Low Headloss Model 3000 Flow Conditioner
Straightens flow of liquids or gases in pipelines
for accurate metering.
Accurate Measuring, Accurate Billing
In regions where issues of water availability and affordability are increasing, accurate measurement is critical. Customers don’t want to be billed for water they didn’t use, and municipalities need to be paid for all that is used.
Westfall developed the Flow Conditioner Model 3000 in response to a potable water customer for whom measurement accuracy and low headloss were of primary importance.
Customer Writes the Model 3000 into Specs
One of our largest customers was so satisfied with the performance of the original Model 3000 they installed, they now require for it to be installed ahead of their metering devices in all their pipelines going forward. It saves them money two ways. First, they can accurately bill for every drop of water and second, they have far fewer disputes to their billing process.
How It Works
Westfall’s Flow Conditioner is a patented design that eliminates swirl and straightens flow within 8 pipe diameters. It creates the fully developed (+/- .05%) velocity profile necessary for accurate measurement while keeping headloss to a minimum.
This product features 4 fin-shaped mixing vanes welded equidistantly around the pipe interior at the upstream edge to create gentle blending vortices. Then 4 wing-shaped flattening vanes are welded equidistantly downstream to create a fully developed velocity profile.
The flow straightener is particularly effective in situations where highly accurate metering is required in spite of the swirl and turbulence caused by pipe bends or inflow of dissimilar fluids, gases or foams.
