FEA design and analysis of flow sensor

Abstract

In this research article a resonating tube was designed for Coriolis mass flow Sensor (CMFS) and sensor locations was varied. Resonant tube was designed to withstand maximum pressure with governing equations of coupled fluid structure problems. What is the result of sensor location on phase shift is the main goal of this research study. For omega type resonant tube from the base of vertical omega tube, the sensor locations have been varied from 60 mm to 120 mm in the present research article. CMFS is based on Coriolis Effect principle. For modelling of tube design, pro-E was used, and for analysis purpose Ansys 14.5 was used. Sensor locations and phase shift simulation results have been validated with experimental results. With the help of experimental results validation of sensor locations and phase shift simulations has been done. Omega type test configuration having L = 300 and D = 400 mm was used for experimentation for tube materials. The maximum values of phase shift was observed around 120 mm sensor location for 0.1 and 0.2 kg/s mass flow rate. It was observed from result that phase shift values are linearly varying with all range of mass flow rates. The resonant frequency is 24 Hz obtained from modal analysis for copper omega resonating tube.