Kar-Hooi Cheong

Experimental Results of Flow Nozzle Based on PTC 6 for High Reynolds Number

Discharge coefficients for three flow nozzles based on ASME PTC 6 are measured under many flow conditions at AIST, NMIJ and PTB. The uncertainty of the measurements is from 0.04% to 0.1% and the Reynolds number range is from 1.3×105 to 1.4×107. The discharge coefficients obtained by these experiments is not exactly consistent to one given by PTC 6 for all examined Reynolds number range. The discharge coefficient is influenced by the size of tap diameter even if at the lower Reynolds number region. Experimental results for the tap of 5 mm and 6 mm diameter do not satisfy the requirements based on the validation procedures and the criteria given by PTC 6. The limit of the size of tap diameter determined in PTC 6 is inconsistent with the validation check procedures of the calibration result. An enhanced methodology including the term of the tap diameter is recommended. Otherwise, it is recommended that the calibration test should be performed at as high Reynolds number as possible and the size of tap diameter is desirable to be as small as possible to obtain the discharge coefficient with high accuracy.Copyright

Development of High Accurate Flow Nozzle for Feedwater Flowrate Measurement in Nuclear Power Plant

The high accurate throat tap flow nozzle with four different diameter taps is developed and its discharge coefficients are measured in the Reynolds number range from 1.5×106 to 1.4×107 using the high Reynolds calibration facility of AIST,NMIJ. The discharge coefficient of a throat tap nozzle extrapolated according to ASME PTC 6 are confirmed to deviate 0.37% at Red=1.4×107 from the experimental results. The high accurate flow nozzle developed can reduce this extrapolation error of the discharge coefficient to high Reynolds numbers by using the equations of discharge coefficients, which is determined as a function of Reynolds number and tap diameter based on the experimental results of four different diameter taps. The error of extrapolated discharge coefficient using the derived equations is estimated to be less than 0.1% at Red=1.4×107. The present results show that the throat tap flow nozzle developed is expected to work as a high accurate flowmeter even under the extrapolation of the discharge coefficient toward high Reynolds numbers.Copyright

Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Discharge Coefficient of Throat Tap Nozzle Based on PTC 6 for Wide Range Reynolds Number

Throat tap nozzle of ASME PTC 6 is widely used in engineering fields, and its discharge coefficient is normally estimated by an extrapolation in Reynolds number range higher than the order of 107. The purpose of this paper is to propose a new relationship of the discharge coefficient of the throat tap nozzle and Reynolds number that can be applied to Reynolds number up to 1.5×107 by a detailed analysis of the experimental data and the theoretical models. The discharge coefficients are measured for several tap diameters in Reynolds number range from 2.4×105 to 1.4×107 using the high Reynolds number calibration rig in NMIJ. Experimental results show that the discharge coefficients depend on the tap diameter and the deviation between the experimental results and the reference curve of PTC 6 is 0.75% at maximum. New equations to estimate the discharge coefficient are developed based on the experimental results and the theoretical equations including the tap effects. The developed equations estimate the discharge coefficient of the present experimental data within 0.21%, and they are expected to estimate more accurately the discharge coefficient of the throat tap nozzle of PTC 6 in comparison with the reference curve of PTC 6.Copyright