Gimme that old time flow

Size guide, vortex video

This website, “Vortex flowmeters,” has multiple content sources, including a selecting and sizing guide, a video on the vortex flow measuring principle, and articles on flow measuring for liquids, gases and stream, and a steam generation and distributions handbook.

Endress+Hauser

Video and shedding history

This online article, “What is a vortex flowmeter?,” starts with a short video on how they work, and traces vortex-shedding history and Theodor von Kamen’s principles, as well as flowmeter design, style, accuracy and rangeability, and installation recommendations.

Dwyer Omega

Curves for float shapes

This five-minute video, “Flow measurement (rotameters),” is part of a process-engineering lecture series by Kevin Harding at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. It addresses float issues, orifice plate equations, and performance results for different float shapes.

Process Engineering Fundamentals (Kevin Harding)

Calibrating rotameters

Because rotameters or variable area flowmeters employs floats and other mechanical components, they need routine calibration to maintain accuracy. This online article, “Rotameter calibration,” shows how to do it, what equipment is needed, how to connect/adapt flow paths, several scenarios, and a video about specific solutions.

Fluke

Bubblers, weirs, flumes

This hour-long video, “Open-channel flow measurement” by Darrell Kuta, flowmeter business development manager at Teledyne ISCO, covers sensor types, ultrasonics, radar level, bubblers, submerged pressure probes, flow calculations, primary devices, weir and flumes, In addition, it covers the sensors that serve them, such as velocity and non-contact radar sensors.

Teledybe ISCO

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Changing open channels

This online article, “Measuring open channel flows” by Andrew Helbling, product specialist at Tracom, covers the Manning formula, time gravimetric, area-velocity, dilution and other issues.

Tracom Inc.

Turbine basics and rates

This online article, ‘What is a turbine flowmeter?,” answers some basic questions, and covers high-flow-rate models for wastewater, advantages and limits, application recommendations, comparison with other methods, and installation and accessories.

Apure

Compare to paddle wheel

This multi-part blog post, “The ultimate guide to turbine flowmeters: operation, design and applications,” covers functions, construction, common applications and sensors, and a comparison with paddle-wheel flowmeters.

Icon Process Control

Magnetics explained

This online article, “Magnetic flowmeter explained/working principles,” covers Faraday’s law, signal transmission, conductive fluids and installation considerations. It even comes with a complementary 10-minute video on the same principles.

Real Pars

Pros, cons, comparisons

This webpage, “Understanding magnetic flowmeters,” covers functions, advantages, accuracy, straight-pipe requirements, turndown ratios, sizing, limitations and applications, as well as comparisons with Coriolis, mass flow and ultrasonics flowmeters.

Kobold