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FLOWSIC600
Ultrasonic Gas Flow Meter

For Custody Transfer and

Process Applications
 FLOWSIC600
Gas flow measurement for
process and custody applications

A r e as of A pplicatio n

• Fiscal metering • Process control

• Natural gas production, transportation, distribution • Power plants, refineries and chemical industry
and storage • Steam and cryogenic
• Onshore and offshore applications • Process gases like N2, O2, H2, CO2, Cl2 etc.
• Dry, wet, corrosive and abrasive gases • Gases like sour gas or biogas with high H2S content

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2 - P at h 4 - P at h 2plex Quatro

• 2 path • 4 path • 4 + 1 path • 4 + 4 path

• 2" ... 48"/ • 3" ... 48"/ • 3" ... 48"/ • 3" ... 48"/
DN50 ... DN1200 DN80 ... DN1200 DN80 ... DN1200 DN80 ... DN1200
• Uncertainties of ±1% • Uncertainty of ±0.2% • Uncertainty of ±0.2% • Uncertainty of ±0.2%
• Integrated performance • Integrated performance • Integrated performance • Integrated performance
monitoring monitoring monitoring monitoring
• CBM1) by monitoring the • 2 independent fiscal
installation close to the meters in one meter body
meter (contamination,
• As 8 path version suitable
blockage and pulsation)
for flow test facilities
• Redundancy
1)
CBM … Condition Based Maintenance

K e y F e atu r e s

• Integrated real-time performance monitoring

• New Software MEPAFLOW600 CBM1)
• 3 data logs (hourly, daily and weekly historical data)
• 3 logbooks (alarms, warnings and parameter changes)
• Highly efficient titanium transducers
• Nearly insensitive to regulator noise
• Operation even at atmospheric pressure
• Transducers extractable under line pressure
• Bi-directional measurement with no pressure drop
• Compact 3D design with direct path layout
• Rangeability greater than 100 : 1
MEPAFLOW600 CBM supports commissioning, diagnosis, meter
• No damage from over-ranging management and worldwide remote service.

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S y st e m C ompo n e n ts

Signal Processing Unit (SPU)

Pressure tap

Marking for positive Meter body with flanges

flow direction

Flange

Ultrasonic transducers

L e a d i n g E d g e T r a n s d uc e r T e c h n olog y

The heart of an ultrasonic flow meter is the ultrasonic trans-

ducer. The sealed, titanium transducer design, and the work-
ing frequencies of 135 kHz, 210 kHz and 350 kHz, permit
using the FLOWSIC600 in virtually all applications in gas flow
metering – dry or wet, corrosive or ultrasonically noisy. This
characteristics are complemented by a temperature range
of –194 °C ... 280 °C (–317 °F ... 536 °F) and a pressure
from 450 barg (6500 psig) down to ambient pressure.

Di r e C t C h o r d al P at h lay out

The direct chordal path layout incorporates distinct advan-

tages. Since the signals are not reflected inside the meter,
contamination or changes in wall roughness do not effect
the signal strength and signal quality. For this reason long
term stability of measurement performance and highest
accuracy is achieved. Due to the direct chordal path layout,
together with the excellent transducer characteristics, the
FLOWSIC600 has an enhanced immunity against control
valve noise.

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FLOWSIC600 Technical Data

Meter characteristics
Nominal size Flow rate [m3/h] Flow rate [ft3/h] Max. velocity Length
Min. Max. Min. Max. [m/s] [ft/s] [mm] [in]
DN 50 2" 6 400 210 14,000 65 213 150 5.91
DN 80 3" 12 1,000 280 35,000 65 213 240 9.45
DN 100 4" 20 1,600 460 57,000 60 197 300 11.81
DN 150 6" 32 3,000 1,130 106,000 50 164 450 17.72
DN 200 8" 40 4,500 1,410 159,000 45 148 600 23.62
DN 250 10" 50 7,000 1,770 247,000 40 131 750 29.53
DN 300 12" 65 8,000 2,300 283,000 33 108 900 35.43
DN 350 14" 80 10,000 2,830 353,000 33 108 1,050 41.34
DN 400 16" 120 14,000 4,240 494,000 33 108 1,200 47.24
DN 450 18" 130 17,000 4,590 600,000 33 108 1,350 53.15
DN 500 20" 200 20,000 7,060 706,000 33 108 1,500 59.06
DN 600 24" 320 32,000 11,300 1,130,000 33 108 1,800 70.87
DN 700 28" 650 40,000 22,950 1,413,000 30 98 1,400 55.12
DN 750 30" 650 45,000 22,950 1,589,000 30 98 1,500 59,06
DN 800 32" 800 50,000 28,250 1,766,000 30 98 1,600 62.99
DN 900 36" 1,000 66,000 35,320 2,331,000 30 98 1,800 70.87
DN 1000 40" 1,200 80,000 42,380 2,825,000 30 98 2,000 78.74
DN 1050 42" 1,300 85,000 45,910 3,002,000 30 98 2,100 82.68
DN 1100 44" 1,400 90,000 49,440 3,178,000 28 92 2,200 86.61
DN 1200 48" 1,600 100,000 56,500 3,531,000 27 89 2,400 94.49
Meter body material • Carbon steel 1.1120/ ASME A216 WCC
• Stainless steel 1.4408/ ASME A351 Gr. CF 8M
• Low temperature carbon steel 1.6220/ASME A352 L CC
• Duplex steel 1.4470/ASME A995 Gr.4A/UNS J92205
Measuring parameters
Gases Natural gas, process gases, air
Measured value Volume flow (actual and standard), volume (actual and standard), velocity of gas, speed of sound
Temperature –40 °C ... +180 °C (–40 °F ... 365 °F); –194 °C ... +280 °C (–317 °F ... 536 °F) on request
Pressure range 0 barg ... 250 barg; up to 450 barg on request (0 ... 3600 psig; up to 6500 psig on request)
Repeatability < 0.1 %
Typical uncertainty1) 1 path: ± 2.0 %
2 paths: ± 1.0 %
4 paths: ± 0.5 % (dry calibrated), ±0.2 % (after flow calibration + adjustment with constant factor)
±0.1 % (after flow calibration + adjustment with polynomial correction)
Approvals
Ex certification ATEX: II 1/2G EEx de ib [ia] IIA or IIC T4
CSA: Class I, Division 1, Groups D T4; Class I, Division 2, Groups D T4
Class I, Division 1, Groups B,C,D T4; Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C, D T4
Pattern approval MID, PTB, NMi, Measurement Canada, GOST, ...
Conformities OIML R137-1, OIMLD11, A. G. A Report No. 9, API 21.1 (draft), ISO 17089-1 (draft)
Electrical safety CE Enclosure rating: IP 65/IP 67
Outputs and interfaces
Analog output Active/passive; optically isolated; 4 ... 20 mA; max. load = 250 Ω
Digital outputs Passive, optically isolated, open collector or according NAMUR, fmax = 6 kHz
Interfaces 2 x RS485
Bus protocol • Modbus ASCII/Modbus RTU
• HART protocol
1)
Within Qt ... Qmax with non disturbed inlet/outlet section of 10D/3D