Some Guidelines in Flowmeter Selection for Liquids

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Coriolis mass Meter Elbow meter

10 to 1

Low

None

2.5 to 1

ery low

!0

Low

Electroma"netic

%0 to 1

None

None

&low no''le *rifice -itot tube -ositive .is/lacement 0ar"et meter

% to 1 4 to 1 ! to 1 10 to 1

Medium ,ome ery low (i")

10 to !0 10 to 20 20 to !0 None

(i") (i") Low (i")

1 to 1

Medium

10 to 21

Medium

0)ermal Mass

10 to 1

Low

1 of full scale 0.25 of rate 5 of full scale 1 to ! of full scale 1 to 10 of full scale 1 of full scale 1 of rate 0.5 to 2 of full scale 2 to 5 of full scale

None

None

0urbine 2ltrasonic 3.o//ler4

20 to 1 10 to 1

(i") None

5 to 10 5 to !0

(i") None

Clean# viscous 2ltrasonic liquids some dirty 30ransit 0ime4 liquids3de/endin" on brand4 ariable area Clean dirty viscous liquids ,ome slurrys but clean dirty and liquids wit) )i") viscosity CLean# dirty liquids ,lurries and liquids wit) )i") viscosity Clean# dirty liquids

40 to 1

None

10

None

10 to 1

Medium

None

Medium

enturi

% to 1

5 little

5 to 11

(i")

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10 to 1 % to 1 100 to 1

Medium 5 little ery low

10 to 20 10 to !0 None

Medium Low ery Low