Latexman:
Fluid temperatures range from ambient to 150 F. I cannot accurately define ambient, because what is ambient in Alaska is not ambient in Texas.
CJ, I will look into Spinks/Miller, thank you.
The fluid is incompressible. And as for as the density, I am lost too. I was hoping to find more information from forum members on this because I was unsure of the equation I found. Is it fluid specific? I am not sure if hydraulic oil fits into a general equation, or if each oil has its own...
I am not a fluids person, so I want to make sure this is right. I want to measure the flow of a fluid through an orifice by means of differential pressure. I also want to take temperature changes into consideration for density.
So if
Q = Cf Ao sqrt(2(p2-p1)/rho)
where Q = volumeteric flow...