An Analysis of Flow Measuring Mechanisms to Arbitrate Losses in Bends and Fittings for Analogous Operations

Measurement, monitoring and analysis of fluid flow are important procedures in the process industry. The focus of this study was to analyse the flow measuring mechanism officiated to arbitrate shrinkages in bends and fittings owing to analogous operations. The results were computed by a flow analysis of the system based on the head loss of each respective equipment. The bends and fittings considered were the venturi meter, orifice meter, rotameter, diffuser, and right-hand bend. It was observed that the venturi meter is the most defined estimating equipment for the measurement of flow owing to its exactitude and calculable measurement. It was
furthermore observed that the rotameter is the most unfavourable in contrast to venturi meter and orifice meter which has much lower head losses. With regards to installation cost, it has a lesser disadvantage compared to the orifice meter as the latter is easy to set-up and is the most economical device for flow measurement. Considering that virtually all petroleum mechanical operations reckon on flow measurement, it is compulsory to make use of highly productive devices with good veracity (70% for venturi meter) and minimal head-losses.