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Low‐Flow Liquid Meter
Author(s) -
Castelli J. A.,
Booth R. L.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1964.tb01328.x
Subject(s) - peristaltic pump , metre , float (project management) , thermal mass flow meter , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , clamp , head (geology) , environmental science , volumetric flow rate , materials science , mass flow meter , marine engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , geology , clamping , astronomy , geomorphology
This column describes a simple, reliable, and comparatively inexpensive system that was developed to meter low flows of either raw or finished water. The system flow rate is regulated by a peristaltic‐action‐type pump such as a Brittingham or kinetic‐clamp model. To reduce line pressure to a negligible amount before the pump, an open, constant‐head tank equipped with a float valve is placed in the system.