A Literature Review on Orifice as a Flow Measuring Device

Abstract

An orifice meter is one of the flow measuring devices which are more popular among all the instruments because of its simple design, less cost, and easy manufacturing to determine the discharge in single and multi-phase flow. In a multiphase flow problem such as oil and gas industry, chemical and processing industry wellhead chokes are used to control the production of oil and control, which create more fluctuation in the downstream flow due to back pressure on the reservoir and create significantly error in the measurement. To avoid the above problem orifice is an alternative device. The review paper gives an idea about single orifice consider for various applications, which will be helpful for betterment of orifice design and analysis. The review papers also produce the numerical and experimental studies on orifice to determine the pressure drop and coefficient of discharge on the variation of geometrical and flow parameters.