Turbine flowmeters

Turbine flowmeters have been around for many years.In fact, the generally accepted view places the invention of the first turbine meter in 1790. However, it wasnt until World War II and afterwards that turbine meters began being used in industrial environments. And even though turbine meters are facing competition today from new-technology flowmete... rs, the turbine market is still very large, and is growing in some segments. The word turbine is derived from a Latin word that means spinning thing. The ancient Greeks ground their flour using horizontal turbine wheels. However, the idea of using a spinning rotor or turbine to measure flow did not come about until much later in history. What turbine meters have in common is the use of a rotor that spins in proportion to flowrate. For more information on our new turbine flowmeter study, publishing in Q3 2020, go to www.flowturbine.com . Reinhard Woltman is generally credited with the invention of the first turbine flowmeter in 1790. Woltman was a German engineer who studied the loss of energy in open canals. He published several works on hydraulic engineering in the 1790s. Todays bulk meters, used to measure water flow in larger quantities, are still called Woltman flowmeters. There are at least eight distinct types of turbine flowmeters. Some turbine meters get their name and inspiration from types of water wheels. Others are mainly used to measure the flow of water for billing purposes. The types of turbine meters are as follows: Turbine meters used in the municipal water industry are widely used for billing purposes. Some turbine meters are used for residential billing purposes, especially single jet and multi-jet meters. However, nutating disc and oscillating piston positive displacement meters dominate this market. Because turbine meters excel at medium to high-speed flows, they are used more widely for billing purposes in commercial and industrial markets. In this use, they are sold to water and gas utility companies that install them in commercial and ...Read More