Influence of Operational Parameters on Turbine Flowmeter Accuracy by CFD Simulation

Document Type : Research Paper

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Computational Fluid Dynamics Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology

Abstract

In this work, the effect of flow rate change, temperature, and fluid type are considered on meter factor in turbine meter with the aid of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation. Continuity and momentum equations along with the proper boundary conditions are numerically solved in a steady finite volume frame. SIMPLE algorithm is used for coupling the velocity and pressure field. For the simulation of turbulent flow, the RNG k-ε, and for discretizing the advection scheme the second order upwind are used. The drag and lift force on turbine impellers, and the meter factor utilizing angular momentum balances are gained. The results show that the accuracy increases with temperature enhancement and is almost constant with augmenting flow rate. Moreover, the shift from heavy oil to light oil causes the measurement accuracy to increase

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