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What are the basic conditions and limitations those must be consider while selecting measuring sensor for flow?

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Question added by Waqar Ahmed , Instrument Technician , ADNOC Gas Processing
Date Posted: 2015/04/21
Mohamed Shameem
by Mohamed Shameem , Instrumentation Engineer - Material Standardization (Review/Cataloguing) , Star Link Middle East (Client: Saudi Aramco)

1.  Process medium through that pipeline.

2.  Acceptable pressure drop after the installation of the flow meter.

3.  Construction material based on the corrosive or acidic effects of the process medium.

4.  Temperature of the process medium

5.  Pipeline size.

6.  Minimum and Maximum flowrate.

7.  Viscosity of the medium.

8.  Remote or Integral type flow sensor.