Instrumentation and Measurement

ME 341 (3+0)
Objectives of today’s lecture

• Flow measurements
Flow Measurements
Mechanical Devices – Flow
Obstruction Methods
Several types of flow instruments fall under this category of obstruction
devices.
Such devices are sometimes also called Head meters because a head-loss
or pressure-drop measurement is taken as an indication of the flow rate.
They are also called differential pressure meters.
Lets consider a one-dimensional flow system shown in figure 7.4,
Sonic Nozzle
Flow Measurements- Positive
Displacement Methods
Nutating Disk Flowmeter
Nutating Disk Flowmeter
Rotary-Vane Flowmeter
Lobed-Impeller Flowmeter
Rotating-Impeller Flowmeter
Thermal and Electrical devics-Hot-
wire and hot film Anemometer
Thermal mass Flowmeter
Magnetic Flowmeter
Ultrasonic Flowmeter
Rotameter – Area Meter
Turbine Meter
Vortex Shedding Flowmeters
Laminar flowmeter
Flow Visualization