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Need to measure flow of oil at high pressure!!

Need to measure flow of oil at high pressure!!

Need to measure flow of oil at high pressure!!

(OP)
Hi all,

I have an application where I need to measure oil of about 1000 centipoise, through a 1/4" pipe. The pressure is roughly 450bar and I have calculated the flow rates to be in the region of 3 to 3.6 litres/min.

I have been looking at oval geared meters but can only find ones that go upto 50bar!!

The viscosity is way to high for a turbine meter, and the budget I have been give is know where near high enough for a coriolis meter.

A 0-10v or a 4-20mA output as well as a local display is required.

oh.. forgot to mention the temperature is roughly 80C.

Any help would be appreciated!

RE: Need to measure flow of oil at high pressure!!

Hi,

You should take a look at this specialist UK flow measurement forum thread on QZONE  
http://www.bellflowsystems.co.uk/q&a/viewtopic.php?id=15

We found a model for a similar application from Bell Flow and it is cheap as chips.

good Luck

RE: Need to measure flow of oil at high pressure!!

Here is one of several types of oval gear meters that we used in our process.

http://www.flowmeters.co.uk/

RE: Need to measure flow of oil at high pressure!!

(OP)
Hi, Thanks for the input!

I ended up speaking to Bell Flow Systems and have now got one of these on order
http://www.bellflowsystems.co.uk/G2-~-1-4-LIQUID-FLOW-METER-pr-19156.html
with a display that will give me the local reading and a 4-20mA ouput which is great news.

They were very helpfull and hopefully a solution should be installed soon smile

Thanks.

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