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Q.

Sonic Ultrasonic Gas Meter


Training Course
24-11-2014

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Introduction
Timo Smits
Age 50
Joined April 1st 1992
22 years experience with
ultrasonic flowmeters

Product Specialist (Stork Servex)


Project Engineer UFM (Instromet)
Sales Engineer UFM (Elster-Instromet)
Applications Engineer UFM

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Elster-Instromet

University of Ultrasonics
Lets
Talk
Ultrasonic!

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Principle of Operation

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History of ultrasonic flow meters

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Elster-Instromet

History of Elster-Instromet in ultrasonics


Ultrasonic expertise for more than 25 years:
1980:

Open water measurement

1985:

Development ultrasonic gas flow meter GasSonic (hot-tap)

1992:

Development fiscal gas flow meter Q.Sonic (multi-path)

1995:

Q.Sonic approved for custody transfer (NMi, PTB)

2000:

Compact meter

2004:

Coded multiple burst

2008:

Titanium full metal transducer

2012:

Q.Sonicplus

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Elster-Instromet

History of Elster-Instromet in ultrasonics


GasSonic installation at Gasunie (NL)

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Elster-Instromet

Ultrasonic measurement technique


Sometimes you have the wind behind

The time difference


is a measure for
the storm

Sometimes you have the wind against


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Ultrasonic measurement technique


Absolute travel time measurement (1)

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Ultrasonic measurement technique


Absolute travel time measurement (2)

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Ultrasonic measuring principle


send
receive

L
tab =
c + v cos
L
t ba =
c v cos

Trd B

vcos

v
Trd A
send
v: average gas velocityreceive
c: velocity of sound (VOS)
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Di

L
vm =
2 cos

1 1
-
t ab t ba
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Elster-Instromet

Ultrasonic measuring principle

QL = Vm A 3600 [m /h]
3

L
1 1
QL =
A 3600 [m3 /h]
2 cos () tab tba
QL calculation based on:

Area (~diameter)

Path angle

Path length

Travel time measurement

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Mechanical dimension
measurement

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Ultrasonic measuring principle


Velocity of sound (VOS)

L
tab =
c + v cos
L
t ba =
c v cos

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L 1 1
C = + [m/s]
2 tab tba

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Path configurations
Axial

Swirl

Direct

Single Reflection

Double Reflection
C.W.
C.C.W.

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Path configurations
Elster-Instromet compact path matrix
2 3
1

CheckSonic-1 : 1

CheckSonic-2: 1 4
Q.Sonic-3 : 1 2 3
Q.Sonic-4 : 1 2 3 4

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Animation Q.Sonic

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Animation Q.Sonic-4 compact

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Patent
European Patent Specification:

On December 3, 1997
the Q.Sonic matrix
was patented

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Flow Profile (low velocity)

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Flow Profile (high velocity)

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Flow Profile
Elster-Instromet
Low velocity

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High velocity

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Flow Profile (Reynolds number)


Low Re number

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. .

High Re number

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Flow Profile Correction


Vraw

Profile Correction Curve


k

Re (= Vraw c)

Vraw x kRe

=
Vcorr
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Curve is formed by the Profile


Correction Coefficients in the
Flowmeter Setup
Real time
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Q.Sonic specifications

Diameter

4 - 64 (100 mm 1600 mm)

Pressure range

4 bar 150 bar standard

1 bar 480 bar extended

-20oC - +80oC standard

-50oC - +120oC extended

Temperature range

Maximum gas velocity

32 m/s (bi-directional)

Uncertainty

0.3% flow calibrated

0.2% flow calibrated including inlet spool & FS

Repeatability

0.05%

Hazardous area approval

ATEX II 2 G, Zone 1, gas group IIA, IIB or IIC

Interfaces

RS485 (2x)

RS232 (2x)

Digital/pulse (4x)

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Coded multiple burst (CMB) technology

Single burst

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Coded Multiple Burst

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Coded multiple burst (CMB) technology


burst signal instead of a single pulse
time coded sequence of bursts
efficient usage of UFM operating time (no delay)
Improved signal-to-noise ratio which decreases the sensitivity

to regulator noise and low signal applications


cross-over interference between two adjacent meters can be

minimized

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Attenuation of sound
There are several effects that affect the amplitude of an acoustic wave when it is
transmitted through a medium:
1. Transmission into the medium
2. Diffraction (spreading)
3. Absorption within the medium
4. Reflection effects
5. Ultrasonic beam drift
6. Transducer efficiency

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Dry Calibration
Physical Dimension
Check

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Dry calibration (physical dimensional check)

100% N2

EEx(d)

V.o.S. (Cm) measured

Lpath

V.o.S. (Cc) calculated


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L path( new) =

Ccalculated L path( old )


Cmeasured
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Calibration

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UFM Calibration to National Standard


Gas Flow

Test :
Ultrasonic Meter

Reference :
Turbine Meter

QL [m3/h]
P [bar]
T [C]

QL [m3/h]
P [bar]
T [C]
Error calculation

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UFM Calibration to National Standard


OIML / WME = Weighted Mean Error
n

Qi
errori

i =1 Qmax
WME =
n
Qi

i =1 Qmax

If Qi/Qmax = 1, then 0.4

Verification measurement
Adjusting Final
Factor in UFM
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QL [m3/h]
P [bar]
T [C]
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Calibration certificate

Unique identification of
calibration certificate (on
all pages)

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Calibration certificate

Measurement deviation
after correction

Calibration uncertainty
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Calibration certificate

Adjust Factor : 0.9969


(WME = +0.31%)
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Calibration standards
AGA 9
ISO 17089-1

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Accuracy is like the weather


it can be good or bad

Timo Smits

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Thank you
Timo Smits
Title
t.smits@elster-instromet.com

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