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Effect of static pressure measurement errors from wall taps on cryogenic supercritical helium flow measurement in Venturi flowmeters
This study aims to investigate the influence of static pressure measurement errors from wall taps on the performance of supercritical helium Venturi flowmeters, integrating cryogenic experimental characterization and CFD simulations. Results show that the non-dimensional static pressure error increases significantly with tap Reynolds number and diameter ratio. This error leads to systematic underestimation of the measured differential pressure and subsequent overestimation of the discharge coefficient. The throat region, characterized by extremely high wall shear stress, exhibits an order-of-magnitude higher static pressure error than upstream taps, emerging as the primary source of differential pressure deviation. Due to the low viscosity of supercritical helium, these errors are significantly smaller than those in water or air. Reducing the throat tap diameter effectively minimizes discharge coefficient bias, whereas variations in upstream tap diameter have negligible impact. This study provides theoretical and experimental foundations for discharge coefficient correction in cryogenic Venturi flowmeters.
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Flow Measurement and Instrumentation is dedicated to disseminating the latest research results on all aspects of flow measurement, in both closed conduits and open channels. The design of flow measurement systems involves a wide variety of multidisciplinary activities including modelling the flow sensor, the fluid flow and the sensor/fluid interactions through the use of computation techniques; the development of advanced transducer systems and their associated signal processing and the laboratory and field assessment of the overall system under ideal and disturbed conditions.
FMI is the essential forum for critical information exchange, and contributions are particularly encouraged in the following areas of interest:
Modelling: the application of mathematical and computational modelling to the interaction of fluid dynamics with flowmeters, including flowmeter behaviour, improved flowmeter design and installation problems. Application of CAD/CAE techniques to flowmeter modelling are eligible.
Design and development: the detailed design of the flowmeter head and/or signal processing aspects of novel flowmeters. Emphasis is given to papers identifying new sensor configurations, multisensor flow measurement systems, non-intrusive flow metering techniques and the application of microelectronic techniques in smart or intelligent systems.
Calibration techniques: including descriptions of new or existing calibration facilities and techniques, calibration data from different flowmeter types, and calibration intercomparison data from different laboratories.
Installation effect data: dealing with the effects of non-ideal flow conditions on flowmeters. Papers combining a theoretical understanding of flowmeter behaviour with experimental work are particularly welcome.