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High Accuracy Volume Flow Rate Measurement Using Vortex Counting

Article dans une revue avec comité de lecture
Author
ZAARAOUI, Abdelkader
RAVELET, Florent
134975 Laboratoire de Dynamique des Fluides [DynFluid]
MARGNAT, Florent
134975 Laboratoire de Dynamique des Fluides [DynFluid]
KHELLADI, Sofiane
134975 Laboratoire de Dynamique des Fluides [DynFluid]

URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10985/8577
DOI
10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2013.06.002
Date
2013
Journal
Flow measurement and instrumentation

Abstract

A prototype device for measuring the volumetric flow-rate by counting vortices has been designed and realized. It consists of a square-section pipe in which are placed a two-dimensional bluff body and a strain gauge force sensor. These two elements are separated from each other, unlike the majority of vortex apparatus currently available. The principle is based on the generation of a separated wake behind the bluff body. The volumetric flow-rate measurement is done by counting vortices using a flat plate placed in the wake and attached to the beam sensor. By optimizing the geometrical arrangement, the search for a significant signal has shown that it was possible to get a quasi-periodic signal, within a good range of flow rates so that its performances are well deduced. The repeatability of the value of the volume of fluid passed for every vortex shed is tested for a given flow and then the accuracy of the measuring device is determined. This quantity is the constant of the device and is called the digital volume (V_p). It has the dimension of a volume and varies with the confinement of the flow and with the Reynolds number. Therefore, a dimensionless quantity is introduced, the reduced digital volume (V_r) that takes into account the average speed in the contracted section downstream of the bluff body. The reduced digital volume is found to be independent of the confinement in a significant range of Reynolds numbers, which gives the device a good accuracy.

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