Orifice Metering of Natural Gas andOther Related Hydrocarbon Fluids—Concentric, Square-edged OrificeMeters Part 4—Background,Development, ImplementationProcedure, and Example Calculations- FOURTH EDITION

Abstract

Chapter 14.3, Part 4 describes the background and development of the equation for the coefficient of discharge of flange-tapped, square-edged, concentric orifice meters, and recommends a flow rate calculation procedure. The recommended procedures provide consistent computational results for the quantification of fluid flow under defined conditions, regardless of the point of origin or destination, or the units of measure required by governmental customs or statute. The procedures allow different users with different computer languages on different computing hardware to arrive at almost identical results using the same standardized input data.