Sierra 241-VTP, 240-VTP instruction manual Appendix B Glossary, C D

Series 24-HP Instruction Manual Appendix B Glossary

Appendix B Glossary

A B C D

A	Cross sectional area.
ACFM	Actual Cubic Feet Per Minute (volumetric flow rate).
ASME	American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Bluff Body	A non-streamlined body placed into a flow stream to
	create vortices. Also called a Shedder Bar.
BTU	British Thermal Unit, an energy measurement.
Cenelec	European Electrical Code.
Compressibility	A factor used to correct for the non-ideal changes in
Factor	a fluid’s density due to changes in temperature
	and/or pressure.
CSA	Canadian Standards Association.
d	Width of a bluff body or shedder bar.
D	Diameter of a flow channel.

E F G H

f	Frequency of vortices generated in a vortex flow
	meter, usually in Hz.
Flow Channel	A pipe, duct, stack, or channel containing flowing fluid.
Flow Profile	A map of the fluid velocity vector (usually non-
	uniform) in a cross-sectional plane of a flow channel
	(usually along a diameter).
FM	Factory Mutual.
Ft	Foot, 12 inches, a measure of length.
Ft^2	Square feet, measure of area.
Ft^3	Cubic feet, measure of volume.
GPM	Gallons Per Minute.
Hz	Hertz, cycles per second.

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