Petroleum Measurement Manual

Part 1 Definitions and symbols: quantitative and qualitative measurements; measurement conditions; flow measurement; uncertainty and accuracy; symbols. Part 2 Applications - general requirements: basic design considerations; gas acceptability criteria; performance and calibration; choice of primary device; mass, volume and density measurement; service considerations. Part 3 System design: design criteria; piping configurations and valving; secondary instrumentation; safety. Part 4 Orifice meters: general principles; flow equations; meter design; installation. Part 5 Other meters: turbine meters; displacement meters; vortex meters; ultrasonic meters; sonic nozzles; some other meters. Part 6 Calibration and proving: general; off-site calibration; service proving; tracer methods. Part 7 Secondary instrumentation: differential pressure transmitters (DPTs); temperature measurement; pressure measurement; density measurement of density; the pTZ method; measurement of relative density; installation of line density meters; redundancy in density measurement. Part 8 Equipment for composition and quality measurement: gas sampling; measurement of composition, calorific value, wobbe index, hydrocarbon dewpoint, water dewpoint and contaminants. Part 9 Flow computation and display: flow computers; calculation of gas quantities and properties; simple flow computers. Part 10 Commissioning and maintenance: testing and commissioning; commissioning; inspection and maintenance.