Oil flow meter is also called a fuel oil flow meter. Reliable and Accurate oil flow measurement is important for industrial Oil and Gas system. Such as curde oil, natural gas, liquid natural gas, coal, diesel, and fuel. Sino-Inst offers digital and mechanical oil flow meters for inline oil flow measurement. Different flow sensors can meet the different measurement needs of customers. Positive displacement (Oval Gear) flow meters are the most wide used type. Magnetic, ultrasonic, turbine and mass flow meters also have their own characteristics. Like, Pressure and temperature range, output signal (pulse).
Differential pressure flow meters are also increasingly widely used oil flow meters. Because these advanced differential pressure flow meters have provided a level of performance once thought unachievable in real-world environments.
Featured Oil Flow Meters
Flow Meters for Measuring Oil and Gas
Liquid Turbine Flow Meter, is the turbine flow meter that suitable for liquid flow rate measurement. Like water flow, Diesel flow. Turbine flow meter is the most popular equipment to measure flow electronically. They offer a wide flow and application rangeability. Turbine Flow Meters are easy to maintain, durable and versatile.
Features & Benefits
• High accuracy; Normal type can reach ±1%R, ±0.5%R.High accuracy type can reach to ±0.25%R.
• Excellent repeatability, repeatability in a short time can reach to 0.05%~0.2%.
• Turbine flow sensor no zero drift and strong ability in anti-noise.
• High frequency signal (10Hz~1.5 KHz), strong signal resolution.
• Range of wide, medium and large diameter up to 1:20, small diameter of 1:10.
• Compact and light structure, convenience in installation and maintenance.
• Suitable to measure in high pressure. No need to open aperture on the meter, so it is easy to make high pressure flow meter.
• Special type of sensors can be designed according to the special needs of users. Such as low temperature type, bidirectional type, well type, and special type of mixed sand etc .
• SI-3202 series Turbine Flow Meter can max bear 150℃.
Specifications
- Medium：Non-corrosive low velocity liquid without impurity,not suitable for gas/steam
- Accuracy: ±0.1%,±0.5%,±0.2%(Optional)
- Flange standard: GB/T 9119-2010, DIN, ANSI, JIS
- Output
Pulse, 4-20mA analog output, RS485 (Modbus-RTU protocol), HART - Diameter and installation
Flange connection: DN15-DN200
Screw connection: DN4-DN50
Loose flange connection: DN4-DN200 - Medium temperature:
Default type T1: -20℃~+80℃ (Standard)
High temp. type T2: -20℃~+120℃ (OEM)
High temp. type T3: -20℃~+150℃(OEM) - Operation condition: Operating temperature: -20℃~+60℃
- Related humidity: 5%~90%
- Atmospheric pressure: 86kPa~106kPa
- Ingress protection: IP65 or IP68
- Explosion proof: Exia‖CT4 or Exd‖BT6
Coriolis Liquid Mass Flow Meter, is the mass flow meter for liquid flow measurement. Like diesel fuel, and other liquid flow. Thermal mass flow meters are for gas flow measurement. Coriolis mass flow meters are for liquids.
Coriolis mass flowmeters have become more and more obvious in terms of flow measuremenr. With stable performance, high reliability, and low maintenance. In China, Coriolis flowmeters are mainly used for the measurement of refined oil, gas and chemical raw materials. Mass flowmeters have not been formally selected as the main measuring instrument for crude oil measurement. Therefore, whether Coriolis flowmeter can be applied to the measurement of crude oil has become one of the technical issues to be discussed urgently.
Features & Benefits
- Double-U or double-C flow tube ensures high metering accuracy and customer’s requirement.
- A comprehensive series of data supplied, including mass flow, volume flow, density, temperature and reference parameters.
- Integrated installation structure reduces installation cost.
- Standard size of sensor output interface makes the compatible transmitter replaceable.
- High stability spares people from frequent calibration.
- Dispensing with rectification and special installation of filter or straight tube parts.
- Having no moving parts so there is no need for frequent maintenance.
- A vast range of calibers can suit all the metering requirements in the process of.
Specifications
- Diameter: DN6～DN250
- Accuracy: ±0.15%,±0.2%
- Temp. range: -40~350℃
- Pressure: ≤6.3.mpa
- Transmitter type: DPT100,IPT200
- Explosion-proof: Exde[ib]IICT6 Gb
Ultrasonic flowmeters measure the fluid flow rate in a pipe. With the sound waves transit time principle to determine the flow rate. Ultrasonic flow meters, with easy installation, could be clamp on, handheld, and portable.
Ultrasonic meters are ideal for liquid applications. Like: water, wastewater, Fuel, applications or any dirty liquid in the pipe.
Features & Benefits
- Accuracy: 1%
- Ingress protection level: IP67 (transmitter), IP68 (sensor)
- Wide measurement range, pipe size from DN15mm to DN6000mm.
- Three installation types: wall mounting, DIN-rail mounting, explosion-proof box mounting
- Could operate with temperature sensors for heat/energy measurement.
- Could be installed without shut down equipment operation
Specifications
- Diameter: DN32~6000
- Accuracy:,±1%
- Temp. range: -30~160℃
- Protection
Host:IP67;flow sensor:IP68 - Flow rate: 0~±7m/s,Forward and backward measurement
- Liquid type: water,sea water ,alcohol, Acid and alkali,waste water,beer,all kinds of oil Single liquid can transmit sound wave.
Industrial Oval Gear Flow Meters are positive displacement type volume meters. Sino-Inst offers High temperature and high pressure types oval gear flow meters for special use. Oval Gear Flow Meters are suitable for chemical fluids, like: fuel oil, water…
With the features like: easy installation, high precision, and better price.
Features & Benefits
- High measurement accuracy: 0.2 and 0.5;
- The mechanism is simple, sturdy and reliable.
- Particularly suitable for measuring medium with high viscosity
- Easy to install. There is no need for straight pipe sections before and after the flowmeter, and there is no need to install straight pipe sections.
- Cast iron oval gear flowmeter, widely used in various oil products and measurement of non-corrosive liquid medium for cast iron
- Cast steel oval gear flow meter for measuring high pressure and low corrosive medium
- Stainless steel oval gear flowmeter, widely used in corrosive liquid media, such as acid, alkali, salt
- In order to prevent the gear of the flowmeter from being jammed by impurities, a filter must be installed upstream of the flowmeter.
- Explosion-proof grade: ExiaIICT6
Specifications
- Diameter: DN10～DN200
- Accuracy: Class 0.5 or 0.2
- Temp. range: -20℃-+100℃
- Pressure: 1.0MPa、1.6MPa、2.5MPa、4.0MPa、6.4MPa
- Medium:High viscosity liquid and All kinds of oil
- Explosion-proof: iaⅡCT5,dⅡBT4
Vane Style flow meter is an application means in fluid flow measurement theory of momentum.
Flow meters for lubrication and oils for spindles, gears, bearings, drawing oil, quenching, igniter and boiler fuel and seal flush.
Designed for harsh environments like mining, foundries, steel mills etc.
Specifically designed for circulating lube oil in demanding installations. Local flow indication for trouble shooting with mechanical switching and transmitter.
The rotational angular velocity of the impeller has a linear relationship with the flow rate. And the flow rate value can be measured by measuring the rotational angular velocity. Common water meters and gas meters are flow meters that work in accordance with this principle. The water meters currently available on the market in China have a flow measurement range of 3-1400m³ / h. And a maximum cumulative flow indicator value of 108m³. Commonly used Vane Style flow meter with a tangential impeller flow meter, an axial flow impeller flow meter, and other types of cluster-type flowmeter
Electromagnetic flow meters, also called mag meters or magnetic meters. Magnetic Flow Meters are volumetric flow meters.
Mag meter is ideal for wastewater applications, or any dirty liquid which is conductive or water based.
Accuracy over a wide flow range can be as good as ± 0.5% of flow rate or better.
The electromagnetic flowmeter cannot measure the flow of oily medium. Because electromagnetic flow meters can only measure the flow of conductive media. The oil is not conductive, so electromagnetic flow meters cannot be used.
More about magnetic flow meter technology.
Advanced Differential Pressure Flowmeters
Differential Pressure Flow Meters, also called DP flow meters. Differential pressure flow meters consist of flow sensors and pressure/differential transmitters. Flow sensors are the important part of differential pressure flow meters. Like: Orifice plate, Venturi tube, Wedge, V-cone and Averaging Pitot Tubes.
Differential pressure (DP) flow meters are suitable for applicaitons, like: water, gas, steam, oil….
SI-3705 V-Cone Flow Meter is the new type differential pressure flow measurement device,
with one coaxial sharp cone installed in the measuring tube as throttling part.
SI-3705 V-Cone Flow Meter is ideal for use with liquid, steam or gas media in rugged conditions,
where accuracy, low maintenance and cost are important.
The V-Cone is especially useful in tight-fit and retrofit installations.
Flow Meters for Measuring Oil and Gas
Sino-Inst offers oil flow measurement solutions for oil and gas industries. No matter your application is straight-forward or challenged by limited installation space, disturbed flow, high turndowns, wet gas, or dirty or abrasive fluids.
Sino-Inst offers over 20 oil flow meters for industrial oil flow measurement. 40% are Oval Gear flow meters. 30% are Differential Pressure flow meters, 20% are Turbine flow meters, and 10% are ultrasonic flow meters.
Typical Applications
Techincal Support
What is fuel oil flow meter ?
Fuel flow meter is a flow meter used to measure the flow rate of fuel-based media. Generally, a fuel flow meter refers to an oval gear flow meter or a turbine flow meter.
Oval gear flowmeter is used as fuel flowmeter.
Oval gear flowmeter is a volumetric measuring instrument. Oval Gear flow meter is mainly composed of a measuring housing, an oval gear rotor and transmission components. Instrument for continuous or intermittent measurement and control of liquid flow in pipes.
It has the advantages of large measuring range. excellent accuracy. small pressure loss. Strong viscosity adaptability. Ability to measure high temperature and high viscosity liquid. Convenient calibration, and easy installation.
Applicable to flow measurement in crude oil, chemical industry, chemical fiber, transportation, commerce, food, medicine and health, scientific research and military industry.
The oval gear flowmeter can indicate the cumulative flow rate, instantaneous flow rate, single flow rate, etc.,
And can also output pulse signals, 4-20mA or 1-5V analog signals, 4-20mA + HART, MODBUS, support 232,485 communication, etc.
Combined with quantitative control system, it can realize various functions of different types of filling, batch control and so on.
Turbine flow meters are used as fuel flow meters.
Turbine flowmeter is also a type of speed flow meter, which is the main variety of impeller flow juice (also water meters, anemometers, etc.). It uses a certain proportional relationship between the impeller rotation speed and the fluid flow rate placed in the flow field and. Measures the flow rate by detecting the impeller rotation speed.
Turbine flowmeters have high accuracy, low pressure loss, and high pressure resistance. They are widely used in the flow measurement of petroleum, organic liquids, inorganic liquids, liquefied gases, natural gas, coal gas, and low-temperature fluids.
With the development of electronic technology and its application in the instrument industry. New turbine flow meters such as plug-in turbine flowmeters and fiber-optic turbine flowmeters have appeared one after another. The range ratio of turbine flowmeters has further increased and bidirectional measurement can be achieved. Its application prospect is promising. .
How does an oil flow meter work ?
How to calibrate oil flow meter ?
Flow meter calibration is the process of comparing the pre-set scale or metering of a flow meter to a standard scale of measurement. And adjusting its metering to conform to the standard. Calibration is an essential aspect of instrumentation in a broad range of industries that require high-accuracy measurements with a negligible percentage of error.
E.g. in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, and manufacturing.
Generally, there are two types of flowmeter calibration: online calibration and offline calibration.
On-line calibration does not need to remove the flow meter to achieve the calibration under the online flow state. This method is not very accurate, but calibration can probably be performed with an ultrasonic flow meter.
The other is off-line calibration. This method has high accuracy, but the flowmeter must be removed for calibration by the manufacturer, or brought to the metrology institute for calibration.
Flow meters are calibrated by comparing and adjusting their metering to correspond with a predefined standard. Flow meter manufacturers typically calibrate their products in-house after production or send them to an independent calibration facility for adjustment.
Turbine Flowmeter Technology
A turbine flow meter is a Volume flowmeter. Turbine flow meters use the mechanical energy of the liquid or gas to rotate a rotor in the flow stream. The velocity of the turbine rotor is proportional to the velocity of the fluid passing through the flow meter. The frequency of the signal relates directly to flow rate. The vaned rotor is the only moving part of the flow meter. Turbine flow meters measure the velocity of liquids, gases and vapors in pipes. Such as hydrocarbons, diesel, water, cryogenic liquids, air, and industrial gases.
Magnetic Flowmeter Technology
A Magnetic flow meter, also called electromagnetic flow meter, mag flow meter, or magmeters. A magnetic flow meter is a volumetric flow meter that works with principle of magnetic technology. Magnetic flow meters do not have any moving parts. An electromagnetic flowmeter consists of two parts: Electrode (sensor) and Transmitter. Installation types of magmeters could be: Compact, remote, insertion.
Vortex Flowmeter Technology
A turbine flow meter is a Volume flowmeter. Turbine flow meters use the mechanical energy of the liquid or gas to rotate a rotor in the flow stream. The velocity of the turbine rotor is proportional to the velocity of the fluid passing through the flow meter. The frequency of the signal relates directly to flow rate. The vaned rotor is the only moving part of the flow meter. Turbine flow meters measure the velocity of liquids, gases and vapors in pipes. Such as hydrocarbons, diesel, water, cryogenic liquids, air, and industrial gases.
Natural Gas Flow Meter
Natural Gas Flow Meter, is the inline flow meter for natural gas pipeline. Like: thermal mass flow meter, ultrasonic natural gas flow meter, natural gas turbine flow meter. Intelligent Gas Precession Vortex Flowmeter, and differential pressure flow meter. These are the most common inline natual gas flow meters with digital display. According the natural gas pipeline measurement conditions, select suitable natural gas flow meter. Such as: pressure, temperature, length of straight pipe, diameter of pipe, insertion or remote installation, etc,. If you have any question about the natural gas flow meter, please contact us.
High Viscosity Flow Meters
A Magnetic flow meter, also called electromagnetic flow meter, mag flow meter, or magmeters. A magnetic flow meter is a volumetric flow meter that works with principle of magnetic technology. Magnetic flow meters do not have any moving parts. An electromagnetic flowmeter consists of two parts: Electrode (sensor) and Transmitter. Installation types of magmeters could be: Compact, remote, insertion.
Inline Compressed Air Flow Meters
Compressed Air Flow Meter is the digital flow meter work for the air compressor. Thermal mass, vortex, portable ultrasonic, and DP flowmeters are commom gas flow sensors. Air consumption is an important info for industrial inline gas flow pipe. Compressed air is the most expensive form of energy in manufacturing plants. And compressure air accounts for up to 20% of the overall energy costs. So, It is important to measure compressed air flows precisely in all conditions. This can improve the energy efficiency of compressed air systems while reducing costs. Sino-Inst offers compresses air flow meters with and without local display. And 4-20mA and 0-10v outputs and for hazardous area applications are available.
Q & A
Question: Some people use electromagnetic flow meters to measure fuels such as diesel, but …
Answer: Electromagnetic can’t work, you can use a turbine
Q: Can the electromagnetic flowmeter measure the oil flow in the cooking oil pipeline?
Answer: It is not possible to measure with an electromagnetic flowmeter. Stainless steel turbine flowmeters or stainless steel gear flowmeters are commonly used to measure edible oil.
Q: What is the conductivity range of lubricating oil at 30-100 ℃? Is it possible to use electromagnetic current …
A: Turbine flowmeters are relatively safe. Electromagnetics must conduct electricity. Do not use V-cone flowmeters and vortex flowmeters for oil. There are hidden safety hazards.
Q: Why can’t the electromagnetic flowmeter measure petroleum products?
Answer: The principle of the electromagnetic flowmeter requires that the measured medium be conductive, and petroleum products are not conductive, so it cannot be measured.
Question: Can RP-3 aviation kerosene be measured with an electromagnetic flowmeter?
Answer: The measurement of aviation kerosene can use volumetric gear flow meters and turbine flow meters.