Top tips for flowmeter selection

The document offers guidance in the selection of the optimum flowmeter technology for an application.

After discussing whether a flowmeter may be needed the guide then addresses the total life cost of different types of flowmeter technology, the importance of defining operating parameters (flow rate, line pressure, temperature and measurement accuracy required) and the chemical compatibility considerations of an application. The guide also looks at how selection of the most appropriate flowmeter often can depend on the system it is intended to be a part of.

Comparing the ten most common flow metering technologies pragmatically, the guide provides a helpful pentagram graphic representation for each technology to help match a flowmeter type to an operating parameter, its cost of ownership, ease of use and the level of support it may require.

Finally the guide looks at the importance of following flowmeter installation instructions carefully and offers some helpful troubleshooting checks that can be employed before having to call out a service engineer to a ‘faulty’ flowmeter.