A flow sampling method and an apparatus for the measurement of multiphase flow rate were proposed. The principle of flow sampling is similar to that of data sampling in data acquisition process. After a sample is extracted from the multiphase flow
it is separated into single phase flows
which are metered with conventional flow meters respectively. The total flow rate of each phase is determined according to the metered values and the sampling relation. Because the sample is only a very small fraction of the total flow
the separator can be reduced greatly in size to as small as a single phase flow meter. Experiments were conducted in an air-water-oil multiphase flow test loop. The inside diameter of the loop was 50 mm
and the superficial gas velocity varied from 4.5 to 22 m·s
-1
; the liquid superficial velocity was in the range of 0.02-0.32 m·s
-1
; the oil concentration was in the range of 0.0%-60% by volume. The f
low pattern in the experiments included stratified flow
wave flow and annular flow. The experimental results show that the flow sampling method and apparatus could be feasible to measure the multiphase flow rate
and the average uncertainty of flow rate measurements for each phase was less than 3.82%.
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