{"id":4093,"date":"2014-07-24T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/?p=4093"},"modified":"2022-09-30T14:21:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T19:21:23","slug":"turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Think you need a turbine flowmeter? Review the pluses and minuses before you buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Considering a turbine flowmeter for your application? Turbine flowmeters operate in the oil and gas, and utilities industries and some designs even meet sanitary guidelines. They are used for water consumption, test stands, makeup water, inventory control metering applications, cooling water monitoring, and more in pilot plants and research and development facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Take into consideration the following pluses and minuses when deciding on a turbine flowmeter:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pluses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provides a fast response time\u2014typically a few milliseconds<\/li>\n<li>Offers high accuracy and good repeatability<\/li>\n<li>Selection includes wide flow range options for both liquids and gases<\/li>\n<li>Convenient use with associated digital readout devices including flow control options for both PC and PLC\u2019s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Minuses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Requires upstream straightener and filter for best results<\/li>\n<li>In pulsating flows, may over-read<\/li>\n<li>Turbine flowmeters for liquids may need regular re-calibration due to bearing wear<\/li>\n<li>Particulates can cause line blockage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering a turbine flowmeter for your application? Turbine flowmeters operate in the oil and gas, and utilities industries and some designs even meet sanitary guidelines. They are used for water consumption, test stands, makeup water,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1668],"class_list":["post-4093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-the-lab","tag-turbine-flowmeters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>In the market for a turbine flowmeter? Review the pluses and minuses first<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the market for a turbine flowmeter? Learn about the pluses and minuses before you buy in this short blog post from Cole-Parmer.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In the market for a turbine flowmeter? Review the pluses and minuses first\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the market for a turbine flowmeter? Learn about the pluses and minuses before you buy in this short blog post from Cole-Parmer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cole-Parmer Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antylia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-24T15:00:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-30T19:21:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cole-parmer-cole-parmer-ultra-high-accuracy-turbine-flowmeters-transmitters-15862.jpg?fit=317%2C500&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"317\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cole-Parmer Blog Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@antylia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@antylia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cole-Parmer Blog Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"In the market for a turbine flowmeter? Review the pluses and minuses first","description":"In the market for a turbine flowmeter? Learn about the pluses and minuses before you buy in this short blog post from Cole-Parmer.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"In the market for a turbine flowmeter? Review the pluses and minuses first","og_description":"In the market for a turbine flowmeter? Learn about the pluses and minuses before you buy in this short blog post from Cole-Parmer.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/","og_site_name":"Cole-Parmer Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antylia","article_published_time":"2014-07-24T15:00:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-30T19:21:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":317,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cole-parmer-cole-parmer-ultra-high-accuracy-turbine-flowmeters-transmitters-15862.jpg?fit=317%2C500&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@antylia","twitter_site":"@antylia","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/"},"author":{"name":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bd8d004d4d77d6b31800fa11177c6da9"},"headline":"Think you need a turbine flowmeter? Review the pluses and minuses before you buy","datePublished":"2014-07-24T15:00:27+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-30T19:21:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/"},"wordCount":155,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cole-parmer-cole-parmer-ultra-high-accuracy-turbine-flowmeters-transmitters-15862.jpg","keywords":["Turbine flowmeters"],"articleSection":["For the Lab"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/","url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/","name":"In the market for a turbine flowmeter? Review the pluses and minuses first","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cole-parmer-cole-parmer-ultra-high-accuracy-turbine-flowmeters-transmitters-15862.jpg","datePublished":"2014-07-24T15:00:27+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-30T19:21:23+00:00","description":"In the market for a turbine flowmeter? Learn about the pluses and minuses before you buy in this short blog post from Cole-Parmer.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cole-parmer-cole-parmer-ultra-high-accuracy-turbine-flowmeters-transmitters-15862.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/cole-parmer-cole-parmer-ultra-high-accuracy-turbine-flowmeters-transmitters-15862.jpg","width":317,"height":500,"caption":"Cole-Parmer Ultra High-Accuracy Turbine Flowmeter"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.de\/blog\/turbine-flowmeter-pluses-and-minuses\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Think you need a turbine flowmeter? Review the pluses and minuses before you buy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/","name":"Cole-Parmer Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Antylia Scientific","url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coleparmer.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AntyliaScientific_CMYK.jpg?fit=400%2C107&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coleparmer.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AntyliaScientific_CMYK.jpg?fit=400%2C107&ssl=1","width":400,"height":107,"caption":"Antylia Scientific"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antylia","https:\/\/x.com\/antylia","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/antylia\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC41i86hGEGhQhM1KMqrDnZg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bd8d004d4d77d6b31800fa11177c6da9","name":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e3e6aa661d0e443fb9050a9175a092?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e3e6aa661d0e443fb9050a9175a092?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cole-Parmer Blog Team"},"url":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/author\/donna-donahue\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4093"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15234,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093\/revisions\/15234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coleparmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}