour light touch buttons
ScreenOLED 128*64 displayscreen
UnitsMetric and imperial units are available, Cubic Meters(m3), Liters(L), USA Gallons(GAL)/hour,/min,Default unit setting:m3/h
TotalizerSix bit digit
Piper materialStainless steel pipe, carbon steel pipe, copper pipe, plastic pipe
Case materialAluminum alloy
Environment temp.0℃~50℃(32°F~122°F)
Medium temp.0℃~50℃(32°F~122°F)
Environment humidit0-95% relative humidity, without condensation
IP GradeIP54

Turbine Micro flow meter

The micro flow meter is a special flow meter designed to measure the micro flow using the turbine principle. It has extremely high accuracy, especially under high temperature and high pressure conditions. Due to the smart structure design, no precipitation will be formed during work, so the work of the instrument is completely “clean”.

MaterialShell: brass nickel plated/brass/plastic

Bearing: INO×18/8 (1.4305) stainless steel

Impeller: PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride)

Magnet: SrFeO ceramic, ultrasonic welding
sealMVQ (silicone rubber “O” ring)
temperature range-10℃~+100℃
Accuracy class±2%
Repeatability±0.20%
Pressure rangeMaximum 2MPa
Installation methodHorizontal installation
Dimensions (L×B×H)40×55×40mm
connectionMPM connector
Provide power4.5~24VDC
OutputOpen collector
Maximum (extra) voltage output25VDC
Maximum current output25mA
ThreadG1/8 or G1/4

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Micro motion flow meter

Micro Motion Coriolis Flow Meter is a flow meter made according to the Coriolis acceleration theory. Z-Series Straight Tube Micro Motion Coriolis Flow Meter simultaneously measures mass flow, density, temperature and viscosity.

Liquid Accuracy / Repeatabilityup to ±0.2± of rate (up to ±0.1± of rate)
Gas Accuracy / Repeatability±0.20± of rate
Density Accuracy / Repeatability±0.002 g/cm3 (±0.0005 g/cm3)
Line Size1/4″ (DN8) – 2″ (DN50)
Pressure Rangeup to 1450 psig (100 barg)
Temperature Range-60 to 300 F (-51 to 149 C)
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How does micro motion flow meter work?

The micro-motion mass flowmeter is a flowmeter made according to the Coriolis acceleration theory. There is a straight tube that rotates in a plane around a fixed axis O at an angular velocity w, and a particle in the tube moves outwards along the straight tube at a speed v. Because The mass point m is in a system with both rotational motion and linear motion, so it will obtain two accelerations.

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① Centripetal acceleration a, its value is rw^2 (r is the distance from the particle m to the axis O), and the direction points to the axis O.
② Tangential acceleration ac, its value is 2uw. The direction is perpendicular to a, it comes from the rotating pipe. At the same time it produces a reaction force to the pipe. This reaction force is the Coriolis force. Its calculation formula is:

F=2muw —————-(3-8)

Where:
F is Coriolis force, N;
w is the angular velocity, 1/s;
u is the radial velocity in the rotating system, m/s,
m is the mass of the moving object, kg.

If the density of the fluid is p, the tangential Coriolis force on any section of pipe △x is:

△F=2pA△xuw ———(3~9)

Where:
A is the cross-sectional area of ​​the pipe.

In the formula (3-9), pAu is the natural flow rate of the fluid, set as QM’, then the formula (3-9) can be expressed as:

△F= 2w△xQm————-(3-10)

From the above equation, we can know the mass flow Qm as long as the Coriolis force △F is measured. This is the measuring principle of micro-motion mass flowmeter.

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Gear flow meter for Micro Flow

Micro Flow Meter is a micro oval gear flow meter. DN4-DN10. Suitable for flow measurement of various low-flow liquids.

Micro Flow Meter has strong adaptability to the viscosity of the liquid to be measured. There is no special Especially suitable for automobile fuel consumption, boiler fuel, medicine, food, chemical raw materials, wine, milk, vegetable oil cans Accurate measurement of small flow rates of various liquids.

Diameter (mm)Flow Range(L/H)
41-100
62-200
850-500
10100-1000

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Of course, if the medium you need to measure is not a small flow rate. Then you can consider using other types of flow meters.

For example, if you need to measure the wastewater flow of a 2-inch pipe, then you can refer to Magnetic Flow Meters Guides.

Frequently
Asked
Questions

A low flow meter is a meter specially used to measure small flow. There are many common flowmeters suitable for measuring tiny ones. Such as differential pressure type, float type, volume type, and so on. Some of these flow meters are suitable for measuring large flow rates. It is also suitable for measuring small flow. Others specialize in designing solutions for measuring small flow rates.

Flow rate meter, also known as “flow meter”, is an instrument that measures the speed of water flow. There are many kinds of models by and flow meter. For example, there are two types of rotary cup type and rotary paddle type flow meters commonly used in hydrological stations.

Liquid flow meters refer to instruments that can be used to measure the volume flow or mass flow of liquid media.

Flowmeter is one of the important measuring instruments in process automation instruments and devices. According to the physical properties of the measured medium, it can be divided into liquid flow meters and gas flow meters.

Among them, there are many types of liquid flow meters. Common liquid flow meters are vortex flowmeter, turbine flowmeter, electromagnetic flowmeter, ultrasonic flowmeter, positive displacement flowmeter, differential pressure flowmeter, rotameter, open channel flowmeter, Coriolis mass flowmeter Wait.

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There are many methods and tools for measuring and controlling liquids. But it should be selected according to the actual working conditions on-site. Every instrument that measures liquid flow has its own characteristics. Choose according to its applicable characteristics. Only in this way can the performance of the instrument be brought into play.

There are many types of flowmeters, the most commonly used are as follows: 1. Electromagnetic flowmeter 2. Vortex flowmeter 3. Ultrasonic flowmeter 4. Orifice flowmeter 5. Precession vortex flowmeter

The user must provide the following parameters to select a suitable flowmeter.

  1. What medium to measure
  2. Measure the temperature of the medium, medium density, viscosity, etc.
    3.Measuring medium: pressure.
  3. Measure the minimum flow rate of the medium, the common flow rate and the maximum flow rate
  4. Measure the pipe diameter
  5. Requirements for instrument power supply and output signal
  6. Requirements for meter display and measurement accuracy
  7. Whether there is a signal interference source at the installation site, and whether it meets the conditions for on-site installation of the flowmeter

The user gives the above parameters, Sino-Inst, as a manufacturer of flow meters, can select a suitable flow meter for you. Below we introduce the above several common flow meters are usually used in which medium measurement.

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Sino-Inst, Manufacturer for Microflow meters for low flow liquids. For example crude oil flow meter, diesel flow meter, gasoline flowmeter.

Sino-Inst’s Microflow meters for low flow liquids, made in China, Having good Quality, With better price. Our flow measurement instruments are widely used in China, India, Pakistan, US, and other countries.