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Title: Compact Orifice Meter Station Project
Author: E. Kelner, T.B. Morrow
Source: 1999 International Symposium on Fluid Flow Measurement
Year Published: 1999
Abstract: This paper presents the preliminary results of a research effort aimed at developing a compact multi-tube orifice flow meter/header installation configuration. By exploiting the benefits of flow conditioners as part of the meter installation, it may be possible to reduce the overall size, footprint, and weight of a typical multi-tube meter/header installation by approximately 50% without adversely affecting flow rate measurement uncertainty. Capital savings due to such a reduction in size of typical offshore flow meter installations are estimated to be on the order of 250,000 to 500,000 (1999 U.S. dollars) per offshore structure. It may also be possible to extend the allowable range of orifice beta ratios (i.e., the ratio of the orifice diameter to the meter tube diameter) in such installations. The current beta ratio limit for short orifice meter tubes is 0.45.

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