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Custody Transfer Hydrocarbon Flow Measurement with Multi-path Ultrasonic Flow Measurement (다회선 초음파 유량계를 이용한 거래용 오일유량 측정)

  • Hwang, Shang-Yoon;Lee, Ho-June;Park, Ki-Hwan
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.12a
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    • pp.149-153
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    • 2003
  • As the fastest growing flowmeter technology, multi-path ultrasonic flow-meters are gaining wider range in petroleum industry for liquid hydrocarbon custody transfer measurement. This paper describes the mult-path ultrasonic flowmeter, URO-Ex1000 the requirements necessary to prove and test in Korea & China. URO-Ex1000 haver a good results with accuracy range, but a little exceed with repeatability.

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Measurement Techniques on Unsteady Flow at Impeller Exit (임펠러 출구에서의 비정상 유동 측정 기법)

  • Shin, You-Hwan;Kim, Kwang-Ho
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1998.12a
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    • pp.123-128
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    • 1998
  • This study presents the measurement techniques on the periodic fluctuating flow such as the discharge flow of a centrifugal impeller in unstable operating region. During rotating stall, the flow at the exit of a centrifugal compressor impeller fluctuates periodically with lower frequency than that of the blade passing. To observe the blade-to-blade flow characteristics during rotating stall, the phases of all the sampled data sets should be adjusted to those of the reference signals with two processes, in these processes, DPLEAT (Double Phase-Locked Ensemble Averaging Technique) can be used. From these measurement and data processing techniques, the characteristics not only on the blade-to-blade flow with high frequency, but also on the periodic rotating stall flow with low frequency at the centrifugal impeller exit can be clearly observed.

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Flow Measurement and Control by Time-Based Method

  • Chang, Young-Chul;Kim, No-Hyu;Kim, Yong-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society Of Semiconductor Equipment Technology
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.115-116
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    • 2002
  • This study aimed to investigate flow measurement by using a 'bucket and stop-watch' method of flow measurement. Most flow measurement systems measure pressure or other fluid properties to infer flow rate, though time is a variable which can be easily and very accurately measured. The main principle behind the method was to fill up a reservoir until a set pressure had been reached. This reservoir would then be emptied and the cycle would repeat itself. The prototype was designed to control flow rate using the method. It made use of computer control with an analogue digital converter and fast acting solenoid valves which controlled the flow into a reservoir. Reservoirs were available with internal diameter of 1mm up to 5.5mm to cope with a range of flow rate.

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Effect of Swirl Flow Disturbance on Uncertainty of Flow Rate Measurement by Venturi (선회유동 교란에 따른 벤투리 유량측정의 불확실성 해석)

  • Lee, Jung-Ho;Yoon, Seok-Ho;Yu, Cheong-Hwan;Park, Sang-Jin;Chung, Chang-Hwan
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.18-25
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    • 2009
  • Venturi has long been an attractive method of measuring flow rate in a variety of engineering applications since pressure loss is relatively small compared with other measuring methods. The current study focuses on making detailed uncertainty estimations as the upstream flow disturbance affects uncertainty levels of the flow rate measurement. Upstream flow disturbance can be determined by 9 different swirl generators. Measurement uncertainty of flow rate has been estimated by a quantitative uncertainty analysis which is based on the ANSI/ASME PTC 19.1-2005 standard. The results of flow rate uncertainty analysis show that the case with systematic error has higher than that without systematic error. Especially the result with systematic error exhibits that the uncertainty of flow rate was gradually increased by swirl flow disturbance. The uncertainty of flow rate measurement can be mainly affected by differential pressure and discharge coefficient. Flow disturbance can be also reduced by increasing of the upstream straight length of Venturi.

A Study on Applicability of Ultrasonic Flowmeter to Feedwater Flow Measurements in Nuclear Power Plants (원자력발전소의 급수유량 측정에 대한 초음파유량계의 적용성 연구)

  • Yu Sung-Sik;Park Jong-Ho
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.6 no.1 s.18
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    • pp.57-65
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    • 2003
  • The measurement uncertainties of an ultrasonic flowmeter were analyzed to evaluate its applicability to the measurement of the steam generator feedwater flow-rate in a nuclear power plant. The analyses of measurement uncertainties of a reactor power were also performed with the analyses of feedwater flow measurement uncertainties. Two ultrasonic flowmeters based on a cross-correlation technique and a transit time method were used in this study. The ultrasonic flowmeters were installed on a feedwater pipe line of a typical 1000 MWe Korea-standardized nuclear power plant to take the necessary data. The results have shown that the measurement uncertainties of the ultrasonic flowmeters are adequately smaller than those or a venturi meter. The research has also indicated that the measurement uncertainties of the reactor power based on the ultrasonic flowmeter uncertainties are sufficiently bounded by the uncertainty range usually assumed in nuclear safety analyses.

Unsteady Flow Rate Measurement Based on Distributed Parameter Pipeline Model (분포정수계 관로모델을 이용한 비정상 유량계측)

  • Kim, Do-Tae;Hong, Sung-Tae
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.8-13
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    • 2008
  • The paper proposes a model-based measurement of unsteady flow rate by using distributed parameter pipeline model and the measured pressure values at two distant points along the pipeline. The distributed parameter model of hydraulic pipeline is applied with consideration of frequency dependent viscosity friction and unsteady velocity distribution at a cross section of a pipeline. By using the self-diagnostics functions of the measurement method, the validity is investigated by comparison with the measured and estimated pressure and flow rate wave forms at the halfway section on the pipeline. The results show good agreement between the estimated flow rate wave forms and theoretical those under unsteady laminar flow conditions. The method proposed here is useful in estimating unsteady flow rate through an arbitrary cross section in hydraulic pipeline and components without installing an instantaneous flowmeter.

Measurement of optical flow using horn and anandan techniques (Horn과 Anandan기법을 이용한 Optical flow 측정)

  • 송석진;남기곤;이장명
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 1998.06a
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    • pp.685-688
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    • 1998
  • Measurement of optical flow is a core problem of matching through the analysis of image sequences. In this paper, horn's and anandan's techniques are analyzed to derive a better technique for matching. Experimental results show that Horn's technique has low accuracy in measuring the velocity of optical flow while anandan's technique has poor performaance for diverging images. Based upon this observation, a new technique for the measurement of optical flow is proposed.

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A method for feeding flow rate control by measuring weight (무게 측정에 의한 원료 정량 투입 제어 방법)

  • 권오정;황일영;이광순
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1992.10a
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    • pp.937-940
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    • 1992
  • A cost-saving feeding rate contro method for a batch reaction process is proposed by reconfigurating the flow rate control loop where the feeding rate is estimated by differentiating weight measurement. While the existing control methods require either a flow rate measurement device or a flow rate estimator, the proposed method is devised not to require neither of these facilities by directly controlling the tank weight with a time-varying set point. Experimental evaluation in a pilot-scale unit shows that the proposed method can significantly reduce the actuator hunting of the existing method where the flow rate is estimated by differentiating the weight measurement.

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Optimal Design of Flow Measurement System Using Turbine Flowmeter (터빈유량계를 이용한 유량 측정 시스템의 최적 설계)

  • Kim, Hong-Tark;Kim, Boo-Il
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.77-84
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    • 2018
  • The turbine flowmeter is selected for high precision and reproducibility at the time of flow rate measurement but causes various uncertainty factors of measurement in the difference between the standard environmental condition at calibration and the environmental condition at the site. Also, a reliable interpolation method is required for use in sections other than calibrated measurement values. Therefore, in this paper, in order to improve the reliability of the flow rate measurement, we designed and manufactured a device that accurately measures the output signal of the turbine flowmeter, interpolates the value of the calibrated result value, and corrects the temperature change in real time We confirmed the reliability of the measurement at the site to carry out the performance verification.

Micro Cell Counter Using a Fixed Control Volume Between Double Electrical Sensing Zones (다수의 계수구역간의 검사체적을 이용한 소형 세포농도센서)

  • Lee Dong Woo;Yi Soyeon;Cho Young-Ho
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.29 no.12 s.243
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    • pp.1615-1620
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    • 2005
  • We present a novel flow-rate independent cell counter using a fixed control volume between double electrical sensing zones. The previous device based on the single electrical cell sensing in a given flow-rate requires an accurate fluid volume measurement or precision flow rate control. The present cell counter, however, offers the flow-rate independent method for the cell concentration measurement with counting cells in a fixed control volume of $22.9{\pm}0.98{\mu}{\ell}$. In the experimental study, using the RBC (Red Blood Cell), we have compared the measured RBC concentrations from the fabricated devices with those from Hemacytometer. The previous and present devices show the maximum errors of $20.3\%\;and\;16.1\%$, which are in the measurement error range of Hemacytometer (about $20\%$). The present device also shows the flow-rate independent performance at the constant flow-rates ($5{\mu}{\ell}/min$ and $10{\mu}{\ell}/min$) and the varying flow-rate (4, 2, and $4{\mu}{\ell}/min$). Therefore, we demonstrate that the present cell counter is a simple and automated method for the cell concentration measurement without requiring an accurate fluid measurement and precision flow-rate control.