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

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DonJazon

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I am working with an oil and gas operator in Texas and I keep hearing the term "wedge" come up referencing something about fluid flow. Can somebody enlighten me what they mean when they are talking about "the wedge."?
 
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Wedge flow meter element.

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