WO1998036246A1 - Procede et appareil permettant de mesurer un ecoulement de liquide - Google Patents

Procede et appareil permettant de mesurer un ecoulement de liquide Download PDF

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WO1998036246A1
WO1998036246A1 PCT/FI1998/000138 FI9800138W WO9836246A1 WO 1998036246 A1 WO1998036246 A1 WO 1998036246A1 FI 9800138 W FI9800138 W FI 9800138W WO 9836246 A1 WO9836246 A1 WO 9836246A1
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Juhani Aalto
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Softatalo Aida Oy
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Priority to AU59916/98A priority patent/AU5991698A/en
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Priority to FI991708A priority patent/FI19991708A/fi

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/05—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects
    • G01F1/34—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects by measuring pressure or differential pressure
    • G01F1/36—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects by measuring pressure or differential pressure the pressure or differential pressure being created by the use of flow constriction
    • G01F1/40—Details of construction of the flow constriction devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/05—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects
    • G01F1/34—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects by measuring pressure or differential pressure
    • G01F1/36—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects by measuring pressure or differential pressure the pressure or differential pressure being created by the use of flow constriction
    • G01F1/363—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects by measuring pressure or differential pressure the pressure or differential pressure being created by the use of flow constriction with electrical or electro-mechanical indication

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  • the subject of this invention is the method described in the preamble of Claim 1 and the measuring apparatus described in the preamble of Claim 5.
  • the methods and apparatus which are the subject of this invention are used in measuring the cumulative flow or flow rate of liquids in pipelines.
  • This flow rate means the quantity of liquid flow per unit of time.
  • the methods and apparatus which are the subject of this invention are used for measuring water consumption or the amount of heat transfer liquid circulated from the district heating network of a consumer connected to the district heating system.
  • liquid flow has been measured, for example, with propeller wheel. Woltman. magnetic or measuring flange meters.
  • the consumer's district heating network flow volume has generally been measured with some method based on moving mechanical parts or magnetic fields. In these methods, the flow of liquid moves, for example, rotates a resistance part whose movement is transferred to the parts of the apparatus that calculate the cumulative flow.
  • the flow meter In the district heating network, the flow meter, according to the prior art, is generally located in the pipeline returning the heating liquid from the consumer.
  • measuring apparatus based on mechanical or magnetic functioning in the prior art is that their measuring accuracy has been rather poor. Measuring accuracy has also deteriorated with lapse of time as the meter has become stiffer with age. In the magnetic system, pollution in the pipeline affects the measured magnetic field and causes increasing inaccuracy in the measurements in the course of time.
  • the purpose of the invention is to remove the above mentioned technical deficiencies and produce a totally new type of method and measuring apparatus for measuring liquid flow.
  • the invention is based on a pressure cutting valve and a pressure difference transmitter which are installed in the pipe, and which measure the pressure difference across the pressure cutting valve.
  • the pressure difference measured by the pressure difference transmitter is fed to a microprocessor which determines the actual flow by comparing the pressure difference with that calibrated for the pressure cutting valve and stored in the microprocessor on a flow resistance curve for each position of the pressure cutting valve.
  • the features of the method of this invention are those which are described in the characterizing part of Claim 1, and the features of the measurement apparatus are those which are described in the characterizing part of Claim 5.
  • the invention makes it possible to create measuring apparatus and measurements which are dependable and stable in regard to time.
  • the flow rate of the liquid to be measured increases at the pressure cutting valve, and furthermore, the shear plane of the pressure cutting valve is sharp, so the measuring apparatus of this invention does not really become soiled in use.
  • the measuring apparatus is also relatively inexpensive and has a long life-span.
  • an additional benefit is that it is possible to centrally monitor from a control room the volume of flow used by the consumers. Thus it is possible to obtain information concerning the flow rate in the district heating pipeline at each moment and, for example, control the pumping stations on the basis of this information.
  • the application of the invention in its economic mode makes it easier to process the measuring results of the liquid flow by computer.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically one measuring apparatus according to the invention as applied to measuring the flow rate of water in tap water pipelines.
  • Figure 2 shows schematically another measuring apparatus according to the invention as applied to measuring the flow rate of district heating fluid.
  • the measuring apparatus is installed in feed pipe 8 coming from the tap water network 7.
  • the measuring apparatus consists of the following parts installed in the consumer feed pipe 8 of the tap water pipe: pressure cutting valve 1, pressure difference transmitter 2 located essentially close to the pressure cutting valve, with the first measuring point 3 in the consumer feed pipe 8 before the pressure cutting valve 1 and the second measuring point 4 after the pressure cutting valve 1 , and the microprocessor 5 connected electrically to the pressure difference transmitter 2.
  • the Figure also shows the microcomputer 6 which is connected to the microprocessor 5.
  • the operation of the measuring apparatus in Figure 1 and the corresponding measuring method is based on the fact that as the water flows in the consumer feed pipe 8 of the tap water pipe, the water has to flow through the pressure cutting valve 1.
  • the flow going through the pressure cutting valve 1 causes a pressure difference in the flowing fluid across the pressure cutting valve 1.
  • This pressure difference is measured in the first and second measuring points 3, 4 with the aid of the pressure difference transmitter.
  • the measurement value obtained from the pressure difference transmitter is transmitted to the microprocessor 5, which converts the measurement value into a pressure difference and compares it with a calibration table programmed in advance in order to determine the flow rate corresponding to the pressure difference.
  • This table has been defined for the type of pressure cutting valve concerned, and the position of the valve, with the aid of calibration measurements.
  • the table consists of the corresponding values of 20 pressure differences and flow rates.
  • correction coefficients may be used in determining the flow rate.
  • the accumulated flow of water may be measured by integrating the flow rate with regard to time.
  • the required measuring accuracy has been ⁇ 1 %, and for this reason it has been decided to use pressure difference transmitter 2, which has a measuring accuracy of under ⁇ 0,2 %, optimally, and preferably under ⁇ 0,1 %.
  • the microprocessor 5 is a MT 8b processor, and the counters of the apparatus are 20 E 2 PROM units. Such memory units are able to sustain approximately 100,000 writing operations which, at half-hourly updates, corresponds to a life-span of 114 years.
  • the measuring apparatus can be calibrated and the comparison table determined, for example, by discharging water at a constant rate through the pressure cutting valve 1 into a measuring container. Measurements are made of the pressure difference, the duration of flow and the volume of fluid passing through valve 1. The volume of fluid may be determined either by volume measurements or by weighing. A sufficient number of tests are performed at various pressure differences at different positions of the pressure cutting valve, and the comparison table is drawn up from this information.
  • the measuring apparatus shown in Figure 2 corresponds to the measuring apparatus in Figure 1, but it is installed for measuring the flow of district heating fluid.
  • the Figure shows the supply tube 9 of the district heating network, from which comes the consumer's feed pipe 10, the return tube 11 of the district heating network and the consumer's return pipe 12 as well as the heat transmission system 13 to which heat energy is fed from the district heating network.
  • the pressure cutting valve 1 is installed in the consumer's return pipe 12. This is because the pressure cutting valve has to be located in the consumer pipe 10 at location 12 where there is as little turbulence as possible in the flow of the fluid. Turbulence causes local dynamic and static pressure changes in the flow, which are seen as disturbances in the measurements.
  • the coarse-control valve for regulating flow which, according to prior art solutions, is the only control valve.
  • This coarse-control valve is generally located in the consumer's feed pipe 10, so when the pressure cutting valve 1 is installed in the return pipe 12, the flow has time to settle as it goes through the heat transmission system.
  • the invention improves the operating efficiency of the district heating system and lowers energy costs.
  • the pressure cutting valve 1 effectively equalizes the flow of heat transmission fluid as the coarse-control valve opens and closes. Therefore the pressure cutting valve 1 cuts the flow peaks caused by the coarse action of the coarse-control valve, which lead to poor energy operating efficiency and momentarily excessive heat feed.
  • the improved measurement accuracy and possibility to process flow information in real time on a computer makes possible advanced planning of energy consumption and thereby savings.
  • the measurement and calculation of heat energy consumption may, if desired, be linked as a part of the system by installing heat sensors in the consumer's feed pipe 10 and in the return pipe 12 and connecting these to the microprocessor 5 as a part of the measuring system.
  • the pressure cutting valve 1 is in most of the embodiments of the invention of such a suitable type that the flow resistance curve in the range of use is as linear as practicable.
  • the flow through the pressure cutting valve 1 and the pressure difference to be measured across it are dependent on each other in linear form, which facilitates accurate interpolation of measurement values with the aid of even a relatively small number of comparison points.
  • the resistance curve of even a good pressure cutting valve would naturally behave in a non-linear manner at flow rates which are greater or smaller than those in the planned range of use.
  • the flow resistance of the pressure cutting valve 1 grows sharply as the rate of flow begins to rise above the planned range of use. This feature further enhances the ability of the apparatus of this invention to cut the excessive flow pulses of the district heating network.
  • the invention may also be applied to a district heating network in such a way that the position of the part that restricts the flow through the pressure cutting valve 1 is adjusted, and thus the flow resistance is modified during the measuring process.
  • the pressure cutting valve 1 may be a part of the active flow control mechanism.
  • determination of the flow is done by comparing the measured pressure difference with the position of the pressure cutting valve 1 with the corresponding flow resistance curve.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé et un appareil permettant de mesurer un écoulement de liquide dans un tuyau (8). Selon cette invention, le liquide destiné à être mesuré traverse une soupape régulatrice de pression (1), la différence de pression de l'écoulement de liquide se mesurant au-dessus de cette soupape régulatrice de pression (1), et l'écoulement correspondant à cette différence de pression étant déterminé par comparaison entre ladite différence de pression et la différence de pression de l'écoulement étalonnée à l'avance dans des conditions de mesure équivalentes. L'appareil de mesure de cette invention comprend une soupape régulatrice de pression (1), installée dans la tuyauterie (8) dans le sens de l'écoulement, et des points de mesure de la pression (3, 4), disposés avant et après cette soupape régulatrice de pression (1). Cet appareil comprend également un transmetteur de différence de pression (2), permettant de mesurer la différence de pression entre lesdits points de mesure de la pression (3, 4) et des organes (5) destinés à convertir cette différence de pression en données d'évaluation voulues.
PCT/FI1998/000138 1997-02-13 1998-02-13 Procede et appareil permettant de mesurer un ecoulement de liquide WO1998036246A1 (fr)

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DE29823785U DE29823785U1 (de) 1998-02-13 1998-02-13 Vorrichtung zum Messen eines Flüssigkeitsdurchflusses
AU59916/98A AU5991698A (en) 1997-02-13 1998-02-13 Method and apparatus for measuring liquid flow
FI991708A FI19991708A (fi) 1998-02-12 1999-08-11 Menetelmä ja laite nestevirtauksen mittaamiseksi

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EP0565485A1 (fr) * 1992-04-08 1993-10-13 EMILE EGGER & CO. AG Procédé et dispositif pour la mesure de l'écoulement d'une substance et application du procédé
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