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    Orifice / Beta

    The most obvious difference between standard orifice plates and the Conditioning Orifice Plates is
    four holes versus a single hole. These four holes are placed tangent to the pipe wall, leaving a metal
    section of the plate in the center of the pipe. This causes the flow to condition itself as it is forced
    through the four holes thereby removing the requirement for a flow conditioner. Because of this
    phenomenon, Conditioning Orifice Plates provide superior performance in short straight pipe run
    and tight fit applications. Standard orifice plates are sized to a beta from 0.1 to 0.75, beta = d/D,
    where “d” is the bore size and “D” is the internal diameter of the pipe/meter tube. The 1595 and
    405C Conditioning Orifice Plates are designed with 2 standard bore sizes, one for high flow rates and
    one for low flow rates. These standard bore sizes are fixed and do not change with pipe schedule.
    We refer to the two different bore sizes as betas because the sum of the area of the four bores is
    equivalent to the area of a bore “d” in the standard equation “beta = d/D” for a schedule standard
    pipe. In a schedule standard pipe, the bores equal betas of 0.4 and 0.65. The fixed bores or beta
    ratios make it easier to specify and order while reducing inventory. Also a concern for orifice plate is
    centering. The orifice must be centered or conditions may arise that negatively affect accuracy. The
    405C Compact Conditioning Orifice Plate is supplied with a centering ring and assures a centered
    plate to within 1/32”. If the orifice plate, whether it is a Conditioning Orifice Plate or a standard
    orifice plate, is not centered, there can be as much as 5% degradation in accuracy.

    Piping Requirements
    Standard orifice plates require significant straight pipe to assure an accurate flow measurement
    while conditioning plate technology requires only 4 diameters of straight pipe. This equates to
    significant savings in pipe material costs and allows flexibility in determining flowmeter placement.
    There are dramatic savings to be obtained when purchasing pipe, in some cases there is up to a 96%
    reduction in straight pipe requirements. Table 3 demonstrates that the 1595 and 405C Conditioning
    Orifice Plates require just 2 diameters upstream and downstream.

    The values in Italics are the reduction in pipe requirements if a Conditioning Orifice Plate is used
    instead of a standard orifice plate. The (Bold) values in the tables reflect the straight pipe
    requirement if a flow conditioner is installed.

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