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Capacitance-based prover for gas flow meters
| dc.creator | Pipkins, Sean Patrick | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:42:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:42:13Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1995 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1995-THESIS-P57 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The focus of this research was to examine a novel method for calibrating natural gas flow meters. This new method can accommodate very large flow rates and it avoids common problems associated with current meter proving techniques. In this method, the amount of gas accumulated in a vessel of fixed. volume is determined by measuring the change in capacitance of the vessel with respect to time. Because the accumulator has a fixed volume, the problems inherent with the mechanical motions involved in volumetric provers such as bell provers and piston provers are eliminated. Accurate measurements can also be made in larger vessels than would be feasible for gravimetric provers, especially for in situ calibrations. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | chemical engineering. | en |
| dc.subject | Major chemical engineering. | en |
| dc.title | Capacitance-based prover for gas flow meters | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | chemical engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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