9. Flow Meter Installation
&
Application
Considerations

10. Sage Flow Meter Perfectly Designed Perfectly Built
Take One -
Sage Flow Meter
Perfectly Designed
Perfectly Built
Perfectly Calibrated

11. Add in – B
llat a d
sta → In
ion

12. Your Customer’s reaction

15. ooooooo…make it go away!

16. You gotta be kidding!

17. HAPPY  CUSTOMER

18. Good Job Dude!

19. Application Considerations
BASIC THEORY of FLOW
STRAIGHT RUNS
CONDITIONS TO AVOID
INSERTION vs INLINE METERS
FLOW CONDITIONING

20. CALIBRATION CONDITIONS
Basic Theory
IN A PERFECT WORLD
FIELD CONDITIONS
EQUAL
CALIBRATION CONDITIONS

22. APPLICATION CONDITIONS
GAS CONSTITUENTS
NON-CONDENSING
PIPE ID
TYPE OF PIPE
UPSTREAM STRAIGHT RUN
PROBE INSERTION DEPTH

23. PIPE SIZE
GAS
UPSTREAM STRAIGHT RUN
INSERTION DEPTH

24. PIPE SIZE As ordered and calibrated? Correct Pipe Schedule?
Correct for Velocities?
GAS
UPSTREAM STRAIGHT RUN
INSERTION DEPTH

25. GAS PIPE SIZE Correct Gas? Correct % Constituents?
Moisture/Particles Present?
UPSTREAM STRAIGHT RUN
INSTALLATION DEPTH

26. UPSTREAM STRAIGHT RUN PIPE SIZE GAS Disturbances Multiple Disturbances
Fully Developed Flow
INSTALLATION DEPTH

31. Velocity Profile in a River

35. PIPE SIZE
GAS
UPSTREAM STRAIGHT RUN
INSTALLATION DEPTH

37. Velocity Profile in a Pipe

38. INSTALLATION DEPTH
Center Probe in Pipe
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39. Straight Run Requirements
Elbows
Valves
Expansions
Reductions

40. FLOW CONDITIONING 

45. Captive Flow Conditioners

46. Captive Conditioners Installed

47. Straight Run Requirements
DISTURBANCES
WITHOUT CONDITIONING
WITH SAGE CONDITIONING

48. 90o Elbow Effect on Velocity Profile

49. Straight Run Requirements
One 90° Elbow
W/O CONDITIONING 15 to 25
WITH CONDITIONING 3

50. Two 90o elbows – same plane
  

51. Straight Run Requirements
Two 90° Elbows in the
same plane – within 3 diameters
W/O CONDITIONING 20 to 36
WITH CONDITIONING 5

52. Two 90o elbows different planes
  

53. Straight Run Requirements
Two 90° Elbows in
different planes – within 3 diameters
W/O CONDITIONING 40 to 62
WITH CONDITIONING 9

54. 4 to 1 reduction

55. Straight Run Requirements
Reduction in flow area (4/1)
W/O CONDITIONING 15 to18
WITH CONDITIONING 3

56. 4 to 1 expansion

57. Straight Run Requirements
Expansion in flow area (4/1)
W/O CONDITIONING 30 to 84
WITH CONDITIONING 10

63. PIPE SIZE
GAS
UPSTREAM STRAIGHT RUN
INSTALLATION DEPTH

68. ACFM vs SCFM
Reference Conditions
Pressure and Temperature effects

69. PRESSURE = 1 ATM 1 SCFM (1 ACFM)

70. PRESSURE = 2 ATM 2 SCFM (1 ACFM)

71. PRESSURE = 3 ATM 3 SCFM(1ACFM)

72. PRESSURE = 4 ATM 4 SCFM(1ACFM)

73. Electromagnetic & Radio Frequency INTERFERENCE (EMI / RFI)

74. Cummins Gen-Set
VFD
Walkie Talkie

75. Conducted EMI / RFI INTERFERENCE Signal Wires (4-20mA) Power Cables
Ground Connections
Typical Solution: Ferrite Beads

76. EMI / RFI INTERFERENCE Coupled Components with mutual impedance
Can occur between two circuits that are not normally connected.

77. EMI / RFI INTERFERENCE Radiated Openings of any kind in Enclosures
in Conduits or Cables
Typical Solutions: 1) Metal Enclosure
2) Shielded cable or conduit

78. EMI / RFI INTERFERENCE Best Avoided by using →
1) Metal Enclosures with CE Approval
a) Prime
b) Rio
2) Shielded conduits
3) Ferrite Beads

79. GAS CONSTITUENTS NON-CONDENSING PIPE ID TYPE OF PIPE
Application Summary
GAS CONSTITUENTS
NON-CONDENSING
PIPE ID
TYPE OF PIPE
UPSTREAM STRAIGHT RUN
PROBE INSERTION DEPTH

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