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AGA3
AGA 3 takes meter settings, compressibilities, a differential pressure, static pressure and temperature, and calculates base volume, base volume flow rate or volume correction factor. It requires flowing and base pressure, temperature and compressibility.
AGA3: Enter a flowing temperature, pressure and compressibility, a base temperature, pressure and compressibility, a flowing volume and a meter factor, then press Calculate.
Value Units ? Diff Press = Flowing Pressure = Flowing Temp = Downstream Pressure Tap? Orifice diameter = Pipe diameter = Flowing Compressibility = Base Compressibility = Ideal specific gravity = Base Pressure = Base Temp = Orifice diameter temp = Orifice therm exp. coeff. = Pipe diameter temp = Pipe therm exp. coeff. = Input
SI
10.0
US
4101.325 10.0
mm in mm in Deg C Deg F kPaA PSIA Deg C Deg F Deg C Deg F mm/(mm Deg C) in/(in Deg F) Deg C Deg F mm/(mm Deg C) in/(in Deg F)
Results Table
Set unit conversion constants for the unit system chosen Calculate flowing density: Dflow = Pf * Mrair * Gi / (Zf * R * (Tf + N5)) Calculate base density: Dbase = Pb * Mrair * Gi / (Zb * R * (Tb + N5)) Calculate size of orifice at flowing conditions: d' = d * [1 + alpha1 * (Tf - Tdm)] Calculate size of meter run at flowing conditions: D' = D * [1 + alpha2 * (Tf - TDm)] Calculate beta = d' / D' Calculate velocity of approach factor: Ev = 1 / sqrt( 1 - beta 4) Calculate factors required for coefficient of discharge / Reynolds number iteration loop. o Upstream tap position L1 = N4/D o Downstream tap position L2 = N4/D ( -8.5 L ) (-6.0 L ) 1.1 o Upstream tap correction factor Tu = [ S2 + S3 e 1 + S4 e 1 ] * beta o Dimensionless downstream dam height M2 = (2 L2 ) / (1 - beta) 1.3 o Downstream tap correction factor Td = S6 [ M2 + S7 M2 ] beta 1.1 o Small pipe correction factor: if D <= (A4 N4) then Ts = A3 (1 - beta) (A4 D/N4) else Ts = 0 2 8 o Cd0 = A0 + A1 beta + A2 B + Tu + Td + Ts 0.7 o Cd1 = A5 * beta (250) 0.7 4 0.35 o Cd2 = A6 * beta (250) 4 0.8 o Cd3 = S1 * beta * beta (4.75) 0.8 (250) 0.35 0.8 o Cd4 = (S5Tu + S8Td ) beta (4.75) 0.8 o Orifice differential pressure to flowing pressure ratio x = dP / (N3 * Pf) 4 o Yp = (0.41 + 0.35 beta ) / k o Expansion factor Y = 1 - Yp x 2 o Calculate Ftmp = Ev Y d o Calculate FIc = 4000 NIc D * mu / Ftmp o Calculate FIp = sqrt ( 2 * Dflow * dP) o Calculate FI = FIc / FIp o Limit FI to 1000 maximum. Set up coefficient of discharge loop by setting Cd(FT) to Cd0 Perform loop:
X = Fl / Cd(FT) If X < Xc then 0.35 Fc = Cd0 + ( Cd1 X + Cd2 + Cd3 X 0.8 ) X 0.35 + Cd4 X 0.8 0.35 Dc = ( 0.7 Cd1 X + 0.35 Cd2 + 1.15 Cd3 X 0.8 ) X 0.35 + 0.8 Cd4 X 0.8 o else 0.7 Fc = Cd0 + Cd1 X + ( Cd2 + Cd3 X 0.8 ) ( A - B / X ) + Cd4 X 0.8 0.7 Dc = 0.7 Cd1 X + ( Cd2 + Cd3 X 0.8 ) * B / X + 0.8 Cd3 ( A - B / X) X 0.8 0.8 + 0.8 Cd4 X o Calculate the amount to vary Cd(FT) by: dCd = [ Cd (FT) - Fc] / [ 1 + Dc / Cd(FT) ] o Change Cd(FT) : Cd(FT) = Cd(FT) - dCd Until the absolute value of dCd is less than 0.000005. Reynolds number is Re = 4000 / X Calculate mass flow factor: F mass = ( pi / 4) * Nc Ev d2 Calculate mass flow rate: qm = F mass Cd(FT) Y * sqrt (2 Dflow * dP ) Calculate standard flow rate: qv = qm / D base
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