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crude oil flow meter 5 m3/h
### Quick Answer
For measuring crude oil at 5 m³/h, a positive displacement flow meter (such as an oval gear type) or a Coriolis mass flow meter is the most suitable choice. These meters handle the high viscosity (up to 1000 cP) and potential impurities in crude oil without losing accuracy. Send us your pressure (bar), temperature (°C), pipe size (DN), and flow range to get a quote for a 5 m³/h crude oil flow meter.
### 1. Project Background
This article is part of our SEO content strategy at Silver Automation Instruments. As the marketing manager, I handle industrial flow meter and process instrument content for flow-meter.com.au and flow-meter.com.au. Our main products include Coriolis mass flow meters, electromagnetic flow meters, ultrasonic flow meters, vortex flow meters, oval gear flow meters, thermal mass flow meters, pressure transmitters, and paperless recorders. We target SME industrial end-users and distributors (10–100 people) in Southeast Asia, Oceania, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. These customers work in oil and gas, water/wastewater, chemicals, food and beverage, and marine industries. We use Laravel + Filament v3 backend and TipTap rich text editor. This article is written in Word format.
### 2. What Is a 5 m³/h Crude Oil Flow Meter?
A 5 m³/h crude oil flow meter is a device that measures the volumetric or mass flow rate of unrefined petroleum at a rate of 5 cubic meters per hour. That is approximately 5000 liters per hour or 32 barrels per day (1 barrel = 159 liters). Crude oil is not a clean fluid. It contains sand, water, wax, and gas. It has a viscosity that can range from 10 cP to over 1000 cP depending on the grade. The flow temperature can be
from 20°C to 90°C. Pressure can go up to 40 bar or higher. So the flow meter must be robust.
Crude oil flow is often unsteady due to gas slugs or water pockets. This makes accurate measurement tricky. You need a meter that handles multiphase flow or at least has a low sensitivity to gas. The meter needs a 4-20 mA HART output for remote monitoring. For explosive environments, ATEX Zone 1 approval is required.
### 3. Which Flow Meter Types Work for 5 m³/h Crude Oil?
#### 3.1 Oval Gear Flow Meter (Positive Displacement)
This is the workhorse for crude oil. An oval gear flow meter measures volume by trapping fixed volumes of liquid between rotating gears. At 5 m³/h, a meter with a DN15 or DN25 connection works well. The gears are made of stainless steel or Hastelloy. They have PTFE or PEEK seals. The meter has a turndown ratio of 10:1, so it can measure from 0.5 to 5 m³/h without losing accuracy.
We have seen this on customer sites many times. Last year a customer in Indonesia used our oval gear meter for crude oil transfer from a storage tank to a truck. The oil was 500 cP. The meter had a strainer upstream to catch sand. It gave repeatability of 0.1%. The pulse output was fed into a totalizer.
**Key parameters:**
- Minimum flow: 0.5 m³/h
- Maximum flow: 5 m³/h
- Viscosity range: 1 to 1000 cP
- Pressure loss: less than 1 bar at max flow
- ATEX Zone 1 available
#### 3.2 Coriolis Mass Flow Meter
A Coriolis meter measures mass directly, not volume. It is unaffected by viscosity, temperature, or gas content (up to 5% gas by volume). For 5 m³/h, a DN15 Coriolis meter is typical. It outputs mass flow in kg/h. Density measurement is also provided. This is useful for checking the oil grade or detecting water in oil『SILVER Official Website SERVICE』
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