The Dissipative Properties Assessment of the Oscillatory System of a Serial Sample of the Coriolis Flowmeter

Abstract

The quantitative estimates of the flow rate (or density) of the flowing fluid obtained by the measurements using the industrial Coriolis flowmeters are made by using the laboratory experiments previously performed with the exemplary sensor. In this case we face two limitations, such as the unavailability of the facilities because of intense laboratory schedules and little time to upgrade the sensor oscillatory system. So we suggest using the virtual prototyping approaches as an alternative to the descriptive approaches. One of the fundamental problems of creating a virtual prototype of the Coriolis flowmeter is to separate the main parameter measured by the flowmeter (the phase shift) into the parts connected to the gyroscopic and dissipative forces. To solve this problem, we need to identify the dissipative forces model of the flowmeter oscillatory system. The article discusses the experimental results determining the dissipative properties of the mechanical oscillatory system of one of the commercially available Coriolis flowmeter samples. The algorithm identifying the model of the dissipative properties of the flowmeter oscillatory system is based on studying the nonlinearity degree of the envelope of the vibrogram of free damped oscillations. The experiments were carried out at the pouring stand of the Center for Experimental Mechanics of the South Ural State University, which allows controlling the speed and phase composition of the fluid flowing through the flowmeter. The article describes the processing algorithms for vibrograms of the damped oscillations, which make it possible to isolate the contribution into the dissipated energy from the dry (Coulomb model), the linear viscous (Rayleigh model) and quadratic viscous friction. The pronounced dependence of the vibrational system dissipation of the Coriolis flowmeter on the features of the fluid flow (velocity, mode: continuous, slug) was experimentally proven, the solutions of identifying the model of the dissipative forces are presented. The identification algorithm for the model of the dissipative properties of the flowmeter oscillatory system is based on studying the nonlinearity degree of the envelope of the vibrogram of the free damped oscillations. The use of the pouring stand made it possible to control the speed and phase composition of the fluid flowing through the flowmeter. The article describes the processing algorithms for the vibrograms of the damped oscillations by isolating the contribution into the dissipated energy from the dry (Coulomb model), linear viscous (Rayleigh model) and quadratic viscous friction. The pronounced dependence of the dissipation of the vibrational system of the Coriolis flowmeter on the features of the fluid flow (velocity, mode: continuous, slug) was experimentally proved, and the results of identifying the model of the dissipative forces are presented. The experiments included water acts as a fluid medium and air acts as a dispersed phase.