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Since flowmeters are integrated instruments that measure different flow quantities by different technologies, it
is difficult to categorize them by one parameter. Typically flowmeters are referenced by:

Technology Employed
Instrumentation Configuration
Physical Quantity Measured
Flow Quantity Converted

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 Flowmeter By Technology Employed

Technology Instrument Measure Result

1. Coriolis Miscellaneous Acceleration Mass

2. Differential Pressure Elbow Pressure Pressure Volume

3. Flow Nozzle Pressure Pressure Volume

4. Orifice Pressure Pressure Volume

5. Pitot Tube Pressure Pressure Volume

6. Pitot Tube (Averaging) Pressure Pressure Volume

7. Venturi Pressure Pressure Volume

8. Wedge Pressure Pressure Volume

9. Magnetic Electronic Electromagnetic Field Velocity

10. Positive Displacement Nutating Disc Mechanical Volume Volume

11. Oscillating Piston Mechanical Volume Volume

12. Oval Gear Mechanical Volume Volume

13. Roots Mechanical Volume Volume

14. Target Mechanical Force Velocity

15. Thermal Miscellaneous Heat Transfer Velocity

16. Turbine Mechanical Volume Volume

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 17. Ultrasonic Doppler Electronic Acoustic Waves Velocity

18. Transit Time Electronic Acoustic Waves Velocity

19. Variable Area Movable Vane Pressure Pressure Volume

20. Rotameter Pressure Pressure Volume

21. Weir, Flume Pressure Pressure Volume

22. Vortex Mechanical Frequency Velocity

Flowmeter By Instrumentation Employed

Flowmeters may be categorized by the instrumentation architecture.

Instrument Technology Measure Result

1. Electronic Magnetic Electromagnetic Field Velocity

2. Ultrasonic Doppler Acoustic Waves Velocity

3. Transit Time Acoustic Waves Velocity

4. Mechanical Positive Displacement Nutating Disc Volume Volume

5. Oscillating Piston Volume Volume

6. Oval Gear Volume Volume

7. Roots Volume Volume

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 8. Target Force Velocity

9. Turbine Volume Volume

10. Vortex Frequency Velocity

11. Miscellaneous Coriolis Acceleration Mass

12. Thermal Heat Transfer Velocity

13. Pressure Differential Pressure Elbow Pressure Volume

14. Flow Nozzle Pressure Volume

15. Orifice Pressure Volume

16. Pitot Tube Pressure Volume

17. Pitot Tube (Averaging) Pressure Volume

18. Venturi Pressure Volume

19. Wedge Pressure Volume

20. Variable Area Movable Vane Pressure Volume

21. Rotameter Pressure Volume

22. Weir, Flume Pressure Volume

Flowmeter By Physical Quantity Measured

Another way to categorized flowmeters is to base on the physical quantity that the flowmeter measures.

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 Measure Result Technology Instrument

1. Acceleration Mass Coriolis Miscellaneous

2. Acoustic Waves Velocity Ultrasonic Doppler Electronic

3. Velocity Transit Time Electronic

4. Electromagnetic Field Velocity Magnetic Electronic

5. Force Velocity Target Mechanical

6. Frequency Velocity Vortex Mechanical

7. Heat Transfer Velocity Thermal Miscellaneous

8. Pressure Volume Differential Pressure Elbow Pressure

9. Volume Flow Nozzle Pressure

10. Volume Orifice Pressure

11. Volume Pitot Tube Pressure

12. Volume Pitot Tube (Averaging) Pressure

13. Volume Venturi Pressure

14. Volume Wedge Pressure

15. Volume Variable Area Movable Vane Pressure

16. Volume Rotameter Pressure

17. Volume Weir, Flume Pressure

18. Volume Volume Positive Displacement Nutating Disc Mechanical

19. Volume Oscillating Piston Mechanical

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 20. Volume Oval Gear Mechanical

21. Volume Roots Mechanical

22. Volume Turbine Mechanical

Flowmeter By Flow Quantity Displayed

Regardless of the actual physical quantity measured, the goal

of a typical flowmeter is to give information about one of the
following values:

Volume flow rate (Volume)

Mass flow rate (Mass)
Flow velocity (Velocity)

Flowmeters can therefore be categorized accordingly

(Volume, Mass, or Velocity).

Result Technology Measure Instrument

1. Mass Coriolis Acceleration Miscellaneous

2. Velocity Magnetic Electromagnetic Field Electronic

3. Target Force Mechanical

4. Thermal Heat Transfer Miscellaneous

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 5. Ultrasonic Doppler Acoustic Waves Electronic

6. Transit Time Acoustic Waves Electronic

7. Vortex Frequency Mechanical

8. Volume Differential Pressure Elbow Pressure Pressure

9. Flow Nozzle Pressure Pressure

10. Orifice Pressure Pressure

11. Pitot Tube Pressure Pressure

12. Pitot Tube (Averaging) Pressure Pressure

13. Venturi Pressure Pressure

14. Wedge Pressure Pressure

15. Positive Displacement Nutating Disc Volume Mechanical

16. Oscillating Piston Volume Mechanical

17. Oval Gear Volume Mechanical

18. Roots Volume Mechanical

19. Turbine Volume Mechanical

20. Variable Area Movable Vane Pressure Pressure

21. Rotameter Pressure Pressure

22. Weir, Flume Pressure Pressure

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