Reference, Installation, and Operations Manual

Miscellaneous equations

3-9000-743 Rev S

June 2013

 

 

 

Appendix B Miscellaneous equations

B.1 Miscellaneous conversion factors

K-Factor and Inverse K-FactorEquation B-1 Frequency Volumetric Flow Rate K-Factor

(MaxFreq)(3600s hr) KFactor = ----------------------------------------------------------

FreqQFullScale

and

Equation B-2 Frequency Volumetric Flow Rate Inverse K-Factor

where

KFactor
InvKFactor =

FreqQFullScale

(---------------------------------------------------------MaxFreq)(3600shr)-

= frequency “K-Factor” (pulses/m3 or pulses/ft3) (Freq1KFactor and Freq2KFactor)

InvKFactor

FreqQFullScale

=frequency “Inverse K-Factor” (m3/pulse or ft3/pulse) (Freq1InvKFactor and Freq2InvKFactor)

=frequency full-scale volumetric flow rate (m3/h or ft3/h)

(Freq1FullScaleVolFlowRate and Freq2FullScaleVolFlowRate)
MaxFreq

= maximum frequency (Hz = pulses/s) (Either 1000 or 5000 Hz)

 

(Freq1MaxFrequency and Freq2MaxFrequency)

Miscellaneous conversion factors

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