• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.1219-1230
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• 2004

Comparing to the gravimetric and volumetric method, the flowmeter calibration based on the master meter method is relatively economical and convenient, especially for high flowrate. The uncertainty of flow quantity and flowrate using the master meter method was evaluated according to the GUM (Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement). In order to apply for the wider flow range, two master meters (electromagnetic flow meter) were employed as reference flowmeters. The uncertainty of the master meter was obtained by combining the statistical variation of the repeated measurements and the variation of fluid density and pipe material due to temperature and pressure changes were scrutinized. for a practical application, the uncertainty of calibrator, whose measuring capacity of 1000 ㎥/h obtained by employing two 500 ㎥/h electromagnetic How meters, was evaluated. The uncertainty budget shows the quantitative contribution of each uncertainty component to the overall uncertainty of the calibrator. As a result, it was found that the dominant uncertainties were from the master meter, which was evaluated statistically, and from the process of least squares fitting. On the contrary, the uncertainties arising from the variation of the fluid density and the pipe volume due to the temperature and pressure were negligible.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제32권9호
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• pp.712-719
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• 2008

Light Oil Flow Standard System(LOFSS), as a national oil flow standard system, in Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science(KRISS) was developed for oil flowmeter calibration, and the expanded uncertainty of flow quantity determination was estimated within 0.04 %. In order to improve the reliability of the LOFSS measurement, a proficiency test was carried out in the flow range of 20 and $240\;m^3/h$ (Reynolds number $20,000{\sim}900,000$). A turbine flowmeter was used as a transfer package in round robin test. The water flow standard system of KRISS, the pipe prover of the national calibration and test organization and the master meter calibrator of the turbine flowmeter supplier, which used the different working fluid respectively, were compared with the turbine flowmeter measurement. The maximum difference of measurement was 0.15 % between the LOFSS and the pipe prover. The En numbers of the each system measurement were evaluated at the same Reynolds number. It was found that the En numbers were less than 1 in the comparison, which means the procedures of the uncertainty estimation of the each calibrators were reasonable and reliable.

• 대한기계학회논문집 C: 기술과 교육
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.105-113
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• 2017

한국인정기구(KOLAS)는 아시아태평양인정협의체(APLAC)에 소속되어 있으며, 측정 결과를 SI 단위로 소급하고 이를 유지시키기 위해 교정기관 인정제도를 운영하고 있다. 2016 년 6 월 현재, 22 개의 기관이 KOLAS 물유량 분야 교정기관으로 지정되어 있다. 이 중 12 개 KOLAS 교정기관들이 한국계량측정협회(KASTO)가 2015 년에 주관한 물유량 숙련도 시험(PM2015-08)에 참가했다. 이번 숙련도 시험은 KOLAS 교정기관들의 교정측정능력(CMC)을 고려하여 3 가지의 유량 범위($3.6m^3/h{\sim}12m^3/h$, $40m^3/h{\sim}80m^3/h$, $40m3/h{\sim}200m^3/h$)에서 실시되었다. 숙련도 시험의 목적은 참가기관들의 CMC 가 기준시험소(KRISS)의 CMC 와 비교하여 측정동등성이 성립하는지 여부를 판단하기 위한 것이다. 측정동등성은 측정동등성지수(number of equivalence; $E_n$)를 산출하여 평가했다. ${\mid}E_n{\mid}$ < 1 일 때, 측정동등성이 확립된다고 판단했다. 이번 시험에서 12 개 KOLAS 교정기관 모두 기준시험소와 측정동등성이 성립함을 확인했다.