Workshop on Fundamental Research Issues in Orifice Metering

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Technical report (GRI-84/0190). Maryland (USA), National Bureau of Standards Gaithersburg Pub., 1984, 156 p.Abstract: An international workshop on orifice metering research is reported.This workshop, sponsored jointly by the Gas Research Institute, the National Engineering Laboratory in the United Kingdom, and the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) with assistance from the National Science Foundation, convened 100 attendees from 10 countries nt NBS-Gaithersburg, MD on June 9-10, 1983. Attendees represented a broad range of interests and fluid measurements capabilites from theoretical and computational-numerical modelers and experimental fluid dynamists to meter manufacturers and orifice users.Attendees listed problem areas in orifice metering practice, discussed research projects to respond to these, and prioritized these efforts according to their perceived potential to improve orifice metering. Results indicate that there is widespread concern over a number of issues ranging from the practical aspects of making accurate differential pressure measurements in the field to the determination of orifice flow fields using laser Doppler velocimetry and computer techniques to the resolution of the different paper standards pertaining to orifice meters.An extensive bibliography is included.