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- the present disclosure relates to a method for testing a measuring instrument, for example, during calibration.
- Such measuring instruments may be field devices for measuring physical parameters of a fluid.
- the physical parameters may include, for example, mass flow rate, volume flow rate, density, viscosity, pressure temperature, fill level, pH-value, thermal conductivity electrical conductivity or any other parameter of the fluid.
- Methods for testing a measuring instrument to measure a physical parameter of a fluid generally include: performing a plurality of valid test runs, wherein a valid test run includes: exposing said device under test and a reference measuring instrument to said fluid; obtaining a reference value for said physical parameter from said reference measuring instrument; and obtaining a test value for said physical parameter from said device under test; and evaluating a plurality of said test values originating from said plurality of valid test runs with respect to at least one of accuracy, repeatability and reproducibility. Testing may be governed by specific industry standards, e.g., the API's MPSM, Chapter 4.8 for the operation of proving systems, which is predominantly intended for operating meter provers on single-phase liquid hydrocarbons.
- the present disclosure provides a method for testing a device under test, said device under test being a measuring instrument to measure a physical parameter of a fluid, the method comprising:
- a valid test run comprises:
- said device under test and said reference measuring instrument are exposed to said fluid with a constant value of said physical parameter for said plurality of valid runs.
- the method further comprises evaluating a plurality of said test values originating from said plurality of valid test runs with reference to a plurality of said reference values originating from said plurality of valid test runs.
- a test run is aborted if it is invalidated.
- said at least one influence parameter does not meet said test requirement if its value is outside a specified range or if fluctuations of its value are outside a specified range.
- said at least one influence parameter comprises at least one property of said fluid.
- said at least one property of said fluid comprises the physical parameter itself.
- said at least one property of said fluid comprises at least one of: the physical parameter itself, a flow rate of said fluid, a density of said fluid, a temperature of said fluid, a pressure of said fluid, a viscosity a said fluid, a speed of sound of said fluid, a Reynolds number of said fluid, a thermal conductivity of said fluid, a Prandtl number or a Nusselt number of said fluid, an electrical conductivity of said fluid, an electrical resistivity of said fluid, a dielectric constant of said fluid, a pH-value of said fluid, a turbidity of said fluid, an absorbance of an acoustic signal propagating through said fluid, or an absorbance of an electromagnetic signal propagating through said fluid.
- said fluid comprises a first liquid and wherein said at least one property of said fluid pertains to cavitation, evaporation, entrained gas, contamination by a second liquid or solids.
- said at least one influence parameter pertains to at least one property at least one of a component of the device under test, which component is exposed to the fluid; and a component of the reference measuring instrument, which component is exposed to the fluid.
- said at least one property comprises at least one of: scale, buildup, deposits, films, or coatings on surfaces of said component; corrosion, erosion, of surfaces of said component; elastic or mechanic parameters of said component; and geometric dimensions of said component.
- said at least one influence parameter pertains to at least one property of at least one of pumps, valves or pipes in fluid communication with said device under test and said reference measuring instrument, respectively.
- said device under test comprises: a primary transducer to provide at least one primary signal dependent on the physical parameter; and device circuitry to provide said test value based on said at least one primary signal, wherein said influence parameter pertains to the operation of at least one of the primary transducer and the device circuitry.
- said device under test comprises: a primary transducer to provide at least one primary signal dependent on the physical parameter; and device circuitry to provide said test value based on said at least one primary signal, wherein said influence parameter pertains to the operation or integrity of at least one of the primary transducer and the device circuitry.
- said method is executed under the control of a computer, said computer obtaining test values from said device under test and obtaining reference values from the reference measuring instrument and values of said at least one influence parameter, or test results, whether said at least one influence parameter meets said specified test requirement.
- the device under test comprises a flow meter
- the physical parameter comprises a flow rate
- the reference measuring device comprises a prover
- FIG. 1 shows a test installation for implementing the method of the present disclosure
- FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the installation 1 shown in FIG. 1 comprises a flowmeter 10 which is mounted in a pipeline 20 to measure a flow rate, for example, a volume flow rate through said pipeline 20 .
- the flowmeter 10 is the device to be tested or calibrated by the method according to the present disclosure.
- the flowmeter 10 comprises a Coriolis-type mass flow transducer 11 and an electronics module 12 , for driving the mass flow transducer 11 , for receiving sensor signals from the mass flow transducer 11 , and for calculating a mass flow rate value, a density value based on said sensor signals, and for calculating a volume flow rate value based on said mass flow rate value and said density value.
- the installation 1 further comprises a first pressure sensor 13 connected to the pipeline 20 upstream of the flowmeter 10 and a second pressure sensor 14 connected to the pipeline 20 downstream of the flowmeter 10 .
- a pressure drop across the flowmeter may be calculated, based on the different pressure values of the first and second pressure sensors 13 , 14 , which in turn enables the calculation of a first viscosity value of the fluid in the pipeline 20 based on said pressure drop and based on said volume flow rate.
- a second viscosity value of the fluid in the pipeline can be obtained from the damping of oscillations of measuring tubes of the mass flow transducer 11 .
- the installation 1 further comprises a temperature sensor 15 connected to the pipeline 20 to obtain a precise temperature measurement of the fluid in the pipeline 20 .
- the flowmeter 10 , the first and second pressure sensors 13 , 14 and the temperature sensor 15 are connected to a control system or a flow computer 16 .
- a mobile calibration rig 40 is attached to the pipeline 20 in a bypass 22 .
- the calibration rig 40 comprises a prover 41 for measuring a volume flow and further measuring instruments, for instance, a Coriolis-type master mass flow meter 42 and a master temperature sensor 43 , which are connected to a calibration flow controller 46 of the calibration rig 40 .
- the flow meter 10 is connected to the calibration flow controller 46 as well.
- the flow through the flowmeter 10 is guided into the prover 41 , and the totalized volume or mass according to the flowmeter 10 is compared to the value according to the prover 41 .
- the installation 1 with the calibration rig 40 is particularly advantageous to provide calibrated measurements of volume flow rates for single-phase liquid hydrocarbons. It is necessary for a flowmeter to have excellent repeatability to successfully pass a calibration, for example, better than ⁇ 0.025% in five valid calibration runs under generally well defined and stable flow conditions. To avoid futile attempts for a calibration, the installation 1 is set up to identify influence factors that result in ill-defined or changing flow conditions. For example, the damping of the vibrations of the measuring tubes of the flowmeter 10 or of the master mass flow meter 42 is an influence parameter to be monitored.
- Fluctuations of the damping are an indication of inhomogeneous fluid properties, for instance, due to water in oil or due to entrained gas in the liquid phase, wherein the entrained gas leads to slug flow or free bubbles.
- the density of the fluid as measured by the flowmeter 10 or of the master mass flow meter 42 is a further influence parameter of interest. Its fluctuations also indicate inhomogeneous fluid properties due to entrained gas.
- fluctuations of a pressure drop across the flowmeter at a constant flow rate are also an indication of an inhomogeneous medium. A sudden change in medium temperature as detected by the temperature sensor 15 also indicates changing conditions.
- the flowmeter 10 is capable of detecting such influences as described in the yet unpublished German patent application DE 102020132949.0.
- the interpretation of the sensor data may be performed by the electronics module 12 of the flowmeter 10 , by the calibration flow controller 46 , or by both components in cooperation.
- the execution of the method according to the present disclosure may be controlled by the calibration flow controller 46 .
- the electronics module 12 , flow computer 16 and/or calibration flow controller 46 may be configured to perform certain operations comprising a control structure to provide the functions described herein.
- the electronics module 12 , flow computer 16 and/or calibration flow controller 46 forms a portion of a processing subsystem that includes one or more computing devices having memory, processing, and/or communication hardware.
- the electronics module 12 , flow computer 16 and/or calibration flow controller 46 may be a single device or a distributed device, and the functions of the electronics module 12 , flow computer 16 and/or calibration flow controller 46 may be performed by hardware and/or software.
- the electronics module 12 , flow computer 16 and/or calibration flow controller 46 can include one or more Arithmetic Logic Units (ALUs), Central Processing Units (CPUs), memories, limiters, conditioners, filters, format converters, or the like which are not shown to preserve clarity.
- ALUs Arithmetic Logic Units
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- memories limiters, conditioners, filters, format converters, or the like which are not shown to preserve clarity.
- the electronics module 12 , flow computer 16 and/or calibration flow controller 46 is programmable to execute algorithms and processes data in accordance with operating logic that is defined by programming instructions, such as software or firmware.
- operating logic for the electronics module 12 , flow computer 16 and/or calibration flow controller 46 can be at least partially defined by hardwired logic or other hardware, for example, using an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) of any suitable type.
- ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
- the electronics module 12 , flow computer 16 and/or calibration flow controller 46 can be exclusively dedicated to functions
- the method starts with the monitoring 110 of influence parameters, which comprises collecting 112 influence parameters and evaluating 114 said influence parameters against specific test criteria.
- the influence parameters can be any of the parameters discussed above, which have an effect on repeatability or accuracy of the calibration runs, also referred to as test runs. If at least one influence parameter fails, e.g., indicates conditions which would prevent repeatability or sufficient accuracy, continuing with the data acquisition for the calibration would be pointless. Hence, the method 100 starts again with the monitoring 110 of the influence parameters. However, if all monitored influence parameters pass defined criteria, the method 100 proceeds to obtaining a reference value of the physical parameter 120 , e.g., from the prover 41 in the installation 1 of FIG.
- the method proceeds to evaluating 150 the test values, as required by a specific calibration standard. If the number of test runs is not confirmed, the method 100 starts again with monitoring 110 of the influence parameters.
- the monitoring 110 of the influence parameters may continue, while the method proceeds to obtaining a reference value and a test value. If at least one influence parameter fails, the data acquisition for obtaining a reference value or and a test value is aborted, and the method returns to start.
- the physical parameter itself can be an influence parameter which is monitored in the monitoring operation 110 . If, for example, the volume flow rate fluctuates or is outside a specified range, a calibration run for a flow meter may be aborted.
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- The present disclosure relates to a method for testing a measuring instrument, for example, during calibration. Such measuring instruments may be field devices for measuring physical parameters of a fluid. The physical parameters may include, for example, mass flow rate, volume flow rate, density, viscosity, pressure temperature, fill level, pH-value, thermal conductivity electrical conductivity or any other parameter of the fluid.
- Methods for testing a measuring instrument to measure a physical parameter of a fluid, generally include: performing a plurality of valid test runs, wherein a valid test run includes: exposing said device under test and a reference measuring instrument to said fluid; obtaining a reference value for said physical parameter from said reference measuring instrument; and obtaining a test value for said physical parameter from said device under test; and evaluating a plurality of said test values originating from said plurality of valid test runs with respect to at least one of accuracy, repeatability and reproducibility. Testing may be governed by specific industry standards, e.g., the API's MPSM, Chapter 4.8 for the operation of proving systems, which is predominantly intended for operating meter provers on single-phase liquid hydrocarbons.
- Testing generally occurs under a set of influences, which could have an adverse effect on the test results, as well as with respect to repeatability and reproducibility as with respect to accuracy. If those influences remain undetected, they may result in a demand for repetitions of the completed test or, even worse, in a complete failure of the test. Therefore, improved methods for testing a device under test are needed in this area of technology.
- The present disclosure provides a method for testing a device under test, said device under test being a measuring instrument to measure a physical parameter of a fluid, the method comprising:
- performing a plurality of valid test runs, wherein a valid test run comprises:
- exposing said device under test and a reference measuring instrument to said fluid under a set of influences, said set of influences being defined by at least one influence parameter;
- monitoring said at least one influence parameter;
- obtaining a reference value for said physical parameter from said reference measuring instrument; and
- obtaining a test value for said physical parameter from said device under test, wherein a test run is invalidated if said at least one influence parameter does not meet specified test requirement for said at least one influence parameter; and
- evaluating a plurality of said test values originating from said plurality of valid test runs with respect to at least one of accuracy, repeatability and reproducibility.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, said device under test and said reference measuring instrument are exposed to said fluid with a constant value of said physical parameter for said plurality of valid runs.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the method further comprises evaluating a plurality of said test values originating from said plurality of valid test runs with reference to a plurality of said reference values originating from said plurality of valid test runs.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a test run is aborted if it is invalidated.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, said at least one influence parameter does not meet said test requirement if its value is outside a specified range or if fluctuations of its value are outside a specified range.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, said at least one influence parameter comprises at least one property of said fluid.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, wherein said at least one property of said fluid comprises the physical parameter itself.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, said at least one property of said fluid comprises at least one of: the physical parameter itself, a flow rate of said fluid, a density of said fluid, a temperature of said fluid, a pressure of said fluid, a viscosity a said fluid, a speed of sound of said fluid, a Reynolds number of said fluid, a thermal conductivity of said fluid, a Prandtl number or a Nusselt number of said fluid, an electrical conductivity of said fluid, an electrical resistivity of said fluid, a dielectric constant of said fluid, a pH-value of said fluid, a turbidity of said fluid, an absorbance of an acoustic signal propagating through said fluid, or an absorbance of an electromagnetic signal propagating through said fluid.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, said fluid comprises a first liquid and wherein said at least one property of said fluid pertains to cavitation, evaporation, entrained gas, contamination by a second liquid or solids.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, said at least one influence parameter pertains to at least one property at least one of a component of the device under test, which component is exposed to the fluid; and a component of the reference measuring instrument, which component is exposed to the fluid.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, said at least one property comprises at least one of: scale, buildup, deposits, films, or coatings on surfaces of said component; corrosion, erosion, of surfaces of said component; elastic or mechanic parameters of said component; and geometric dimensions of said component.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, said at least one influence parameter pertains to at least one property of at least one of pumps, valves or pipes in fluid communication with said device under test and said reference measuring instrument, respectively.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, said device under test comprises: a primary transducer to provide at least one primary signal dependent on the physical parameter; and device circuitry to provide said test value based on said at least one primary signal, wherein said influence parameter pertains to the operation of at least one of the primary transducer and the device circuitry.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, said device under test comprises: a primary transducer to provide at least one primary signal dependent on the physical parameter; and device circuitry to provide said test value based on said at least one primary signal, wherein said influence parameter pertains to the operation or integrity of at least one of the primary transducer and the device circuitry.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, said method is executed under the control of a computer, said computer obtaining test values from said device under test and obtaining reference values from the reference measuring instrument and values of said at least one influence parameter, or test results, whether said at least one influence parameter meets said specified test requirement.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the device under test comprises a flow meter, the physical parameter comprises a flow rate, and the reference measuring device comprises a prover.
- The present disclosure is further explained in detail below with reference to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure illustrated in the drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 shows a test installation for implementing the method of the present disclosure; and -
FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. - The
installation 1 shown inFIG. 1 comprises aflowmeter 10 which is mounted in apipeline 20 to measure a flow rate, for example, a volume flow rate through saidpipeline 20. Theflowmeter 10 is the device to be tested or calibrated by the method according to the present disclosure. Theflowmeter 10 comprises a Coriolis-typemass flow transducer 11 and anelectronics module 12, for driving themass flow transducer 11, for receiving sensor signals from themass flow transducer 11, and for calculating a mass flow rate value, a density value based on said sensor signals, and for calculating a volume flow rate value based on said mass flow rate value and said density value. - The
installation 1 further comprises afirst pressure sensor 13 connected to thepipeline 20 upstream of theflowmeter 10 and asecond pressure sensor 14 connected to thepipeline 20 downstream of theflowmeter 10. A pressure drop across the flowmeter may be calculated, based on the different pressure values of the first andsecond pressure sensors pipeline 20 based on said pressure drop and based on said volume flow rate. A second viscosity value of the fluid in the pipeline can be obtained from the damping of oscillations of measuring tubes of themass flow transducer 11. Theinstallation 1 further comprises atemperature sensor 15 connected to thepipeline 20 to obtain a precise temperature measurement of the fluid in thepipeline 20. Theflowmeter 10, the first andsecond pressure sensors temperature sensor 15 are connected to a control system or aflow computer 16. - For testing the
flowmeter 10, for example, for calibrating theflow meter 10, amobile calibration rig 40 is attached to thepipeline 20 in abypass 22. Thecalibration rig 40 comprises aprover 41 for measuring a volume flow and further measuring instruments, for instance, a Coriolis-type mastermass flow meter 42 and amaster temperature sensor 43, which are connected to acalibration flow controller 46 of thecalibration rig 40. Theflow meter 10 is connected to thecalibration flow controller 46 as well. - For a calibration run, the flow through the
flowmeter 10 is guided into theprover 41, and the totalized volume or mass according to theflowmeter 10 is compared to the value according to theprover 41. - The
installation 1 with thecalibration rig 40 is particularly advantageous to provide calibrated measurements of volume flow rates for single-phase liquid hydrocarbons. It is necessary for a flowmeter to have excellent repeatability to successfully pass a calibration, for example, better than ±0.025% in five valid calibration runs under generally well defined and stable flow conditions. To avoid futile attempts for a calibration, theinstallation 1 is set up to identify influence factors that result in ill-defined or changing flow conditions. For example, the damping of the vibrations of the measuring tubes of theflowmeter 10 or of the mastermass flow meter 42 is an influence parameter to be monitored. Fluctuations of the damping are an indication of inhomogeneous fluid properties, for instance, due to water in oil or due to entrained gas in the liquid phase, wherein the entrained gas leads to slug flow or free bubbles. Similarly, the density of the fluid as measured by theflowmeter 10 or of the mastermass flow meter 42 is a further influence parameter of interest. Its fluctuations also indicate inhomogeneous fluid properties due to entrained gas. Moreover, fluctuations of a pressure drop across the flowmeter at a constant flow rate are also an indication of an inhomogeneous medium. A sudden change in medium temperature as detected by thetemperature sensor 15 also indicates changing conditions. Moreover, if the pressure of the medium at either pressure sensor for a given flow rate and a given temperature approaches the vapor pressure of the medium in the pipeline, this condition indicates a risk of outgassing or cavitation within the flow meter. If the above adverse influences are identified by the analysis of the respective influence parameters, calibration should not proceed. - However, even if there are stable conditions, calibration may not be possible, for example, if the medium contains entrained gas in the form of microbubbles. This condition can be identified by calculating preliminary density values based on the frequencies of two different vibrational bending modes of the measuring tubes of the
flowmeter 10. If the density values do not match within a range of tolerance, suspended microbubbles are present in the fluid, as discussed in detail in US 2020/0271494 A1. Similarly, an inhomogeneous medium is indicated, for example, if the first viscosity value based on the pressure drop does not match the second viscosity value based on the damping of the oscillations within a range of tolerance. In that case, calibration should not proceed because a homogeneous medium is required. The above influence medium properties or flow conditions, which may temporarily prevent calibration or testing. - Furthermore, there are influences which may require maintenance, e.g., cleaning, prior to calibration, such as scale, buildup, deposits, films, or coatings in the measuring tubes. The
flowmeter 10 is capable of detecting such influences as described in the yet unpublished German patent application DE 102020132949.0. - While the above influence parameters are based on measurements by the sensors the interpretation of the sensor data may be performed by the
electronics module 12 of theflowmeter 10, by thecalibration flow controller 46, or by both components in cooperation. In the present embodiment, the execution of the method according to the present disclosure may be controlled by thecalibration flow controller 46. - The
electronics module 12, flowcomputer 16 and/orcalibration flow controller 46 may be configured to perform certain operations comprising a control structure to provide the functions described herein. In certain embodiments, theelectronics module 12, flowcomputer 16 and/orcalibration flow controller 46 forms a portion of a processing subsystem that includes one or more computing devices having memory, processing, and/or communication hardware. Theelectronics module 12, flowcomputer 16 and/orcalibration flow controller 46 may be a single device or a distributed device, and the functions of theelectronics module 12, flowcomputer 16 and/orcalibration flow controller 46 may be performed by hardware and/or software. Theelectronics module 12, flowcomputer 16 and/orcalibration flow controller 46 can include one or more Arithmetic Logic Units (ALUs), Central Processing Units (CPUs), memories, limiters, conditioners, filters, format converters, or the like which are not shown to preserve clarity. In at least one embodiment, theelectronics module 12, flowcomputer 16 and/orcalibration flow controller 46 is programmable to execute algorithms and processes data in accordance with operating logic that is defined by programming instructions, such as software or firmware. Alternatively or additionally, operating logic for theelectronics module 12, flowcomputer 16 and/orcalibration flow controller 46 can be at least partially defined by hardwired logic or other hardware, for example, using an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) of any suitable type. It should be appreciated that theelectronics module 12, flowcomputer 16 and/orcalibration flow controller 46 can be exclusively dedicated to functions described herein or may be further used in the regulation, control, and activation of one or more other subsystems or aspects of theinstallation 1. - An embodiment of the method according to the present disclosure is described with reference to the flowchart in
FIG. 2 . - The method starts with the monitoring 110 of influence parameters, which comprises collecting 112 influence parameters and evaluating 114 said influence parameters against specific test criteria. The influence parameters can be any of the parameters discussed above, which have an effect on repeatability or accuracy of the calibration runs, also referred to as test runs. If at least one influence parameter fails, e.g., indicates conditions which would prevent repeatability or sufficient accuracy, continuing with the data acquisition for the calibration would be pointless. Hence, the
method 100 starts again with the monitoring 110 of the influence parameters. However, if all monitored influence parameters pass defined criteria, themethod 100 proceeds to obtaining a reference value of thephysical parameter 120, e.g., from theprover 41 in theinstallation 1 ofFIG. 1 , and to obtaining a test value of the physical parameter from the device under test, e.g., theflowmeter 10 in theinstallation 1 ofFIG. 1 . Once a sufficient number of valid test runs is confirmed by a branching routine 140, the method proceeds to evaluating 150 the test values, as required by a specific calibration standard. If the number of test runs is not confirmed, themethod 100 starts again with monitoring 110 of the influence parameters. - The monitoring 110 of the influence parameters may continue, while the method proceeds to obtaining a reference value and a test value. If at least one influence parameter fails, the data acquisition for obtaining a reference value or and a test value is aborted, and the method returns to start.
- The physical parameter itself can be an influence parameter which is monitored in the
monitoring operation 110. If, for example, the volume flow rate fluctuates or is outside a specified range, a calibration run for a flow meter may be aborted. - While the method is described with reference to flow meters, the method of the present disclosure may be applied to the calibration of measuring instruments for other physical parameters as well.
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