Industrial Flow Measurement: Types of Flowmeters
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Which type of flowmeter relies on forces produced by the flowing stream as it overcomes a known constriction to indirectly calculate flow?

  • Mass flow meter (Coriolis force)
  • Fluid dynamic (vortex shedding) (correct)
  • Inferential (turbine type)
  • Ultrasonic flow meter
  • How are gas and liquid flow measured in physical quantities?

  • Cubic meters per minute and kilograms per minute
  • Cubic meters per second and kilograms per second (correct)
  • Cubic meters per hour and pounds per hour
  • Liters per second and pounds per second
  • Which flow measurement method relies on measuring the velocity of fluid over a known area?

  • Obstruction type (differential pressure or variable area)
  • Anemometer (correct)
  • Positive-displacement flowmeters
  • Electromagnetic
  • Which type of flowmeter accumulates a fixed volume of fluid and then counts the number of times the volume is filled to measure flow?

    <p>Positive-displacement flowmeters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    For very large flows, what methods may be used to deduce the flow rate from the change in concentration of a dye or radioisotope?

    <p>Tracer methods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is a perpetual motion machine considered impossible?

    <p>It violates both the first and second laws of thermodynamics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What ultimately drives devices powered by ocean currents?

    <p>Energy stored in the Sun</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what state of matter were time crystals discovered?

    <p>Solid state</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why will celestial bodies like planets not keep moving forever?

    <p>As their kinetic energy slowly dissipates due to various processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the motion of bodies that continues forever in an unperturbed system called?

    <p>Perpetual motion</p> Signup and view all the answers

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