McCrometer V-Cone Steam-Injection Flow Meter

McCrometer’s precision V-Cone Steam-Injection Flow Meter supports enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies that produce heavy oil from demanding environments, such as shallow oil sands deposits and other challenging formations.

Featuring differential pressure (dP) technology, McCrometer’s self-conditioning V-Cone Flow Meter provides superior flow measurement accuracy and repeatability over a broad flow range regardless of fluid dynamics. Accuracy is ±0.5 percent with repeatability of ±0.1 percent over a wide turndown. With virtually no maintenance or recalibration requirements, the V-Cone also operates over a long life with a low cost of ownership.

McCrometer claims the V-Cone reduces permanent pressure loss by 75% compared to a traditional orifice plate. The V-Cone Flow Meter features a rugged no-moving parts design with nothing to foul or break in harsh oil production environments. The contoured shape of the V-Cone’s beta edge prevents it from dulling like that of an orifice plate beta edge, eliminating the need for the costly periodic inspection and replacement of plates.

In steam flow, the pressure difference exhibited between the V-Cone Flow Meter’s static line pressure and the low pressure created downstream of the cone is measured via two pressure sensing taps, with one tap placed slightly upstream of the cone and the other located in the downstream face of the cone itself. The pressure difference is then incorporated into a derivation of the Bernoulli equation to determine the flow rate of the steam.