GB/T 21446-2025 Measurement of natural gas flow by means of standardized orifice meter
GB/T 21446-2025 Measurement of natural gas flow by means of standardized orifice meter
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Scope
This document specifies the technical requirements for the processing and installation of standard orifice plates, and provides methods for calculating the mass flow rate of natural gas, the volume flow rate and energy flow rate under standard reference conditions, as well as the evaluation of measurement uncertainty.
This document is applicable to single-phase natural gas, with pressure tapping methods such as flange pressure tapping and angle-joint pressure tapping. The orifice plate aperture diameter is equal to or greater than 12.5 mm, the measurement tube inner diameter is equal to or greater than 50 mm and equal to or less than 1,000 mm, the diameter ratio is equal to or greater than 0.1 and equal to or less than 0.75, and the Reynolds number of the pipeline is equal to or greater than 5,000.