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Appendix D. Glossary
Appendix D. Glossary
A
Cross sectional area
ACFM
Actual Cubic Feet Per Minute (volumetric flow rate)
ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Bluff Body
Non-streamlined body placed into a flow stream to create vortices. Also called Shedder Bar.
BTU
British Thermal Unit, an energy measurement
Cenelec
European Electrical Code
Compressibility
Factor
A factor used to correct for the non-ideal changes in a fluid's density due to changes in
temperature and/or pressure
CSA
Canadian Standards Association
d
Width of a bluff body or shedder bar
D
Diameter of a flow channel
f
Frequency of vortices generated in a vortex flowmeter, usually in Hz
Flow Channel
A pipe, duct, stack, or channel containing flowing fluid
Flow Profile
A map of the fluid velocity vector (usually non-uniform) in a cross-sectional plane of a flow
channel (usually along a diameter)
FM
Factory Mutual
Ft
Foot, 12 inches, a measure of length
Ft^2
Square feet, measure of area
Ft^3
Cubic feet, measure of volume
GPM
Gallons Per Minute
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