INVESTIGATION ON A FLOWRATE MEASURING SYSTEM USING LIGHT FIBRE FLUOROMETERS

In this paper a flowrate measurement method in pipe directly using light fibres with some fluorescent tracer is proposed. This method will work better than traditional tracers measurement such as using radioactive or salt tracers. It is shown that the flowrate signals are sensitive and intensive also if the injected tracer volume is very small and if the tracer concentration is very lew (<10ppm) ico. It is also show that the calibration factor K is constant within a certain flowrate range. An estimation of uncertainty of flowrate measurement is given, which shows that the measuring accuracy can be within ±2%.