What is the "Wedge" in reference to Upstream Oil and Gas Operations 1

• Oct 25, 2020

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xnuke

Electrical

May 3, 1999

1,029

Wedge flow meter element.

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• Oct 25, 2020

• #3

LittleInch

Petroleum

Mar 27, 2013

22,604

Never heard of it before now but like a rugged orifice plate which allows all material to flow past the meter without clogging it up.

https://instrumentationtools.com/segmental-wedge-flow-meter/

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• Oct 30, 2020

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itsmoked

Electrical

Feb 18, 2005

19,114

The sloped angle of the wedge allows it to pass debris because there's a vector force down the wedge to the orifice that doesn't exist in a classic flat faced orifice disk more commonly used for the same task. The wedge is self cleaning.

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• Nov 23, 2020

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hacksaw

Mechanical

Dec 7, 2002

2,586

Flow wedges are hardly a quadrant edged orifice plate. There are more like a venturi tube of sorts than a plate of any kind.

 

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• Nov 24, 2020

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hacksaw

Mechanical

Dec 7, 2002

2,586

Flow wedges are commonly used where other meters are totoally unsuited, especially in steam jacketed piping.

 

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