[AR] Re: Estimating Coefficient of Discharge (Cd)

  • From: "Monroe L. King Jr." <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 17:08:53 -0700

http://iom.invensys.com/EN/pdfLibrary/WhitePaper_Foxboro_EthanolFuelProductionInstrumentation_03-12.pdf
May give you some options you have not thought of. Not endorsing these
meters but it can give you a summation of different types used for
ethanol.

Monroe

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> Subject: [AR] Re: Estimating Coefficient of Discharge (Cd)
> From: "Graham Sortino" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender
> "gnsortino@xxxxxxxxx" for DMARC)
> Date: Sat, September 13, 2014 4:54 pm
> To: "arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> thank you all for the quick responses. I'm not 100% convinced this is the 
> case since I can see nothing physically different with them besides one 
> having a larger diameter but I appreciate the feedback and will see if there 
> is a way I can test this again with a better regulator.
> 
> Also, as an aside, I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for flow 
> meters suitable for something like ethanol? It would ideally be something I 
> could read an analog signal off of so that it could be used in my engine 
> control loop. I've been having some difficulty reliably predicting flow rates 
> when using a pressure transducer upstream of the orifice and I wanted to see 
> if others use this same approach or if there is something else more 
> sophisticated?
> 
> 
> Graham
> 
> 
> On Saturday, September 13, 2014 5:07 PM, Monroe L. King Jr. 
> <monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
> 
> 
> Without the typo orifice geometry is the only answer.
> 
> Monroe

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