Profiling and trending of coriolis meter secondary process value drift due to ambient temperature fluctuations

Gordon Lindsay, John Hay, Norman Glen, Seyed Mohammad Shariatipour

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Abstract

Coriolis mass flow metering technology is widely used within the Oil and Gas industry. There is now an increased focus on utilising the technology's ability to calculate fluid density in areas such as fluid contamination indication and feedback for process control loops. However, it is common for flow meters of this type to be installed within environments that are subject to severe variations in ambient conditions. One such condition, which this paper seeks to address is the effect that air temperature surrounding the meter body can have on the Coriolis meter's ability to correctly calculate fluid density, specifically in scenarios where there is a significant differential between the fluid temperature present within the meter internals and the surrounding ambient air temperature. This paper details an experimental program that was carried out at NEL where the ambient temperature surrounding a Coriolis meter was varied in a controlled manner while diagnostic data output from the meter were logged over time. Analysis of the data has allowed for the identification of repeatable drift in both the calculated fluid density and indicated fluid temperature process values output by the metering technology.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)225-232
Number of pages8
JournalFlow Measurement and Instrumentation
Volume59
Early online date14 Dec 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2018

Bibliographical note

NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Flow Measurement and Instrumentation. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, [59, (2017)] DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2017.12.007

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Keywords

  • Coriolis Ambient Temperature Density

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