EFFECTS OF APRIL 2000 REVISION OF API 14.

3 PART 2 ORIFICE METER TUBES

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INTERNAL SURFACE FINISH UPSTREAM LENGTH STRAIGHTENING VANES FLOW CONDITIONERS 8 PLATE THICKNESS THERMOWELL LOCATION STAGGERED TAPS P LEAD LINES INCREASED DIFFERENTIAL GRANDFATHER CLAUSE

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INTERNAL FINISH

WAS 250 MICROINCH THROUGHOUT NOW SIZE AND BETA DEPENDENT

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 INTERNAL SURFACE FINISH METER TUBES TO 12 SIZE

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 INTERNAL SURFACE FINISH METER TUBES 16 & LARGER

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PITS
THOUGH UNDESIRABLE, ARE NOW ALLOWED, IF THEY DONT EXCEED I.D. TOLERANCE EXCEED FINISH REQUIREMENT

UPSTREAM LENGTH SELECTION 4 CATEGORIES

UPSTREAM LENGTH SELECTION

BARE TUBE ( no vane or conditioner) SHORT TUBE WITH VANE LONG TUBE WITH VANE TUBE WITH CONDITIONER

CATEGORY

( no vane or conditioner )

UNIVERSAL CATCH ALL METER TUBE

NOW IS 145D

CATEGORY Bare Meter Tubes continued, Bare Meter Tubes continued,

Single 90 Elbow @ .75 ---44D (2) 90s Out of Plane

Shorter Lengths Possible For Specific Installations Shorter Lengths Possible For Specific Installations

(close coupled)

@ .5 --95D

Concentric Reducer @ .75 --13D Tee @ .75 --44D

(used as an elbow-not header)

CATEGORY
NO VANE OR CONDITIONER

See detail

CATEGORY

SHORT VERSION WITH VANE

UNIVERSAL METER TUBE WITH VANE

MAX .46 BETA

CATEGORY
SHORT UPSTREAM LENGTH WITH TUBE BUNDLE

COMPARISON OF OLD AND NEW REQUIREMENTS

CATEGORY
Short upstream with tube bundle

CAREGORY

LONG VERSION WITH VANE

UNIVERSAL METER TUBE WITH VANE

MAX .67 BETA

CATEGORY
LONG UPSTREAM WITH TUBE BUNDLE

CATEGORY

LONG UPSTREAM LENGTH WITH TUBE BUNDLE

COMPARISON OF OLD AND NEW REQUIREMENTS

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THE METER TUBE LENGTH INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REVISION WAS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF ACTUAL FLOW TESTING AT 12 LABS (DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL), USING BOTH LIQUID AND GAS.

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 TUBE BUNDLE STRAIGHTENING VANES

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 19 CONCENTRIC SAME SIZE TUBES TUBE BUNDLE STRAIGHTENING VANES

CONCENTRIC PATTERN NEW, TIGHTER TOLERANCES

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 HEX PATTERN TUBE BUNDLE STRAIGHTENING VANES

HEX PATTERN NOT ALLOWED

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 END BANDS TUBE BUNDLE STRAIGHTENING VANES

END BANDS NOT ALLOWED

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 TUBE BUNDLE STRAIGHTENING VANES 7 TUBE BUNDLE

7 TUBE BUNDLE FOR 2 SIZE NOT ALLOWED

FLOW CONDITIONING

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 FLOW CONDITIONERS

REMOVE SWIRL AND CREATE A NEAR FULLY DEVELOPED FLOW PROFILE

THE DANIEL PROFILERTM

CONDITIONER PLATE

Profiler Installation

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 METER TUBE WITH PROFILER

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Meter tube upstream lengths and beta ratio limits for use with all flow conditioners other than the standard tube bundle will be established by the manufacturer based on required testing
(ref. Par. 2.5.5.4 AGA-3/API 14.3 April 2000)

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THE USE OF FLOW CONDITIONERS MAY ALLOW SHORTER UPSTREAM PIPE LENGTHS

BUT
A SERIES OF TESTS MUST BE RUN BEFORE OFFERING THE DEVICE TO THE MARKET

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 Flow Conditioner Qualification Test Disturbance Tests

Good Flow Conditions Two 900 Elbows in Perpendicular Planes Gate Valve 50% Closed High Swirl

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 Flow Conditioner Qualification Test Good Flow Conditions - test evaluating impact of flow conditioner on fully developed velocity profile.

Install the conditioner in the specified location preceding a meter tube where the installation has been shown to already have a swirl free, fully developed profile. This proves the device has no negative effect on flow.

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 Flow Conditioner Qualification Test Two 900 Elbows in Perpendicular Planes - testing of flow conditioner performance in handling combination of a modest swirl and a non-symmetrical velocity profile.

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 Flow Conditioner Qualification Test

Gate Valve 50% Closed - test evaluating flow conditioner performance in strongly non-symmetrical velocity profile

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 Flow Conditioner Qualification Test High Swirl - test assessing flow conditioner performance in flows with high swirl angle (over 250).

Swirl must be reduced to 2 Max

CHANGES Tests AdditionalTO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 Flow Conditioner Qualification Test

Orifice ratio: Check swirl test at =0.40 and =0.67 Reynolds Number Sensitivity: Test at two ranges 10,000 < Re <500,000 and Re > 1MM with approximately a 7:1 ratio. Scaling: Test at two sizes selected from D < 4 and D > 8

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ANY FLOW CONDITIONER CHOSEN SHOULD HAVE TEST DATA SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH THE TESTING PROGRAM OUTLINED IN AGA/14.3

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 UPSTREAM THERMOWELL LOCATION

WAS 12 TO 36 UPSTREAM OF VANE NOW IS 36 MINIMUM UPSTREAM OF VANE

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STAGGERED PRESSURE TAPS STAGGERED PRESSURE TAPS

STAGGERED PRESSURE TAPS

NOT ALLOWED

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 PLATE THICKNESS CHANGE 8 SIZE WAS 1/8 THICK NOW IS 1/4 THICK

Reason: differential was limited to 150 in an orifice fitting

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 IMPACT OF 8 PLATE CHANGE TO 1/4 THICK

Some 1/8 and 1/4 seal/plate assemblies may be interchangeable in the same fitting, allowing installation of the wrong plate in the right fitting

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 IMPACT OF 8 PLATE CHANGE TO 1/4 THICK

Plate carriers and/or seal rings for some manufacturers fittings may be different for 1/8 and 1/4 thick plates

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 IMPACT OF 8 PLATE CHANGE TO 1/4 THICK

Existing installations using 1/8 thick plates will require careful organization if 1/4 units are added

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 PLATE THICKNESS CHANGE 24 SIZE WAS 3/8 THICK NOW IS 1/2 THICK

Reason: differential was limited to 150

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 DP TAP CONNECTION LINE LENGTHS

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 DP TAP CONNECTION LINE LENGTHS

EQUAL LENGTH LINES

SHORT AS POSSIBLE

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 DIFFERENTIAL TAP LINE LENGTH DP TAP CONNECTION LINE LENGTHS IF RESONANCE OR PULSATION IS SUSPECTED,
CALCULATE PROPER LENGTH USING THESE 5 EQUATIONS BASED ON PULSATION FREQUENCY (f) AND SPEED OF SOUND IN FLUID (a)

length L

factor 0.25 2.5 5.5 8.5 11.5

x a / (2 B f )

THE RESULTING LENGTH NEAREST THAT PREFERRED SHOULD BE USED

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INCREASED DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE INCREASED DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE

INCREASED DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES TABLES SHOWING MAXIMUM DP FOR RECOMMENDED PLATE THICKNESSES
304SS AND 316SS TEMPERATURES TO 150F (65C) INSTALLED IN BOTH FITTINGS AND FLANGES
FLANGES ALLOW MUCH HIGHER DIFFERENTIALS

INCREASED DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE2000 CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL INCREASED DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE
CONTINUED CONTINUED

INCREASED DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES

SOME SIZES ALLOW UP TO 1000 DP
VALUES BASED ON PLATE DEFLECTION ONLY ANY OPERATIONAL EFFECTS ON ORIFICE FITTINGS NOT CONSIDERED

ADDITIONAL TABLES FOR OTHER THAN STANDARD PLATE THICKNESSES IN APPENDIX

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 INCREASED DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES

POSSIBLE EFFECT OF DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES EXCEEDING VALUES SHOWN

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000 GRANDFATHER CLAUSE

From API 14.3 Part 2, Par 2.1, April 2000

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000

It is strongly recommended that a copy of the new standard be obtained and read thoroughly as there are many details not covered in this presentation

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THE END

TAP HOLE LOCATION TOLERANCE FROM 14.3

HOW TO MEET 14.3 WITH A 1/4 THICK PLATE IN A FITTING DRILLED FOR A 1/8 THICK PLATE

4 & LARGER LIMIT BETA TO .6

CHANGES TO API 14.3 - APRIL 2000

If distance S between 2 fittings is 22D or more, only the fitting nearest the orifice is considered 2.6.3.1