Full scale pressure

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Elbow taps develop relatively low differential pressures. For this reason, they cannot be used for measurement of low-velocity streams. Typically, water flowing at an average velocity of 1.5 m/s (5 ft/s) through a short-radius elbow with a centerline radius equal to the pipe diameter develops about 2.5 kPa (10 in. H20) water differential pressure. This is approximately the minimum full-scale pressure drop that is needed for reliable measurement. If the elbow is installed with 25 diameter upstream and 10 diameter downstream straight pipe runs, the measurement error will be under 10% FS over a 3 1 range. 

The selection and preparation of sites for any of these gas stores is a fairly delicate process, because tightness can rarely be guaranteed on the basis of geological test drillings and modelling. The detailed properties of the cavity will not become fully disclosed until the installation is complete. The ability of the salt cavern to keep an elevated pressure may turn out not to live up to expectations. The stability of a natural rock cave, or of a fractured zone created by explosion or hydraulic methods, is also imcertain until actual full-scale pressure tests have been conducted. For the aquifers, the decisive measurements of permeability can only be made at a finite number of places, so surprises are possible due to rapid permeability change over small distances of displacement (Sorensen, 2004a). 

THIS PROGRAM CALCULATES AN ORIFICE DIAMETER FOR BOTH LIQUID AND GAS FLOWS USING FULL-SCALE FLOWRATES IN EITHER Ib/S. OR ft 3/min. AND THE FULL-SCALE PRESSURE DROPS IN EITHER PSI. OR INCH-H20. 

ORIFICE DIAMETER FOR FULL-SCALE PRESSURE DROP, inch. 

Variable area flow meter, 0-60 Nm /h, accuracy 1.6% of full scale Variable area flow meter, 0-5 Nm /h, accuracy 1.6% of full scale Resistance thermometer, 0-100 °C, accuracy 0.5% of full scale Pressure range 0-500 kPa, accuracy 0.5% of full scale Testo Hygrotest 600/650 humidity temperature accuracy of up to... 

The NCPA Build 2 Jet Rig, when utilized in the NCPA anechoic room, permits operation at full-scale pressures and temperatures associated with the FCLP, has exact-scaled internal and external geometry, and can be used to acquire far-field acoustic data along with flow-field data acquired by stereo Particle... 

Pressure expected error Bourdon gauge, +0.1-2% of full scale pressure transmitter, + 1% full scale linear variable differential transmitter, +0.5% full scale. 

In view of the sensitivity of the manometric system, which has a full scale range of about 2 mm of mercury, the final pressure must be reached in stages, repeating the operations described a number of times. 

Eor evaluation of flocculants for pressure belt filters, both laboratory-scale filters and filter simulators are available (52,53) in many cases from the manufacturers of the full-scale equipment. The former can be mn either batchwise or continuously the simulators require less substrate and are mn batchwise. The observed parameters include cake moisture, free drainage, release of the cake from the filter cloth, filter blinding, and retention of the flocculated material during appHcation of pressure. 

Variable-Area Flow Meters. In variable-head flow meters, the pressure differential varies with flow rate across a constant restriction. In variable-area meters, the differential is maintained constant and the restriction area allowed to change in proportion to the flow rate. A variable-area meter is thus essentially a form of variable orifice. In its most common form, a variable-area meter consists of a tapered tube mounted vertically and containing a float that is free to move in the tube. When flow is introduced into the small diameter bottom end, the float rises to a point of dynamic equiHbrium at which the pressure differential across the float balances the weight of the float less its buoyancy. The shape and weight of the float, the relative diameters of tube and float, and the variation of the tube diameter with elevation all determine the performance characteristics of the meter for a specific set of fluid conditions. A ball float in a conical constant-taper glass tube is the most common design it is widely used in the measurement of low flow rates at essentially constant viscosity. The flow rate is normally deterrnined visually by float position relative to an etched scale on the side of the tube. Such a meter is simple and inexpensive but, with care in manufacture and caHbration, can provide rea dings accurate to within several percent of full-scale flow for either Hquid or gas. 

Strain-gauge pressure transducers are manufactured in many forms for measuring gauge, absolute, and differential pressures and vacuum. Full-scale ranges from 25.4 mm of water to 10,134 MPa are available. Strain gauges bonded direc tly to a diaphragm pressure-sensitive element usually have an extremely fast response time and are suitable for high-frequency dynamic-pressure measurements. 

Ga.s-Lic(uid Ma.s.s Tran.sfer Gas-liqiiid mass transfer norrnallv is correlated bv means of the mass-transfer coefficient K a ersiis powder le el at arioiis superficial gas elocities. The superficial gas clocitv is the ohirne of gas at the a erage temperature and pressure at the midpoint in the tank di ided bv the area of the essel. In order to obtain the partial-pressure dri ing force, an assumption must be made of the partial pressure in equilibrium wdth the concentration of gas in the liquid, Manv times this must be assumed, but if Fig, 18-26 is obtained in the pilot plant and the same assumption principle is used in e ahiating the mixer in the full-scale tank, the error from the assumption is limited. 

To determine the appropriate injection rate, a field test should first be performed at one of the industry-sponsored full-scale loop test facilities. The optimum mixture, its injection rate, and location of injcciioii points will be a function of flow geometry, fluid properties, pressure leinpcrature relationships, etc., that will be encountered in the actual field application. The appropriate injection rate and location of injection jii iiiis can be determined from this test by observing pressure increases, which indicate that hydrate plugs are forming. 

The receiving gauge in the control room works on the transmitted pneumatic pressure, 15 psi giving full scale, but has its dial calibrated in terms of the plant pressure that it is indicating. The Bourdon tube of such a gauge is capable of withstanding only a limited amount of overpressure above 15 psi before it will burst. Furthermore, the material of the Bourdon tube is chosen for air and may be unsuitable for direct measurement of the process fluid pressure. 

As described in Section 6.2.1., British Gas performed full-scale tests with LPG BLEVEs similar to those conducted by BASF. The experimenters measured very low overpressures firom the evaporating liquid, followed by a shock that was probably the so-called second shock, and by the pressure wave from the vapor cloud explosion (see Figure 6.6). The pressure wave firom the vapor cloud explosion probably resulted from experimental procedures involving ignition of the release. The liquid was below the superheat limit temperature at time of burst. 

Most reactors are equipped with safety rupture disks to protect the operator and equipment from destructive pressures. The operating pressure in a vessel should never exceed 70% of the range covered by the rupture disk. Similarly, gauges should not be stressed beyond about 70% of full-scale readings for safety and to ensure reliable readings. 

The value for is conservatively interpreted as the particle diameter. This is a perfectly feasible size for use in a laboratory reactor. Due to pressure-drop limitations, it is too small for a full-scale packed bed. However, even smaller catalyst particles, dp 50 yum, are used in fluidized-bed reactors. For such small particles we can assume rj=l, even for the 3-nm pore diameters found in some cracking catalysts. 

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