Process and plant engineers who need to add a liquid flow meter in already crowded equipment areas where there is an insufficient straight pipe run will find Vortab Flow Conditioners ideal.
Vortab ensures a smooth flow profile for accurate measurement by flow meters, which often must be installed in close proximity to pumps, valves or elbows due to limited plant real estate.
A number of popular liquid flow meters, including differential pressure (dP), magnetic, ultrasonic and turbines, feature sensing technologies that can be significantly affected by asymmetrical flow conditions in the pipe.
These conditions degrade measurement accuracy and repeatability. Depending on the particular technology, these meter sensing technologies require a minimum of six to 10 upstream and up to five downstream straight pipe diameters to a achieve a symmetrical swirl-free flow profile for accurate measurement.
Vortab Flow Conditioners reduce the required straight pipe diameters to only a very few diameters for effective compact meter installation and accurate flow measurement.
Furthermore, the design of the Vortab Flow Conditioners results in an extremely low pressure drop. This design feature provides significant energy cost savings over alternative flow conditioning technologies and maximises attainable plant product throughput.
Non-recoverable pressure loss can reduce maximum flow capability in process lines, creating process inefficiencies and requiring greater energy expenditures to move process liquids and gases.
There are four different Vortab Flow Conditioner models to accommodate a variety of process requirements.
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