ONE-DAY SEMINARS TAUGHT BY DAVID W. SPITZER
FLOW MEASUREMENT EXPERT & AUTHOR OF
THE CONSUMER GUIDE TO…BOOKS ON FLOWMETERS
- Differential Pressure Flow Transmitters
- Magnetic Flowmeters
- Ultrasonic Flowmeters
- Coriolis Mass Flowmeters
- Vortex Shedding and Fluidic Flowmeters
The Consumer Guide to… book used in each seminar is the first independent guide to the world’s flowmeters, ranked by performance, size and supplier. Each guide also contains information about evaluating and applying these flowmeters.
David W. Spitzer is a world-recognized expert on flow measurement and author of The Consumer Guide to… books, Industrial Flow Measurement, and a Contributing Editor of FLOW CONTROL magazine.
Course Outline
|
Introduction |
8:30 – 9:00 | |
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| Fluid Flow Fundamentals | 9:00-10:15 | |
| Pressure | ||
| Temperature | ||
| Density (specific gravity) | ||
| Fluid Expansion | ||
| Types of flow | ||
| Inside Pipe Diameter | ||
| Viscosity | ||
| Reynolds number and velocity profile |
Chapter 2 | |
| Hydraulic phenomena | ||
| Energy considerations | ||
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| Flowmeter Technology | 10:30-12:00 | |
| Principle of operation | Chapter 2 | |
| Flowmeter design | Chapter 3 | |
| Transmitter design | Chapter 4 | |
| Installation | Chapter 12 | |
| Accessories | Chapter 13 | |
| Other flowmeter technologies | ||
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| Flowmeter Performance | 1:00-2:15 | |
| Performance statements | Chapter 8 | |
| Reference performance | Chapter 9 | |
| Actual performance | Chapter 10 | |
| Supplier claims | Chapter 11 | |
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| Consumer Guide | 2:30-4:00 | |
| Supplier data and analysis | Chapter 5 & 6 | |
| Attachments | ||
| Categories | Yellow section | |
| Availability of selected features | Yellow section | |
| Models grouped by performance | Gray section | |
| Models grouped by supplier | Gray section |