Control-Soft Enterprises Instrument and Control Software for the Process Industries
FE-Sizer
Version 3.0
For Windows95/98/NT/2000/xp
Flow Meter Sizing
© 1994-2010 C opyright Control-Soft Enterprises. All Rights Reserved Licensed Material: Property of Control-Soft Enterprises 2319 Morning Park Drive, Katy, Texas 77494-2111, Phone (281) 217-6284 Fax (281) 395-5102
Control-Soft Enterprises Instrument and Control Software for the Process Industries
FE-Sizer
Version 3.0
For Windows95/98/NT/2000/xp
Flow Meter Sizing
© 1994-2010 C opyright Control-Soft Enterprises. All Rights Reserved Licensed Material: Property of Control-Soft Enterprises 2319 Morning Park Drive, Katy, Texas 77494-2111, Phone (281) 217-6284 Fax (281) 395-5102
Control-Soft Enterprises Instrument and Control Software for the Process Industries
Information in this document is subject to change without without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Control-Soft Enterprises. Enterprises. The software described in this document is furnished furnished under a license agreement. It is unlawful to copy this software on magnetic tape, disk, or any other medium for any p urposes other than the purchaser's personal use. © 1994-201 0 Control-Soft Enterprises. All Rights Rights Reserved.
Third Party Party Copyrights Copyrights:: Integrat Integrated ed within within FE-Size FE-Sizerr for Windows, Versi Version on 3.0 are the the following following products products provided provided by third parties, who own the copyrights to these products. The pro ducts are trademarks or trade names of their respective owners: Properties of Steam and Water using the 1967 IP C Formulation for Industrial Use and other IAPWS releases Copyright © 1993 by ASME . All rights rights reserved. If you have comments about the software or this manual, please forward to C ontrol-Soft Enterprises at: Control-Soft Enterprises 2319 Morning Park Drive Katy, Texas 77494-2111
Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Meter Types.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Sizing Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Factors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 Units System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 Record Keeping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 Program Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10 Version 3.0 E nhancements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PROGRAM INSTALLATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 First Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 The FE-Sizer Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 Necessary Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 Installing FE-Sizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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DATA REQUIREMENTS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.1 Symbols and Nomenclature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.2 Fluid Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.3 Sizing Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.4 Meter/Pipe Data.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.5 Manometer Factor (F M). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.6 Drain/Vent Hole Factor (F DH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.7 W ater Vapor Correction Factor (F WV). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.8 Saturated Liquid Factor (F SAT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.9 Vapor Quality Factor (F X). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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USER INTERFACE TYPES AND DESCRIPTIONS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Main Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Menu Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.1 File.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.2 Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.3 Tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.4 Fluid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.5 Sizing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.6 Factors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.7 M eter/Pipe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.8 Base.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.9 Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.10 W indow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.11 View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.12 Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 Pop-up M enus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Drop-Down List Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 Dialog Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 Text Boxes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 Keyboard Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 Tool Bar.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9 Status Bar.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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FLOW M ETER SIZING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.1 Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.2 Calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.3 Datasheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.4 Print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.5 Print Preview Pop-up M enu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.6 Print Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.7 Utilities Pop-up M enu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.8 M ost Recent Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1.9 Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2 Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2.1 Copy Tag... Ctrl+C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2.2 Paste Tag... Ctrl+V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 Tag.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3.1 Input Tag Data.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3.2 Retrieve Tag... Alt+R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3.3 Save Tag...Ctrl+Alt+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3.4 Delete Tag... Alt+D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 Fluids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4.1 Input Fluid Data.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4.2 Calc Fluid Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4.3 Gases & Vapors.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4.5 Liquid-Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 Sizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5.1 Input Sizing Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5.2 Calculation Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 Factors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6.1 Manometer Factor (F M). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6.2 Drain/Vent Hole Factor (F DH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6.3 W ater Vapor Correction Factor (F WV). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6.4 Saturated Liquid Factor (F SAT).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6.5 Vapor Quality Factor (F X). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7 Meter/Pipe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7.1 M eter Data.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7.2 Pipe Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8 Base.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9 Utility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9.1 Flow Units Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9.2 User Data.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9.3 Uncertainty.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.10 W indow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.11 View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.12 Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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FE-Sizer TUTORIAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 6.1 Setting Up the Project Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 6.2 Calculating the Sizing Parameter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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DATA SHEET ENTRY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 Datasheet Entry - Part 1 of 3. . . 7.2 Datasheet Entry - Part 2 of 3. . . 7.3 Datasheet Entry - Part 3 of 3. . .
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DATA IM PORTING AND EXPORTING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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FLUID 9 .1 9 .2 9.3
PROPERTY CORRELATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S ingle Co mp onent & M ulti-C om po nent Fluid Selection Dialo g. . . . . . . . . . . . F luid P ro perties - P ressu re an d/o r T emp erature D ata D ialo g. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Equations-of-State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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APPENDIX A - WARNING MESSAGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 APPENDIX B - ERROR MESSAGES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 APPENDIX C - PROGRAM EQUATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
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Section 1 - Program D escription 1.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIO N
1.1
Introduction
FE-Sizer is a valuable engineering tool for sizing and selecting head-type flow meters in closed conduits. It is flexible, easy-to-use, and complete with app ropriate menus and lists. The software includes meter selection, material tables and pipe data tables. A table of standard drain and v ent hole diameters are available where the user selects the hole diameter to calculate the drain/vent hole correction factor, F DH. These factors aid the user in selecting the proper meter application. Extensive built-in warnings flag potential application and data entry errors. The program equations, methods and procedures comply with the following standards governing the sizing and specification of head-type orifice meter devices: •
A SM E M FC -3 M -1 98 9 a nd AS M E M F C-3 M -2 00 4 — Measurements of Fluid Flow in Pipes Using Orifice, Nozzle and Venturi
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ASM E M FC-14M -200 3 — Measurements of Fluid Flow Using Sm all Bore Precision Orifice Meters
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ANSI/API 2530-AGA Report No. 3 (both 1985 and 1992 versions) — Orifice Metering of Natural Gas and O ther Related Hydrocarbon Fluids - Part 3 Natural Gas Applications
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ISO-5167 (1991) — Measurement of Fluid Flow by M eans of Pressure Differential Devices — Part 1: Orifice Plates, Nozzles and Venturi Tubes Inserted in Circular Cross-section Conduits Running Full .
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ISO -51 67-2 (200 3) — Measurement of fluid flow by mea ns of pressure differential devices — Part 2: O rifice plate
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ISO -51 67-3 (200 3) — Measurement of fluid flow by mea ns of pressure differential devices — Part 3: Nozzles and Ven turi nozzles.
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ISO -51 67-4 (200 3) — Measurement of fluid flow by mea ns of pressure differential devices — Part 4: Venturi tubes
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ISO/TR 15377 — Measurements of Fluid Flow by Means o f Pressure-Differential Devices - Guidelines for the Sp ecification of O rifice Plates, Nozzles and V enturi Tubes Beyond the Scope of ISO 5167
Sizing methods use the iterative procedure described in R . W. Miller's, Flow Measurement Engineering Handbook , Third Edition, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. The discharge coefficient correlations include those above for their applicable flow devices. For all other meter types the d ischarge coefficient correlations are from the ASME standard and R. W . Miller's handbook.
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M eter Types
FE-Sizer allows the user to select from the following o rifice meter types: • • • • • •
Orifice Plates: Concentric, segmental, eccentric, integral, honed small-bore pipe, quadrant, and conic style orifice plates. Flow Nozzles: ASME long radius, ASME throat tap, ISA nozzle, and Venturi nozzle with ISA inlet. Venturi tubes: Machined inlet, rough cast inlet, and rough sheet metal fabricated construction with either 7-degree or 15 -degree outlet cones. U niv ersa l V en tu ri Tub es . Lo-Loss Tubes. W edge M eters.
In addition, the user may enter custom calibrated discharge coefficients for calculating bores, flows, and differential pressures of custom or calibrated meter run applications. 1.3
Sizing M ethods
FE-Sizer calculates the required orifice bore, flow, or differential pressure for the following fluid types: • • • •
Ideal and non-ideal gases – volumetric flow. V apors – mass flow. Viscous and non-viscous liquids – volumetric flow. Viscous and non-viscous liquids – mass flow.
Gas and vapor sizing equations may be either Pressure-Volume-Temperature (PVT) o r Density form. Liquid flow sizing equations may be Specific Gravity or Density form. FESizer includes "critical-drop" flow and bore formulas for sizing restrictive flow devices for gas, vapor and liquid fluids. 1.4
Factors
FE-Sizer includes special sizing factors important for flow meter corrections. Factors included in FE-Sizer are: • • • • •
M an om ete r c or rec tio n. D ra in an d ve nt ho le co rr ec tio n. W ate r v ap or co rr ectio n. Two phase flows – saturated liquid (0.0%-10.0% vapor mass to total mass content). Two phase flows – saturated vapor (90.00% -99.99% vapor mass to total mass content).
The factors co rrect the calculated bore, flow o r differential pressure for specific applications. 1.7
Units System
FE-Sizer includes a completely selectable units system through pulldown selection lists that allows the user to change units "on the fly" for any calculated or input variable.
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Record Keeping
FE-Sizer allows user to print calculation sheets, data sheets, calibration charts, or meter system uncertainty calculations from an easy-to-use menu system. FE-Sizer saves d ata records in a retrievable electronic format so future updates to the orifice sizing calculations and d ata sheets can be mad e simply and easily. Data records are retrieved using a built-in tag/data listing of the stored information.
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Program Features
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Project database and management utilities for segregation of calculations by projects. Batch print of calculations, data sheets, calibration charts and uncertainty charts for projects. ASCII comma separated value (CSV) project file import and export to interface FESizer with existing project databases. Batch calculation mode for automatic sizing of flow elements from fluid data imported from an external database. ASME steam and water property data correlations using the equations defined by 1967 IP C Formulation for Industrial Use. Built-in fluid properties database which includes fluid property correlations for liquid and gases for over 300 fluids. Flow meter index printout from within a project database.
V er sio n 3 .0 E nh an ce me nt s
The FE-Sizer Flow M eter Sizing software package has many new features that improve the performance of FE-Sizer. Some of the features include: • • • • • •
True 32-bit Windows operating system application. S up p or t f or lo ng f ile na me s. Selectable fonts and margins for hardcopy output. Detection of cavitation and flashing conditions for liquid flow meter and pressure restriction sizing. User definable margins for metric paper support. Easier and more flexible units system allows user to set units for individual calculations instead of an entire project file.
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Section 2 - Program Installation 2.
PROGRAM INSTALLATION
2.1
First Steps
Before you begin wo rking with FE-Sizer: 1) 2) 3) 2.2
Read your software license agreement. Check the contents of your package. Make sure you have the necessary equipment to run the program.
The FE-Sizer Package
Your FE -Sizer package includes the following: 1) 2) 3) 4)
T his Us er 's Gu id e. 5-1/4 inch CD-Rom program disk. The Control-Soft license agreement. The Control-Soft software registration card.
Insure that you have everything listed above. Advise Control-Soft immediately if anything is missing. 2.3
Necessary Equipment
FE-Sizer requires the following minimum configuration to run pro perly: 1) 2)
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An IBM® Personal Computer or true compatible. M ic ro so ft W in do ws® 9 5, W in do ws® 9 8, W i nd ow s® N T , W in do ws® 2 00 0 , Windows® XP, Windows® 2003 Server, or Windows Vista 32-bit (will also work with Windows V ista 64-bit in X86 co mpatibility mode). O ne CD -R om d riv e. I BM ® o r co mp atib le V GA o r S V GA m on ito r.
Installing FE-Sizer
To get FE-Sizer up and running on your PC, follow the following steps. For example, assuming your CD-Rom drive designation is drive D, 1.
Insert the FE-Sizer setup disk into drive D. The setup program should start automatically. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
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If the setup utility does not start automatically after inserting into the CD-Rom drive you may have Auto-Run d isabled on your machine. If so, activate the Windows start bar, choose the Run command.
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Type d:setup.exe and press enter (or use the b rowse button to select the setup.exe file by double-clicking on it). Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
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The install program does the following: •
Creates one or more directories on your hard disk and copies the contents of the FESizer program disk onto them.
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Creates a Windows application group and installs all FE-Sizer file icons there.
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Section 3 - Data Requ irements 3.
DATA REQUIREM ENTS
3.1
Symbols and N omenclature Symbol Description
C C4 d(ref) d DH dP dPm dPn D(ref) D b
Dc D f D f1 D f2 DF D GAS D LIQUID DM D TP E F aD F ad F DH FL Fm Fp F SAT F TP F WV,dry FX G b G f Gg HS k K K0 MW P atm P b P f1
Discharge coefficient, true flow rate divided by the theoretical flow rate. D is ch ar ge co ef fic ie nt a t a n in fin ite R ey no ld s n um be r. Bore of head-type flow meter measured at 68E F (20 E C). Diameter of a drain or vent hole. D iffer en tia l p re ssu re ac ro ss th e m ete r. Differential pressure across the meter measured at maximum flow. Differential pressure across the meter measured at normal flow. Internal pipe diameter measured at 68 E F (20 E C). Density at base conditions: Liquids, 60 E F (15.6 E C) and 14.7 psia (101.3 kPa); Gases, 60 E F (15.6 E C) and 14.69595 p sia (101.325 kPa), or other base values. Diameter of circle containing the segment of a segmental orifice. D en sity o f a liq uid a t flo win g te mp er atu re. D en si ty of a g as or va po r a t u ps tr ea m-t ap flo win g c on ditio ns . D en si ty o f a g as o r v ap or a t d ow ns tr ea m- ta p flo win g co nd it io ns . Density of liquid at flowing conditions, uncorrected for pressure. D en si ty o f g as o r v ap or p or tio n of a tw o- ph as e liq uid /v ap or flu id . D en sity of liq uid p or tio n of a t wo -p ha se va po r/ liq uid fl ui d. M anometer-fluid density. E ff ec tiv e o r h om og en eo us d en sit y o f a t wo -p ha se f lu id . Velocity-of-approach factor for Buckingham Flow Coefficient Correlation. T hermal expansio n factor fo r the p ipe. T herm al ex pansio n facto r fo r the flo w m eter. D ra in (g as es or va po rs ) o r v en t ( li qu id s) ho le co rr ec tio n fa cto r. Local gravity correction factor. Manometer correction factor. C or re cti on fo r li qu id c om pr es si bil ity , D f / D F ( us ua lly 1 .0 e xc ep t a t v er y h ig h pressures). C or re cti on fo r s atu ra te d liq uid ( tw o- ph as e f lo w) co nd itio ns . Factor correcting static pressure to total pressure for critical drop sizing of gases and vapors. C or re cti on fo r w et- ga s v olu me or ma ss to dr y- ga s v olu me or ma ss . W et-s tea m o r w et-v ap or qu ality co rr ec tio n fac to r. L iq uid ba se sp ec if ic gr av ity with re sp ec t to wa te r a t 6 0 E F. L iq uid fl ow in g s pe cif ic gr av ity at flo wi ng te mp er atu re . Gas or Vapor specific gravity (M w gas / M w air). Segmental orifice p late height. I de al ga s is en tr op ic ex po ne nt or sp ec if ic he at ra tio (C p/ Cv ). Flow coefficient, K = C / [ 1 - b 4 ] ½. Flow coefficient including velocity of approach at a hypothetical Reynolds number o f infinity. M olecular weight. Annual average barometric (atmospheric) pressure for a given geographic location. B ase ab so lute pressure fo r gas vo lum e flo ws. A bs ol ute sta tic p re ss ur e a t u ps tr ea m-t ap flo win g co nd it io ns.
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P f2 A bs ol ute s ta tic p re ss ur e at d ow ns tr ea m- ta p flo win g co nd it io ns . P WV Absolute pressure of water vapor in gas-water vapor mixture. Pv V ap or p re ssu re o f liq uid at flo win g tem per atu re . q G as o r li qu id v olu me tr ic fl ow ra te at ac tu al (f lo win g) co nd iti on s. qm Gas or liquid maximum volumetric flow rate at actual (flowing) conditions. qn Gas or liquid normal volumetric flow rate at actual (flowing) conditions. Q G as o r li qu id vo lu me tr ic f lo w r ate a t b as e c on diti on s. Qm G as or liq uid m ax im um v olu me tr ic flo w ra te at ba se co nd it io ns . Qn G as or liq uid n or ma l v olu me tr ic flo w ra te at ba se co nd iti on s. Rd Reynolds number of the meter bore. RD Reynolds number of the pipe. T b B as e a bso lu te tem pe ra tu re fo r g as v olu me flo ws . T f1 Temperature of gas, vapor or liquid at upstream-tap flowing conditions. T f2 Temperature of gas, vapor or liquid at downstream-tap flowing conditions. TF T em pe ra tu re at f lo wi ng co nd it io ns in de gr ee s F ah re nh eit. U A bso lu te v isc osity o f g as , v ap or o r liq uid . x Quality or mass percent of vapor mass portion to total mass portion of a two phase fluid. X1 P re ss ur e r ati o a t th e u ps tr ea m ta p p re ss ur e o f t he or ifi ce , d P/ P f1. X2 P re ss ur e r atio at th e d ow ns tr ea m t ap pr es su re of th e o rif ic e, dP /P f2. W Vapor or liquid mass flow rate. Wm V ap or o r liq uid maximu m m ass flo w rate. Wn V ap or o r liq uid no rmal m ass flo w rate. Y Gas expansion factor. Y CR C ritic al fl ow fu nc tio n fo r c ritic al dr op siz in g o f v ap o rs . Y1 G as ex pa ns io n fa ct or at th e up st re am ta p pr es su re o f t he o rif ic e. Y2 Gas expansion factor at the downstream tap pressure of the orifice. Z b G as o r va po r co mp re ss ib il ity fa cto r at b as e te mp er at ur e an d pr es su re . Z f1 Gas or vapor compressibility factor at upstream-tap flowing conditions. Z f2 Gas or vapor compressibility factor at downstream-tap flowing conditions. áP Thermal-expansion coefficient for pipe material. á PE Thermal-expansion coefficient for primary-element material. â Beta ratio, d/D. âC Segment beta ratio for a segmental orifice, â / 0.98.
SUBSCRIPTS:
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upstream-tap condition. b base condition. m maximum condition.
2 f n
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downstream-tap condition. flowing condition. normal condition.
Section 3 - Data Requ irements 3 .2
F lu id D a t a
Table 3-1 shows the required fluid data for each fluid type. FE-Sizer requires an input for all required data before sizing the flow meter for the given application. Table 3-1
FLUID DATA Fluid Unit Equation Ga s Volume PV T
R e q u ir e d D a t a
B a se
M W o r G g, Z b, Z f1 o r Z f2, P f1 o r P f2, T f1 o r T f2, U, k
F lo w i n g
M W o r G g, Z f1 o r Z f2, P f1 o r P f2, T f1 o r T f2 , U , k
B a se
D , Db o rf1D , Pf2 o rf1 P , Tf2 o rf1 T , Uf2, k
F lo w in g
D f1 o r D f2, P f1 o r P f2, T f1 o r T f2, U , k
Vapor Mass PV T
F lo w in g
M W, Z f1 o r Z f2, P f1 o r P f2, T f1 o r T f2, U , k
Vapor Mass Density
F lo w in g
D f1 o r D f2, P f1 o r P f2, T f1 o r T f2, U , k
Ga s Volume Density
Liquid Volume SG
B as e
G b, G f, P f1 o r P f2, T f1 o r T f2, U , F p
F lo w i n g
G f, P f1 o r P f2, T f1 o r T f2, U , F p
B a se
D b, D f, P f1 o r P f2, T f1 o r T f2, U , F p
F lo w in g
D f, P f1 o r P f2, T f1 o r T f2, U , F p
Liquid Mass SG
F lo w i n g
G f, P f1 o r P f2, T f1 o r T f2, U , F p
Liquid Mass Density
F lo w in g
D f, P f1 o r P f2, T f1 o r T f2, U , F p
Liquid Volume Density
Notes Notes::
C o n d it io n
PVT - Pres Pressur sure-V e-Volu olume-T me-Temp empera eratur turee IdealIdeal-Gas Gas Equat Equation ion.. SG - Specific Gravity Liquid Equation. Data can be at either upstream-tap condition (1) or downstream-tap condition (2). You cannot mix conditions in a calculation.
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S i z in g D a t a
Table 3-2 gives the sizing data for each fluid type. All required data must be entered before you can calculate calculate the sizing parameter. Table 3-2
SIZING DATA F lu id
C o n d i t io n Base
Ga s
V ap o r
Flowing
F lo w in g
Base
Liquid
Flowing
Mass
Notes: Notes:
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S i z in g P a r a m e t e r
R e q u ir e d D a t a
d & dPn
Q m, Q n, d P m
Qm & Qn
d P m, d P n, d
dPm & dPn
Q m, Q n, d
d & dPn
q m, q n, d P m
qm & qn
d P m, d P n, d
dP m & dPn
q m, q n , d
d & dPn
W m, W n, d P m
Wm & Wn
d P m, d P n, d
dPm & dPn
W m, W n, d
d & dPn
Q m, Q n, d P m
Qm & Qn
d P m, d P n, d
dPm & dPn
Q m, Q n, d
d & dPn
q m, q n, d P m
qm & qn
d P m, d P n, d
dPm & dPn
q m, q n, d
d & dPn
W m, W n, d P m
Wm & Wn
d P m, d P n, d
dPm & dPn
W m, W n, d
To calculate calculate sizing parameter parameter for for a single single condition, condition, i.e., i.e., maximum maximum condition condition = normal normal condition, condition, set values for data for the maximum condition equal to the data for the normal condition.
M e t e r /P i p e D a t a
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Meter Meter type, type, e.g., e.g., orifi orifice, ce, ventur venturi, i, nozzle nozzle,, etc. etc. Meter Meter styl style, e, e.g. e.g.,, conce concentr ntric ic,, segme segmenta ntal, l, etc. etc. Tap sty style le,, e.g. e.g.,, fla flange nge taps, taps, pipe pipe taps taps,, etc etc.. M et et e r m a te r ia l. N om o m in in al al p ip ip e d ia ia m et et e r . P ip e s c h e d u l e . P ip ip e in n er er di di a m et et e r . P ip e ma ma te r i a l.
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