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By applying this phenomenon to mass-flow measurement, we create a Coriolis mass flowmeter. Indeed, there
are several types of meters leveraging the Coriolis Effect. One straight-up mass-flow device has rotors
containing metal vanes that form several channels.
This gadget operates at a constant angular velocity per an external power source. Any particle of fluid
traveling through the radial channel with velocity V will experience the Coriolis force, resulting in torque
acting in the plane of rotation.
With the torque acting in the plane of rotation, measurement of the torque happens by placing a sensing
means, such as a strain gage, in the drive shaft. To measure the mass-flow rate, we hold the angular
velocitythe motor rotational speedconstant, leaving the torque as a direct measure of mass flow.
Coriolis crosses platforms
A device employing the gyroscopic principle of operation in the oscillatory mode is a tube shaped in the form
of the letter U. An electromagnetic oscillator drives the U-shaped tuning-fork-like structure at the resonant
frequency of the system, thereby producing a Coriolis acceleration and resultant force.
The force acts alternatelyperpendicular to the flow pathin opposite directions, causing an oscillating
moment about axis O-O of the flowmeter.
The resulting moment (m), acting about the central axis and in a plane perpendicular to the driving moment
(W), produces a twist-type motion, where the deflection angle between FC1 and FC2 is directly proportional
to the mass-flow rate.
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Nicholas Sheble (nsheble@isa.org) writes and edits Automation Basics. A source for this article is
Fundamentals of Flow Measurement, Joseph DeCarlo, an Independent Learning Module, ISA, 1984.
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