Flow Meters Demonstration Unit

Flow Meters Demonstration Unit
EXERCISES AND PRACTICAL POSSIBILITIES
Some Practical Possibilities of the Unit :
1.- To demonstrate the important characteristics of fourteen types of flow meters used in the measurement of water flow through pipes or open channels.
2.- Comparing the use, application and limitations of different types of flowmeters.
3.- To study the application of Bernoulli’s Theorem.
4.- Understanding the principles on which various types of flow meters are based.
5.- Implications of performance, convenience, accuracy, head loss, etc. on flow meters selection.
6.- Effect of the air in the hydraulic stream on flow meter performance.
7.- To use manometers to measure pressure drop.
8.- Relating pressure drop across a flow meter to flow rate.
9.- Measure error determination using the venturimeter.
10.- Factor Cd determination in the venturi.
11.- Strangulation determination in the venturi.
12.- Measure error determination using the orifice plate.
13.- Factor Cd determination in the orifice plate.
14.- Effective area determination in the orifice plate.
15.- Measure error determination using the Pitot tube.
16.- Factor Cd determination in the Pitot tube.
17.- Measure error using the swinging flap meter.
18.- Measure error using the rotary piston meter.
19.- Measure error using the shunt gapmeter.
20.- Energy loss comparison in the different meters.
21.- Measure error using the helical rotary type flowmeter.
22.- Measure error using the inferential multistream type flowmeter.
23.- Broad crested weir.
24.- Crump weir.
25.- “H” flume.
26.- Washington flume.