Flow meter

A flow meter for monitoring fluid flow comprising:

• a conduit having a fluid inlet configured to be in communication with a first section of a pipeline and a fluid outlet configured to be in communication with a second section of the pipeline;
• a target element within the conduit configured to be mounted for resilient axial displacement under a pressure differential between the inlet and the outlet of the conduit;
• an arm having a proximate end configured to be secured at an anchor point and extending radially across the conduit towards a distal end of the arm, wherein the arm is further configured to be coupled to the target element to receive a load from the target element upon an axial displacement of the target element, so as to deflect the arm relative to the anchor point;
• a sensor arrangement configured to measure a deflection of the arm at a point on the distal end of the arm opposite from the location of the applied load to the anchor point;
• and
• a processor configured to be in communication with a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor performs a method comprising:
• providing a signal representative of the steam flow through the conduit in response to said measured deflection.