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FPSO Flow Meter Fits Just Right

Space-Saving Flow Meter Gets Engineers Out Of Tight Spots In


Offshore Applications: Ideal for Measuring Wet Gas, Condensate and
Dirty or Abrasive Flows

Engineers in a tight spot over where to locate liquid and gas flow meters
aboard Offshore platforms, FPSO Vessels and Sub-Sea Installations
will find the self-conditioning V-Cone® Offshore Flow Meter from
McCrometer requires a pipe straight-run that is up to 70-percent less
than other meters, resulting in significant real estate and installation
cost savings that can actually exceed the cost of the instrument itself.

The advanced V-Cone operates over a wide flow range of 10:1 with low
headloss and supports line sizes from 0.5 to greater than 120 inches. Accuracy
is ±0.5%, with a repeatability of ±0.1%. Petroleum production engineers can
rely on the V-Cone Flow Meter for long life and low cost of ownership because
it requires virtually no recalibration or maintenance over an exceptionally
long life. Easy to locate and easy to install, the versatile V-Cone is ideal for
Ideal for Measuring Wet Gas, Condensate and new equipment designs, expansion projects or retrofits requiring new meters.
Dirty or Abrasive Flows
The space-saving V-Cone reduces flow meter straight pipe run
About McCrometer
requirements by up to 70 percent or more and needs only 0-3 straight
McCrometer’s advanced liquid, steam and gas pipe diameters upstream and 0-1 downstream to operate effectively. It
fits in tight installations on Offshore Platforms, FSPO Vessels as well
flow measurement solutions solve complex
as in Sub-Sea Installations, while also reducing pipe material costs and
challenges in Agriculture, Municipal/ installation labor costs automatically. Its space-saving design has been
Industrial Water & Wastewater, Oil & Gas, especially useful in accommodating compressors in such applications.
Process Control & Plant, Electric Power
Generation, and Institutional Facilities. The The V-Cone’s unique no-moving parts design provides built-in flow
company’s products and systems are found conditioning, which nearly eliminates the upstream/downstream straight
in thousands of installations worldwide. pipe runs required by nearly all flow meter technologies. Typical flow
Its products and systems meet many of the meter installations may require 10 to more than 40 straight pipe diameters
world’s most demanding industrial, safety and upstream from the meter and 5 or more straight pipe diameters downstream
quality standards. to eliminate the effects of swirl and other pipeline disturbances caused
by valves or elbows that negatively affect measurement accuracy.

McCrometer’s versatile V-Cone Flow Meter is compatible with the demanding standards set by the oil/
gas production, delivery and refining industry. The testing of the V-Cone Flow Meter now conforms to the
American Petroleum Institute’s API 22.2 Testing Protocol for differential pressure flow measurement devices.

In comparison to traditional DP instruments such as orifice plates and venturi tubes, the V-Cone Flow Meter’s 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 volumetric fluid flow rate. With additional instrumentation, the mass flow rate also may be obtained.

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