title: Water flow measurement in large bore pipes: an experimental comparison between two different types of insertion flowmeters.
abstract: In this paper the metrological behavior of two different insertion flowmeters (magnetic and turbine types) in large water pipes is described. A master-slave calibration was carried out in order to estimate the overall uncertainty of the tested meters. The experimental results show that (i) the magnetic insertion tested flowmeter performs the claimed accuracy (+/- 2%) within all the flow range (20:1); (ii) the insertion turbine tested meter, instead, reaches the claimed accuracy just in the upper zone of the flow range.
authors.affiliation: DETEC, University of Naples Federico II, Italy. fcascett@unina.it
authors.forename: Furio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cascetta
authors.forename: Adolfo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palombo
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scalabrini