Wear-resistant flow meter tube
AssigneeKennametal Inc.
InventorsDouglas W. Kimball, Chad A. Juliot
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Abstract
A flow meter tube is provided having improved performance in the measurement of the flow rate of erosive material. The internal wall surface of the flow meter tube has a smooth erosion-resistant coating thereon to protect the flow meter wall from erosion by the erosive fluid flowing there through. The coating has a Rockwell C hardness of 56 to 70 and a surface roughness of less than or equal to 250 microinches rms.
Claims9
A flowmeter tube for use in measuring the flow rate of erosive materials, the flowmeter tube comprising:
- a tube having a wall forming an inlet section having a first cross sectional area for receiving flowing erosive materials and an outlet section having a second cross sectional area for receiving said flowing erosive materials from the inlet portion;
- wherein the first cross sectional area is larger than said second cross sectional area;
- a first pressure tap communicating with said inlet section;
- a second pressure tap communicating with said outlet section;
- said wall having an inside coating of tungsten carbide cemented by a nickel chromium alloy;
- said coating metallurgically bonded to said wall and having a hardness of Rockwell 56 to 70 and a surface roughness of less than or equal to 250 microinches rms.
In a pipeline transporting a flowing erosive slurry, a flowmeter tube having the erosive slurry flowing there through, wherein the flowmeter tube comprises:
- a wall forming inlet section having a first cross sectional area for receiving the flowing erosive slurry from said pipeline and an outlet section having a second cross sectional area for receiving the flowing erosive slurry from said inlet section;
- said wall having an inside coating of tungsten carbide cemented by a nickel chromium alloy contacting the erosive flowing slurry to protect the wall from erosion by the erosive slurry;
- wherein said coating is autogenously, metallurgically bonded to said wall, has a hardness of 64 to 70 Rockwell C, a surface roughness of less than or equal to 250 microinches rms, and an erosion rate of equal to or less than 0.025 mm3/g (ASTM G76);
- a first pressure tap communicating through said wall and said coating at said inlet section;
- and a second pressure tap communicating through said wall and said coating at said outlet section;
- wherein said first and said second pressure taps provide pressure data to determine the flow rate of the erosive slurry flowing through the pipeline.
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