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Daniels Field Proving of LUSM PDF
Daniels Field Proving of LUSM PDF
Colin Lightbody
Measurement Technology specialist
Daniel Measurement & Control
Transit Time Liquid USM – How it works?
Transducer locations placed for optimum measurement accuracy
Transducers act alternately as transmitter and receiver
Downstream pulses traverse stream more quickly than upstream
pulses
Q = Vaverage ⋅ A
where
Q = flow rate
Vaverage = mean velocity of the fluid in the pipe
A = area of the pipe
Turbine Meter
Repeatability 0.011%
Repeatability 0.017%
uncertainty of meter 8
9
0.09%
0.10%
+/- 0.027%
+/- 0.027%
Establish flow through the prover loop and verify the integrity of double
block and bleed valve
Adjust pipeline flow rate to desired setting and verify temperature stability
between line meter and prover loop
Prover the master turbine meter with prover to meet uncertainty
+/- .027% or better uncertainty of meter factor
Reconfigure prover electronics for master meter prove operation using
new K-factor of master meter
Prove LUSM (line meter) with master meter to +/- .027% or better
uncertainty of meter factor (recommend minimum 2 minutes per run)
Re-prove master turbine meter with prover to verify K-factor has not
changed more than 0.02% from initial prove
The above sequence is repeated for every flow rate tested OR if the
reprove of the master meter shows a change in K-factor greater than
0.02%
1.005 0.40
1.000 0.30
Repeatability%
Meter Factor
0.995 0.20
0.990 0.10
0.985 0.00
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000
Flow Rate (BPH)
1.010 0.40
1.005 0.30
Repeatability %
Meter Factor
1.000 0.20
0.995 0.10
0.990 0.00
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000
Flow Rate (BPH)
Questions?