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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
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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 flow meter, usually in Hz
Flow Channel A pipe, duct, stack, or channel containing flowing fluid
Flow Profile
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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
Hz Hertz, cycles per second
In-Line Flow
Meter
A flow meter which includes a short section of piping which is put in-line with the user's piping