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News Release from: McCrometer | Subject: V-Cone FPSO
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 February 2007
V-Cone FPSO flowmeter saves space
offshore
Space-saving flowmeter for FPSO vessels delivers high accuracy in marine applications, and is ideal for measuring wet gas, condensate and dirty or abrasive flows
With its advanced space-saving design, the new high accuracy V-Cone FPSO flowmeter from McCrometer is the ideal liquid, gas or steam measurement solution for cramped Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessels operating in deepwater or remote areas The V-Cone unique no-moving parts design provides built-in flow conditioning, which nearly eliminates the upstream/downstream straight pipe runs required by nearly all flowmetering technologies
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 12 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The compact V-Cone reduces flowmeter straight pipe run requirements by up to 70 percent or more and needs only 0-3 straight pipe diameters upstream and 0-1 downstream to operate effectively.
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Accuracy is +/-0.5%, with a repeatability of +/-0.1%.
The versatile V-Cone operates over a wide flow range of 10:1 and supports line sizes from 0.5 to 120 inches.
Oil/gas production and refining engineers can rely on the V-Cone flowmeter for long life and low cost of ownership because it requires virtually no recalibration or maintenance over an exceptionally long life.
The McCrometer versatile V-Cone Flowmeter is compatible with the demanding standards set by the oil/gas production, delivery and refining industry.
The testing of the V-Cone Flowmeter now conforms to the American Petroleum Institute API 22.2 Testing Protocol for differential pressure flow measurement devices.
Unlike traditional DP instruments such as orifice plates and venturi tubes, the V-Cone flowmeter design is inherently more accurate because the flow conditioning function is built-into the basic instrument.
The V-Cone conditions fluid flow to provide a stable flow profile that increases accuracy.
It features a centrally-located cone inside a tube.
The cone interacts with the fluid flow and reshapes the velocity profile to create a lower pressure region immediately downstream.
The pressure difference, which is exhibited between the static line pressure and the low pressure created downstream of the cone, can be measured via two pressure sensing taps.
One tap is placed slightly upstream of the cone and the other is located in the downstream face of the cone itself.
The pressure difference can then be incorporated into a derivation of the Bernoulli equation to determine the fluid flow rate.
The cone central position in the line optimises the velocity of the liquid flow at the point of measurement.
It forms very short vortices as the flow passes the cone.
These short vortices create a low amplitude, high frequency signal for excellent signal stability.
The result is a highly stable flow profile that is repeatable for continuously accurate flow measurement.
All of this is possible with a minimal straight pipe run of 0 to 3 diameters upstream and 0 to 1 diameters downstream from the flowmeter.
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