QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FLOW_INSTRUMENTATION
A factor that influences measurement accuracy in magnetic flow meters is:
- Excessive fluid
- Signal distortion
- Temperature fluctuations
- Solids in the fluid
What does the magnetic flowmeter measure?
- Fluid velocity through the meter
- Density of the process fluid
- Specific gravity of the fluid
- Density, viscosity and specific gravity of the material
What is the relationship of voltage to the magnetic field and the velocity of the conductor?
- Voltage is inversely related to the magnetic field intensity and the conductor velocity
- Voltage is directly proportional to the magnetic field intensity and the conductor velocity
- Voltage is proportional to the magnetic field intensity only
- Voltage is proportional to the conductor velocity only
The best types of material to be used in the metering section should be:
- Metal
- Magnetic
- Nonmagnetic
- Nonporous
What name is given to the straight length of the pipe where the process fluid passes through the magnetic field?
- Electrode
- Conductor
- Faraday’s field
- Metering section
What type of problem is associated with using a magnetic flow meter?
- Signal distortion caused by noise
- Relatively high thermal conductivity
- Fluctuating heat capacity
- Sound waves or vibrations
What is a disadvantage associated with a magnetic flow meter?
- It can only measure specific Reynolds number profiles
- It can only be used to measure flow of conductive liquids
- It can only be used with low viscosity fluids
- You must shut down the process to use a magnetic flowmeter
Which of the following is compatible with a magnetic flow meter?
- Gas applications
- Ultrasonic systems
- Electronic control systems
- Flow measurement applications with low velocity fluid
A factor that has the largest influence on measurement accuracy in magnetic flow meters is:
- Slurries in the process fluid
- Variations in density
- The Reynolds number
- Coating of the electrodes
The Coriolis force is the result of:
- Volumetric flow rate
- Specific gravity
- Density of liquid
- Acceleration acting on a mass
Define mass.
- Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter
- Mass is a measure of the proximity of the molecules of a substance
- Mass is a measure of the density of a fluid
- Mass is a measure of how rapidly a substance flows
Which property has an affect on calculating the true mass flow rate of a substance?
- Viscosity
- Density
- Reynolds number
- Velocity
In a mass flow meter, what is the relationship between the sensing element and mass flow rate?
- Reaction of the sensing element is dependent upon the composition of the fluid
- The velocity and the density of the mass flow rate is proportional to the sensing element
- Reaction of a sensing element is proportional to the mass flow rate
- The mass flow rate must be a measure of the Reynold’s number profile
A factor that affects the measurement accuracy of mass flow rate is:
- Temperature of the process fluid
- Slurries in the process fluid
- The Reynolds number
- Variations in density
The effect of the earth’s rotation on a rising or falling mass is called:
- Coriolis effect
- Venturi effect
- Specific gravity
- Bernoulli’s law
Describe what effect a Coriolis force has on an object?
- The Coriolis acceleration pulls the object into the force
- The Coriolis acceleration pushes the object tangential to the force
- The Coriolis acceleration increases the object’s specific gravity
- The Coriolis acceleration raises the object’s temperature
The Coriolis Effect is produced by:
- Density
- Temperature
- Rotation
- Viscosity
How does the Coriolis force effect an object?
- Pulls the object toward the center of the gravitational core
- Pushes the object out from the center of the gravitational core
- Produces an increase in the flow rate
- Produces an acceleration of a mass
What is the name given to the area of a Coriolis flow meter that process fluid flows through?
- U-shaped tube
- Vortex shedder
- Elbow tap
- Orifice plate
Which component is responsible for vibrating the U-shaped tube as the process fluid flows through the open ends?
- Impeller
- Oscillator
- Pickup coil
- Wheatstone bridge
If fluid is flowing in opposite directions in the two arms of the tube:
- There is a difference in the fluid density that flows throughout the arms of the U-shaped tube
- There is a difference in the amount of fluid flowing throughout the arms of the U-shaped tube >
- The direction of the force will be exerted in opposite directions in both arms of the tube
- The direction of the force will be exerted in the same directions as in both arms of the tube
Component detects the amount of deflection?
- Oscillator
- U-shaped tube
- Concentric or eccentric orifice plate
- Optical or magnetic sensing device
What does a turbine flow meter use to prevent swirling fluid from entering the rotor?
- Secondary device
- Orifice plates
- Straightening vanes
- U-shaped tube
Which type of flow meter is most appropriate for small pipe sizes?
- Turbine
- Nutating disc
- Lobed impeller
- Oval gear
How does a turbine flowmeter measure the velocity of flow?
- Translating the linear motion of the fluid into rotational motion
- Translating the rotational motion of the fluid into linear motion
- By first determining the viscosity of the fluid to be laminar
- A turbine flow meter only measures flow that has a low temperature
How is flow rate recorded in a turbine flow meter?
- Electrical energy emitted from the pickup coils
- Electrical signal taken from the rotating blades
- Recording the change in pressure of the fluid
- By counting the specific amount of volume entering the inlet
What is the name of the component that is installed in the pipeline?
- Inlet-outlet tube
- Pickup coil
- Meter housing
- Straightening vane
Since turbine flow meters measure the flow rate by the reaction of the fluid on a propeller, what other factor needs to be considered?
- The Coriolis effect
- The volume of the fluid
- The temperature of the fluid
- The density of the fluid
How is flow rate recorded in a positive displacement flow meter?
- By counting the amount of volume entrapped by the flow meter
- Electrical energy emitted from the pickup coils
- Electrical signal taken from the rotating blades
- Recording the change in pressure of the fluid
Which component of the nutating disc flow meter is responsible for keeping track of the volume of fluid?
- Nutating disc
- Counter
- Inlet
- Counter drive pin
Which application is best suited for a nutating disc flow meter?
- Ultrasonic systems
- Gas applications
- Water meter for residences
- Flow measurement of slurries in mining operations
In a nutating disc flow meter, what causes the disc to turn?
- The opening of the meter outlet
- The rotation of the impeller vanes
- The vibration of the oscillator
- Fluid entering the inlet
Which of the following is an example of a positive displacement flow meter?
- Lobed impeller flowmeter
- Axial turbine flowmeter
- Coriolis flowmeter
- Vortex shedder
Fluid enters the inlet of the meter and causes the impeller of a lobed impeller flow meter to:
- Rotate in the same direction
- Rotate in opposite directions
- Rotate in a clockwise position
- Rotate in a counter-clockwise position
The rotation of the impellers in positive displacement flow meters creates:
- An Archimedes’ effect
- An ultrasonic flow
- A measuring chamber
- A Coriolis effect
How does a lobed impeller flow meter measure flow?
- By counting the number of revolutions of the impeller and doubling it
- By knowing the volume of the fluid entering and subtracting the number of revolutions of the impellers
- By measuring the Coriolis acceleration of the impellers
- By counting the number of revolutions of the impellers
Which of the following is a component of a vortex precession flowmeter?
- Swirl blades
- Bluff body
- Vortex generating element
- Transmitter
What is the name given to an obstruction positioned in a “flowing stream”?
- Bluff body
- Pickup coil
- Metering float
- Rota meter
How does the vortex shedding flow meter measure fluid flow?
- Counts the number of vortices created and divides by two
- Measures the effects produced by the vortices
- Counts the number of bluff bodies installed in the flow stream
- Measures the vortices upstream of the bluff body
What is the relationship between the frequency of the vortices and the fluid velocity?
- As the frequency increases, the fluid velocity decreases
- As the frequency decreases, the fluid velocity increases
- Frequency is directly proportional to the fluid velocity
- When a vortex is formed, fluid velocity increases and when a vortex is shed, fluid velocity decreases
Which component of the vortex shedding flow meter measures the pressure fluctuations?
- Shedder
- Transmitter
- Counter
- Sensor
In a vortex precession flow meter, which component forces the fluid into a swirl condition?
- Guide vanes
- Straightening vanes
- Transducer
- Sensor
In a vortex precession flow meter, which component detects and measures the frequency of the swirling precessions?
- Transmitter
- Sensor
- Swirl blades
- Straightening vanes
The helical path of vortex precession flow meters cause fluctuations in:
- Density and temperature
- Specific gravity and temperature
- Pressure and velocity
- Viscosity and density
What is the relationship between the frequency of the flow and the flow rate in a vortex precession flow meter?
- When a vortex is formed, fluid velocity increases; and, when a vortex is shed, fluid velocity decreases
- As frequency increases, the fluid velocity decreases
- As frequency decreases, the fluid velocity increases
- Frequency is directly proportional to the fluid velocity