Flexible Orifice Plates

Buckling and eccentricity effects on orifice metering accuracy by Norman R. Rawat M. S. Jepson P. (British Gas Corporation) presented at the 1983 International Gas Research Conference, London, June 1983.

Buckling of Orifice Plates and Resulting Errors in Flow Measurements by Means of Orifice Meter Runs by S. Gorter (NV Nederlandse Gasunie) presented at Flow Con 1977, Brighton.

Deformation of Orifice Plates, Theory and Practice by J. Gorter (NV Nederlandse Gasunie) presented at Flomeko 1978, Groningen.

“Methods for the Measurement of Fluid Flow in Pipes Part 1. Orifice Plates, Nozzles and Venturi Tubes” BS 1042: Part 1: 1964 published by British Standards Institution.

“Measurement of Fluid Flow by Means of Orifice Plates and Nozzles” ISO Recommendation R541: 1967 published by the International Organisation for Standards.

“Orifice Metering of Natural Gas” American National Standard ANSI/API 2530 1978, published by the American Gas Association as Report No 3, 1969.

Measurement of Fluid Flow in closed conduits: Part 1 Pressure differential devices Section 1.1 Specification for square-edged orifice plates, nozzles and venturi tubes inserted in circular cross-section conduits running full. BS 1042: Section 1.1: 1981 published by British Standards Institution technically equivalent to “Measurement of fluid flow by means of orifice plates, nozzles and venturi tubes inserted in circular cross section conduits running full” ISO 5167–1980 published by the International organisation for Standards.

“Metering Standards for Gaseous Petroleum Measurements” March 1981 published by the Department of Energy (UK).

Private Communications, J. Stolz.

‘An experimental investigation into the effects of plate eccentricity and elastic deformation on orifice meter accuracy by R. Norman, M.S. Rawat, and P. Jepson (British Gas Corporation) presented at the International Conference on the Metering of Natural Gas and Liquefied Hydrocarbon Gases 1984, London.