Volumetric flow rate measurement with capacitive electromagnetic flowmeter in oil-water two-phase flow

Author

Wang, Baoliang ; Fu, Yongfeng ; Huang, Zhiyao ; Li, Haiqing

Author_Institution

Dept. of Control Sci. & Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2010

fDate

3-6 May 2010

Firstpage

775

Lastpage

778

Abstract

A capacitive electromagnetic flowmeter working in voltage sensing mode is developed. The methods to keep noise to a minimum are described. The signal converter is designed to measure the signal from the sensor and get the flow rate. The prototype flowmeter is calibrated with water in a flow loop. After the calibration, the system is tested with oil-water two-phase flow. An electrode type electromagnetic flowmeter is also tested with oil-water two-phase flow. Test results show the capacitive electromagnetic flowmeter has better performance than the electrode type flowmeter for oil-water two-phase volumetric flow rate measurement.

Keywords

capacitive sensors; electromagnetic devices; flow measurement; flowmeters; two-phase flow; calibration; capacitive electromagnetic flowmeter; oil-water two-phase flow; prototype flowmeter; signal converter; voltage sensing mode; volumetric flow rate measurement; Capacitance; Capacitive sensors; Coils; Electrodes; Electromagnetic measurements; Fluid flow; Fluid flow measurement; System testing; Voltage; Volume measurement; capacitive electromagnetic flowmeter; oil-water twophase flow;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2832-8

Electronic_ISBN

1091-5281

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2010.5488001

Filename

5488001