CA2448275A1 - Flowmeter proving device and method - Google Patents

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CA2448275A1
CA2448275A1 CA002448275A CA2448275A CA2448275A1 CA 2448275 A1 CA2448275 A1 CA 2448275A1 CA 002448275 A CA002448275 A CA 002448275A CA 2448275 A CA2448275 A CA 2448275A CA 2448275 A1 CA2448275 A1 CA 2448275A1
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    • G01F25/00Testing or calibration of apparatus for measuring volume, volume flow or liquid level or for metering by volume
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    • G01F1/00Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/76Devices for measuring mass flow of a fluid or a fluent solid material
    • G01F1/78Direct mass flowmeters
    • G01F1/80Direct mass flowmeters operating by measuring pressure, force, momentum, or frequency of a fluid flow to which a rotational movement has been imparted
    • G01F1/84Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters
    • G01F1/845Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters arrangements of measuring means, e.g., of measuring conduits
    • G01F1/8468Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters arrangements of measuring means, e.g., of measuring conduits vibrating measuring conduits
    • G01F1/8472Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters arrangements of measuring means, e.g., of measuring conduits vibrating measuring conduits having curved measuring conduits, i.e. whereby the measuring conduits' curved center line lies within a plane
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    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01FMEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F15/00Details of, or accessories for, apparatus of groups G01F1/00 - G01F13/00 insofar as such details or appliances are not adapted to particular types of such apparatus
    • G01F15/18Supports or connecting means for meters
    • G01F15/185Connecting means, e.g. bypass conduits
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    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01FMEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F25/00Testing or calibration of apparatus for measuring volume, volume flow or liquid level or for metering by volume
    • G01F25/10Testing or calibration of apparatus for measuring volume, volume flow or liquid level or for metering by volume of flowmeters
    • G01F25/13Testing or calibration of apparatus for measuring volume, volume flow or liquid level or for metering by volume of flowmeters using a reference counter

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A flowmeter proving device and method for use in proving a flowmeter in situ under operating conditions comprises a pair of standard Coriolis based mass flowmeters (2, 3) which are connected together in series by a conduit (7) connecting the fluid outlet (23) of the first flowmeter (2) to the fluid inlet (32) of the second flowmeter (3). A valved fluid supply conduit (4) is connected to the fluid inlet (22) of the first flowmeter (2), and a valved fluid return conduit (8) is connected to the fluid outlet (33) of the second flowmeter (3). These supply and return conduits (4 and 8) enable the device to be connected to a fluid flow line containing a flowmeter which is to be proved such that fluid flowing in the flow line will flow in series through the flowmeter to be proved and the two flowmeters (2 and 3) of the proving device.
The device includes control means which is operative to use the second flowmeter (3) as a master meter to check the accuracy of the flowmeter to be proved, and the first flowmeter (2) as a check meter for the master meter (3).

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1. A flowmeter proving device for use in proving a flowmeter in situ under operating conditions, comprising first and second standard Coriolis based mass flowmeters which have been calibrated to a predetermined accuracy specification, means connecting the fluid outlet of the first flowmeter to the fluid inlet of the second flowmeter to connect said flowmeters in series, supply and return conduits respectively connected to the fluid inlet of the first flowmeter and to the fluid outlet of the second flowmeter to enable the device to be connected to a fluid flow line containing a flowmeter which is to be proved such that fluid flowing in the flow line will flow in series through said flowmeter to be proved and said first and second flowmeters of the proving device, and control means for connection to said first and second flowmeters and to said flowmeter to be proved to receive flow measurement signals therefrom, said control means being operative to use one of said first and second flowmeters as a master meter to check the accuracy of the flowmeter to be proved and the other of said first and second flowmeters as a check meter for said master meter.
2. A device according to claim 1, in which the first and second flowmeters are substantially identical to each other.
3. A device according to claim 1 or claim 2, in which the accuracy of each of the first and second flowmeters is calibrated to an uncertainty of about 0.03% or less.
4. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the first and second flowmeters are mounted on a common base.
5. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, including temperature and pressure sensors for providing the control means with temperature and pressure measurements of fluid flowing through the device.
6. A device according to claim 5, in which the fluid outlet of the first flowmeter is connected to the fluid inlet of the second flowmeter by an intermediate conduit, and the temperature and pressure sensors are mounted on said intermediate and conduit.
7. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the supply and return conduits each contain a shut off valve.
8. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the control means includes a central processing unit which is operative to receive and process flow measurement signals provided simultaneously by the master meter and the check meter and the flowmeter to be proved during the same time interval.
9. A method of proving a flowmeter in situ in a flow line under operating conditions using a proving device according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising connecting the supply and return conduits of the proving device to the flow line upstream or downstream of the flowmeter to be proved and on opposite sides of a shut off valve in the flow line, closing the shut off valve so as to cause the fluid in the flow line to flow in series through the flowmeter to be proved and the first and second flowmeters of the proving device, obtaining a measurement of the fluid flow rate from each of the flowmeters, comparing the flow rate measured by the flowmeter to be proved with the flow rate measured by one of the first and second flowmeters of the proving device to check the accuracy of the flowmeter to be proved, and comparing the flow rate measured by the other of the first and second flowmeters of the proving device with the flow rate measured by said one flowmeter to confirm the accuracy of said one flowmeter.
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