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Title: The Effect Of Varying Reynolds Number On A Zanker Flow Conditioner
Author: Neil Barton, Michael Reader-Harris, David Hodges, Craig Coull
Source: 2002 North Sea Flow Measurement Workshop
Year Published: 2002
Abstract: Perforated plate flow conditioners are widely used in the oil and gas sector to reduce swirl and flow asymmetry entering flow meters and hence improve their accuracy in non-ideal installations. These devices are typically developed and optimised in liquid (or low-pressure air) flow test facilities at relatively low Reynolds numbers. However, they are usually deployed in gas production metering systems that operate at higher Reynolds Numbers. This paper describes work in which the velocity profiles were measured downstream of a Zanker flow conditioner plate in swirling flow and asymmetrical flow in oil (at a Reynolds number of 2.5 x 105) and in nitrogen (at a Reynolds number of 5.8 x 106).

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