Overview of the types and parameters of gas consumption meters used in automated energy accounting systems

Abstract

Overview of the types and parameters of gas consumption meters used in automated energy accounting systems

Sinyutin E.S., Yartsev A.V.

Incoming article date: 09.12.2017

This paper provides an overview of the types of existing natural gas consumption meters. A comparison is made of the instruments of various manufacturers present on the market. The main characteristics of the counters are named, the definitions for each characteristic are given. The problem of temperature compensation of flow rate depending on the temperature of the working medium is considered. The error in measuring gas at temperature differences leads to difficulties in predicting the consumption of energy resources. Two existing approaches to the solution of the problem are given. The ways of solution for the task of including metering devices in unified automated energy accounting systems are also shown.

Keywords: flowmeters of natural gas, diaphragm counters, automated metering systems, energy resources, thermal correction