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For higher accuracy on
flowmeters, more
efficient operation and longer life on pumps, and the lowest pressure
drop of any proven conditioning technology, the process control
industry relies on VORTAB® and Vortab Elbow™
flow conditioners..
These economical flow and
process conditioners reduce straight run piping requirements for
flowmeters, pumps, compressors, and other critical process
equipment while maintaining the lowest pressure drop available
with their non-clogging industrial
design.
VORTAB and Vortab Elbow flow
and process conditioners eliminate anomalies associated with swirl
and velocity profile
distortion due to non-ideal piping configurations. It can take up to
145 pipe diameters of unobstructed straight run to eliminate both
swirl and velocity profile distortion. VORTAB and Vortab Elbow flow and
process conditioners isolate flow disturbances and create a
swirl-free, symetric, and repeatable velocity profile in just a few
pipe diameters.
For flowmeter accuracy: Ideally, flowmeters factory
calibrated in a controlled environment with VORTAB or Vortab Elbow flow
conditioners benefit with the highest accuracy improvement. However,
if the conditioner were installed after the meter is installed,
accuracy would still improve over installations where the conditioner
is absent. The VORTAB Company maintains
a multimillion-dollar test and calibration laboratory and has
the capability to calibrate a variety of flowmetering technologies
with our flow conditioners as a matched set.
For
critical process equipment: Most pumps, compressors, and control
valves require sufficient upstream straight run. Vortab Elbow
90° elbow
flow conditioners can eliminate 100% of upstream piping
requirements and reduce severe suction, recirculation, cavitation,
excessive bearing wear, erosion, noise, plus maintenance
costs.
The
method of the technology: Swirl reduction and velocity profile correction
occur naturally in long lengths of straight pipe due to diffusion and
turbulent mixing. VORTAB's anti-swirl and inclined vortex generating
profile correction tabs generate vortices that accelerate and amplify
these natural pipe effects and reduce the required distances of
upstream straight run.
Vortab Elbow 90°
elbow flow conditioners use the same proven tab type flow conditioning
technology in an elbow. Flow meters can now be positioned within three
to four pipe diameters downstream from the exit of the Vortab Elbow. For
process equipment such as pumps and compressors, the Vortab Elbow can be
installed directly to the inlet, completely eliminating upstream
piping requirements.
VORTAB
Companies flow conditioners benefit from the lowest pressure drop of any
other commercially available flow conditioner and are immune to
fouling and clogging.
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