Magnetic suspension turbine flow meter

Ulun Azmi, Halimahtul Saadiah and Abdul Rahim, Ruzairi and Abas, Khairul Hamimah and Sahlan, Shafishuhaza and Mohammad Din, Sharulnizahani (2017) Magnetic suspension turbine flow meter. In: Sensor & Instrumentation System. Series 2. Penerbit UTHM, Batu Pahat, Johor, pp. 1-5. ISBN 9789670764818

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Abstract

Measurement of liquid flow in certain area such as industrial plant is in critical. Inaccurate measurement can cause serious result. Most of the liquid flow are using Bernoulli principle‘s but in turbine flow meter the flow rate is determine differently by using kinetic energy. Turbine flow meter is one of flow rate transducer that widely used in metallurgical, petroleum, chemical and other industrial and agricultural areas, as shown in Figure 1.1. It is present as high precision of flow meter and when fluid flow troughs it the impeller that faces the fluid will rotate due to flow force exist. The rotation speed is directly proportional to the speed of fluid. During the process, the working states of impeller and bearing are very complicated due the interactive effects from the fluid axial thrust, impeller rotating, and static and dynamic components. In current turbine flow meter design, the common material use for meter bulk body is 1Cr18Ni9Ti, while for the blade 2Gr13 are used. Axis and bearing are made from stainless steel or carbide alloy. The space between the axis and bearing determines it minimum flow rate and life span, and also determines its measurement range (1:10~1:15 - maximum flow rate to minimum flow rate). Since the turbine has movable parts it can produce friction between the axis and ring during the operation. This will cause accuracy of the measurement decrease and can damage the impeller blade. In this research, the friction can be reduced by adopting the principle of magnetic suspension. Rotating shaft will levitate in the magnetic field due to the forces. Friction coefficient reduced because of rotating shaft rotates without abrasion and mechanical contact in space.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Electric measurements; Electrical engineering
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions:	Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering > Department of Electrical Engineering
Depositing User:	Mrs. Farizah Sudin
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2022 03:50
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2022 03:50
URI:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/4329

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