Ultrasonic flowmeter is one of the flowmeters with mature technology and wide application in the market. There are many types of ultrasonic flowmeters, and users need to select reasonable types according to the actual situation and measurement requirements.
Ultrasonic flowmeter is mainly used to measure a single liquid, and is widely used in the field of water supply companies and industrial water. It can also measure the impurity content is not high, particle size is less than 1mm uniform fluid, such as the Yellow River water and other fluid flow, practical application shows that the use of time-difference ultrasonic flowmeter for the corresponding fluid measurement can achieve satisfactory results. Ultrasonic flowmeter is divided into handheld, portable, fixed three categories, fixed according to different sensor installation mode is divided into external clamp, insert, pipe segment type three.
1. Handheld, portable ultrasonic flowmeter: suitable for temporary measurement, mainly used to check the operating status of other flow meters installed on the pipeline, fluid balance test in an area, check the flow of the pipeline at that time, etc.
2. Fixed type ultrasonic flowmeter:
External clamp-type ultrasonic flowmeter external clamp-type sensor installation and maintenance is simple and convenient, no need to stop production, directly installed on the pipe wall. Suitable for field use where the site construction is limited and the pipe cannot be broken. For large diameter pipes, the cost does not change much.
Plug-in ultrasonic flowmeter, plug-in sensor installation mode can avoid the influence of pipe lining, scaling, pipe wall thickness on ultrasonic signal attenuation, higher measurement stability, but also greatly reduce the maintenance workload. The plug-in sensor can also be installed online without shutdown under the working pressure of 1.6MPA.
The tube segment ultrasonic flowmeter is one of the three installation methods of the fixed ultrasonic flowmeter with better measurement accuracy and stability, and is suitable for occasions where the flow measurement accuracy is high. The cost will increase with the increase of pipe diameter. It is more economical to choose the pipe section installation method for small and medium caliber pipe section.
