A CFD study of the effect of venturi geometry on high pressure wet gas metering

Venturi meter is increasingly being preferred as wet gas flow meter because of its simple construction and ease of operation. It has been found that the performance of venturi in single phase gas is very different from that of water. In this work, with a view to optimise the design, the effects of d...

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Main Authors: Perumal, Kumar, Krishnan, Jagannathan
Format: Journal Article
Published: Inderscience publisher 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18826
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description Venturi meter is increasingly being preferred as wet gas flow meter because of its simple construction and ease of operation. It has been found that the performance of venturi in single phase gas is very different from that of water. In this work, with a view to optimise the design, the effects of diameter, diameter ratio and convergent angle on the performance of a venturi meter for wet gas metering has been studied by CFD modelling of the high pressure wet gas flow. The performance of eight wet gas correlations for flow prediction has also been studied. Simulation results reveal that a convergent angle of 10.5 deg to be a better choice for wet gas metering. Homogeneous flow model, Steven's and De Leeuw's correlations are found to be better than the other correlations. While homogeneous flow model performs consistently, Steven's and De Leeuw's performance drops at 40 bar.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-188262017-09-13T13:44:33Z A CFD study of the effect of venturi geometry on high pressure wet gas metering Perumal, Kumar Krishnan, Jagannathan wet gas over reading venturi meter CFD Venturi meter is increasingly being preferred as wet gas flow meter because of its simple construction and ease of operation. It has been found that the performance of venturi in single phase gas is very different from that of water. In this work, with a view to optimise the design, the effects of diameter, diameter ratio and convergent angle on the performance of a venturi meter for wet gas metering has been studied by CFD modelling of the high pressure wet gas flow. The performance of eight wet gas correlations for flow prediction has also been studied. Simulation results reveal that a convergent angle of 10.5 deg to be a better choice for wet gas metering. Homogeneous flow model, Steven's and De Leeuw's correlations are found to be better than the other correlations. While homogeneous flow model performs consistently, Steven's and De Leeuw's performance drops at 40 bar. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18826 10.1504/IJOGCT.2013.056101 Inderscience publisher restricted
spellingShingle wet gas
over reading
venturi meter
CFD
Perumal, Kumar
Krishnan, Jagannathan
A CFD study of the effect of venturi geometry on high pressure wet gas metering
title A CFD study of the effect of venturi geometry on high pressure wet gas metering
title_full A CFD study of the effect of venturi geometry on high pressure wet gas metering
title_fullStr A CFD study of the effect of venturi geometry on high pressure wet gas metering
title_full_unstemmed A CFD study of the effect of venturi geometry on high pressure wet gas metering
title_short A CFD study of the effect of venturi geometry on high pressure wet gas metering
title_sort cfd study of the effect of venturi geometry on high pressure wet gas metering
topic wet gas
over reading
venturi meter
CFD
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18826