Research Article

Measurement of Annular Flow for Drilling Engineering by Electromagnetic Flowmeter Based on Double-Frequency Excitation

Table 1

Data statistics of the principle prototype.

Verification flow point (transducer frequency Hz)Transient flow of standard meter (m3/h)Transient flow of detected principle prototype (m3/h)Flow difference (m3/h)Relative value error of each verification of each flow point (%)Maximum absolute value of the relative error of every single verification of each flow point (%)Relative display value errors of verification points (%)Repeatability (%)

3090.19490.2220.0280.0310.520.060.331
90.13390.083-0.050-0.055
90.22390.6880.4650.515
90.46590.222-0.243-0.269

22.567.40367.9880.5850.8680.870.390.369
67.85768.0810.2240.330
67.42967.6890.2600.386
67.96367.943-0.020-0.029

1544.42044.5160.0960.2160.52-0.160.407
44.70344.480-0.223-0.499
44.60544.374-0.231-0.518
44.50944.5870.0780.175

7.519.99819.832-0.166-0.8300.90-0.360.756
20.49620.312-0.184-0.898
19.62719.7710.1440.734
20.50920.418-0.091-0.444

3.659.0189.0270.0090.1000.68-0.160.624
8.9739.027-0.0540.602
8.9678.908-0.059-0.658
8.9638.902-0.061-0.681

37.3547.5390.1852.5162.75-0.322.396
7.3507.218-0.132-1.796
7.2647.3170.0530.730
7.5627.354-0.208-2.751