1. Efficacy assessment of controllable volumetric prover for quantifying the responsiveness of various flowmeters.
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Yoshida, Taiki and Furuichi, Noriyuki
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STEADY-state flow , *FLOW meters , *FLOW measurement - Abstract
This study established a highly effective system, a controllable volumetric prover (CVP), for evaluating the responsiveness of flowmeters having various hydrodynamic principles. The CVP analyzes flowmeters' responsiveness by controlling the transient flow rate with various waveforms. The CVP is a novel system equipping various analysis methods to quantify indexes regarding flowmeter responsiveness, such as gain, time constant, harmonic distortion, and more. In this study, the system quantitatively compares the responsiveness in flowmeters with different hydrodynamic principles, such as Coriolis, tangential, and ultrasound, as application examples. The most reliable method for steady-state flow measurement, the static weighing method, evaluates the uncertainty of the flow rate control of CVP. Based on the model equation for the flow control by the CVP, the expanded uncertainty of the flow rate control by CVP is estimated as 0.15%. • The uncertainty of controllable volumetric prover is evaluated. • Flowmeters with different hydrodynamic principles are quantitatively compared. • An evaluation system is established based on several analysis methods. • A static weighing method is utilized for calibrating controllable volumetric prover. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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