| Coriolis Flow Meters are instruments that work using | | | | flows? |
| the Coriolis effect as a flow measuring method. | | | | Coriolis flow meters are very new if they are |
| In science, the Coriolis effect is an apparent | | | | compared to other flow meters. They did not appear |
| deflection of moving objects when they are viewed | | | | in industrial uses until 80's. |
| from a rotating reference frame. One typical example | | | | Although they come in many different shapes and |
| of this phenomenon is the children story. Consider | | | | configuration the most popular consists of one or |
| two children on opposite sides of a spinning | | | | two U-shaped flow tube with inlet on one side and |
| roundabout (carousel), who are throwing a ball to | | | | outlet on the other enclosed in a sensor housing |
| each other. | | | | connected to an electronics unit. |
| From the children's point of view, this path of the ball | | | | The substance or fluid to be measured runs through |
| is curved sideways by the Coriolis effect. From the | | | | the U-shaped tube that is caused to vibrate in a |
| perspective of the thrower, the deflection is to the | | | | perpendicular direction to the flow. Fluid forces |
| right with anticlockwise carousel rotation (viewed | | | | running through the tube interact with the vibration, |
| from above). Deflection is to the left with clockwise | | | | causing it to twist. The greater the angle of the |
| rotation. | | | | twist, the greater the flow. Sensors, along the tube, |
| This explains the coriolis effect but, how can this | | | | properly measure the angle of these twists to |
| effect can be used as a working method to measure | | | | provide the flow measurement data. |