Meters Calibration and proving systems Calibration Certification

• Engineers and Technicians of all disciplines
• Instrumentation Personnel
• Procurement and Quality Control Personnel
• Inspection and Maintenance Engineers

• Module (01) Flow properties & Flow meter principles
• Pressure – Temperature – Density – Expansion – Reynolds number - Velocity Profile.
• Differential pressure flow meters (Orifice – Venturi – Pitot tube – Vcone– flow nozzle pipe elbow – Annubar)
• ISO-5167 requirements for Orifice meters
• ISO-5167 requirements for meter run itself
• What is the meter run requirements & specifications? (Meter run requirements, internal diameter, circularity straightness & surface roughness)
• The effect of the impulse lines & DP transmitter response
• Module (02) PD meters
• Velocity flow meters (Ultrasonic – Turbine – Vortex – Electromagnetic flow meter)
• ISO-17089 for USM
• Mass flow meters (Coriolis – thermal mass flow meter)
• How to select the flow meters with the correct size
• Module (03) Different flowmeters calibration procedures
• Calibration conditions stability to achieve good repeatability
• Pressure testing & leakage testing before the calibration
• Provers & Proving systems
• Turbine meter calibration procedures (K factor & Meter factor)
• Ultrasonic Meter calibration procedures (Adjust factor – Linearization – Meter body)
• Recommended calibration points & Bidirectional calibration.
• 1st time calibration range & the additional uncertainty due to limited calibration range. (As per ISO-17089 part 6.3.2.8)
• The Ultrasonic flow meter calibration reference conditions. (Thermal expansion calculation for meter body). (Case study from Bapetco)
• Coriolis flow meter calibration
• Module (04) Fiscal metering station components overview
• Metering station inlet, outlet, control valves & the meter run
• Flow meters, primary & secondary elements
• Sampling & the analyzers
• Flow computer & supervisory systems
• Module (05) Flow meter calibration certificates & calibration intervals
• Calibration certificates
• Recalibration intervals for different flow meters
• Effect of long recalibration intervals
• Effect of the fluid properties on changing the calibration intervals. (Case study)
• Effect of meter calibration without meter run calibration. (Case study)
• Module (06) Sampling & Analyzers operation
• Sampling systems & cabinets
• Calibration of the analyzers. (Gas chromatograph, Relative density, water dew point & Hydrocarbon dew point)
• Analyzer reference cylinders
• Module (07) Flow computers & supervisory systems
• Flow computer calculations & application builder
• Flow standardizations & corrections. (Used units)
• Supervisory systems communications
• Module (08) Validation tools, Reference & certificates
• Validation process & 3rd party responsibilities.
• Validation intervals & sales agreement.
• Validation limits. (Based on the required accuracy & uncertainty).
• Validation final reports.
• Dead weight tester & weights validity.
• Temperature equipment validity. (Probe & Heater)
• Flow computer validity
• Orifice inspection & compliance test. (According to ISO 5167 & AGA-3)
• Flow conditioner inspection. (Blockage & erosion effect on meter reading)
• Validation of USM (VOS – SNR – AGC – Paths performance).
• Validation limits of the different analyzers.
• Analyzer reference calibration cylinder certificates & time validity.
• Replacing the faulty elements
• Redundancy verification. (Redundancy transmitter verification & deviation limits). (According to API21.1)
• Module (09) Auditing according to API21.1
• Data availability. (Fiscal report history, hourly reports, validation reports & calibration reports)
• Data traceability to the international standards
• Configuration log (Fixed Parameters changing log)
• Event Log
• Pay & check reports. (Indication of the in-use & standby)
• Flow computer snap shot report
• Trends
• Data security & different logging accesses
• Alarm & operating log
• Fiscal reports & using the override values
• Maintenance counters (Simulation)