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1、INDUSTRIALFLOWMEASUREMENTMICHAELANTHONYCRABTREEAthesissubmittedtotheUniversityofHuddersfieldinfulfilmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofSciencebyResearchTheUniversityofHuddersfieldJune20092TomywifePam,withoutwhoseencouragementIwouldneverhavestartedandwithoutwhosehelpIwouldneverhavefinis

2、hed.34AbstractThisthesisdiscussestheintrinsicworthofapublishedwork,‘IndustrialFlowMeasurement’(AppendixA),ahandbookwrittenandrevisedbytheauthoroveraperiodof30years.Theauthorfirstdiscussestheneedtomeasureflowandthenmovesontotheraisond’êtreofthehandbookbeforelookingatabriefhistoryofflowmeasureme

3、nt.Althoughnotclaimingthatanysingleattributeofthehandbookisunique,theauthornonethelesspostulatesthatbecauseitincorporatesseveraldistinctivefeatures,atanumberofdifferentlevels,theseagentscombinetomakeitone-of-a-kind.Theauthormovesontoanoverviewofexistingflowmeteringtechnologiesdiscussedwithinth

4、ehandbook.Finally,helooksatwhatheconsidersisamajorgapinthecollectedbodyofknowledge–thefieldofmultiphaseandwater-cutmeteringandprovidesajustification,notonlyforitsinclusioninthefuturebutforfutureinvestigation.56TableofcontentsSectionNo.TitlePageNo.Abstract5Acknowledgements9Author’srésumé111.Int

5、roduction122.Whymeasureflow?143.Background154.Historyofflowmeasurement175.Thebook:‘Industrialflowmeasurement’(AppendixA)196.Conclusions216.1Pros,consandlimitationsofexistingtechnologies216.2Positivedisplacement(Chapter2ofAppendixA)226.3Inferential(Chapter3ofAppendixA)236.4Oscillatory(Chapter4o

6、fAppendixA)236.5Differentialpressure(Chapter5ofAppendixA)246.6Electromagnetic(Chapter6ofAppendixA)276.7Ultrasonic(Chapter7ofAppendixA)286.8Massflow(Chapter8ofAppendixA)296.9Openchannel(Chapter9ofAppendixA)307.Futuredirections317.1Theneedformultiphaseflowmetering317.1.1Multiphaseflow337.1.2Sepa

7、ration-typeflowmetering347.1.3In-linemultiphaseflowmetering(MPFM)347.2Water-cutmetering358.Bibliography37AppendixAIndustrialFlowMeasurement39ListofdiagramsDiagram1.Illustrationshowinghowthedeliveryofoilandgasdecreasesoverthelifeofthewel