ORIFICE METERING OF NATURAL GAS AND OTHER RELATED HYDROCARBON FLUIDS - CONCENTRIC, SQUARE-EDGED ORIFICE METERS - PART 3: NATURAL GAS APPLICATIONS
American Petroleum Institute
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Symbols, Units, and Terminology
4 Flow Measurement Equations
5 Flow Equation Components Requiring Additional
Computation
6 Gas Properties
Annex A (informative) - Adjustments for Instrument Calibration
Annex B (informative) - Factors Approach
Annex C (informative) - Flow Calculation Examples
Annex D (informative) - Pipe Tap Orifice Metering
Annex E (informative) - SI Conversions
Annex F (informative) - Development of Constants for Flow
Equations
Annex G (informative) - Buckingham and Bean Empirical
Expansion Factor (Y) for Flange-tapped Orifice Meters
Bibliography
Acts as an application guide for the calculation of natural gas flow through a flange-tapped, concentric orifice meter, using the U.S. customary (USC) inch-pound system of units.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | American Petroleum Institute |
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