CALLIBRATION OF ROTAMETER.

INTRODUCTION: Rota meters are used in industries for flow measurement of fluids. Rota meters are worked on principle of variable area meter. It consists essentially of a plummet or float, which is free to move up or down in a vertical tapered glass tube. The fluid enters at bottom of tube and causes the float to rise until the annular area between float and tube wall such that the pressure drop across this construction is just sufficient to support the float. A scale is given out side the tube to measure the quantity of fluid passing through tube. osition of tube is may be visually noted as an indication of the flow. PROCEDURE: !. "ill storage tank by water. #. $pen by%pass valve completely. &. Initially shut valve of rota meter completely. '. (ow start flow through rota meter. ). *tart stop watch immediately after water starts to fill in measuring tank. +. (ote down the float position on scale. ,. (ote the amount of water collected in measuring tank. -. *lowly increase flow rate and repeat the procedure for different flow rates of water at different float position. .. /raw a graph of flow rate v0s level of float and scale reading. !1. /raw a line on graph as a true flow rate v0s reading. !!. (ow the rota meter is calibrated for different flow rates. !#. Repeat the procedure for different positions of floats and check the graph paper reading by plotting points on it.