Numerical Simulations of Fluidic Flowmeter with Large Measurement Range

Author

Xie, Dailiang ; Fang, Ting ; Li, Guona ; Liang, Guowei

Author_Institution

China Jiliang Univ., Hangzhou

fYear

2007

fDate

1-3 May 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A fluidic flowmeter with new structure is designed in this work on the basis of the traditional ones in order to obtain wide measurement range. This fluidic flowmeter has the diffuser wall with polygonal line and it has the performance of adaptability and stability. The CFD software FLUENT is employed to the numerical simulations of the fluidic flowmeter. The linear-relationship of oscillation frequency flowrate is obtained in the wide measurement range through the analysis of the data. The simulation results show that the oscillation of this fluidic flowmeter is stable and reliable. The formula of the flowrate and the oscillation frequency is obtained. The lower limit of the measurement and the pressure loss of the oscillator are also analyzed. Some useful theoretical information can be provided for the design of fluidic flowmeter in this work.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; flowmeters; fluid oscillations; numerical analysis; CFD software; FLUENT; diffuser wall; fluidic flowmeter; numerical simulation; oscillation frequency flowrate; oscillator pressure loss; polygonal line; Computational fluid dynamics; Current measurement; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Feedback; Frequency measurement; Instrumentation and measurement; Mechanical variables measurement; Numerical simulation; Oscillators; CFD; flowrate; fluidic flowmeter; measurement range; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2007. IMTC 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

Warsaw

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0588-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2007.379329

Filename

4258430