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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project
Number |
9 |
| Date of Summary |
December 31, 1985 |
| Subject |
Ultrasonic Flowmeter Evaluation |
| Performing Activity |
Harry Diamond Laboratories |
| Principal Investigator |
Mr. Allen Holmes |
| Contracting Agency |
U.S. Geological Survey |
| Completion |
Complete |
| Description |
Evaluated the ability of four
designs of ultrasonic flowmeters to detect leaks in pipelines. Calibrated the meters at the
Exxon clean crude facility at Baytown, Louisiana and then at the raw crude terminal at
Grand Isle, Louisiana. |
| Progress |
Complete. Baytown tests were
completed on two manufacturer's meters. One meter detected a 2 percent leak on
merchantable crude oil, the other 5 percent. Tests on raw crude will not be run because of
disappointing results with clean crude. |
| Reports |
| AB
(595
KB) |
Gehman, S. E., Holmes, A. D.,
Analysis of Ultrasonic Flowmeters for Leak Detection in Liquid Hydrocarbon Pipelines,
HDL-TR-1907, Harry Diamond Laboratories, Silver Spring, Maryland, September 1979. |
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