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

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

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

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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."?

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

Wedge flow meter element.

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

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-f...

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

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

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

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

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

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