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Notice how the pitot tube traverses the skew of the flow
profile in Figure 2. If it were rotated 90 from the
position shown, it would not average the flow correctly.
Another example of traversing the skew occurs
downstream of a butterfly valve, with the instrument
oriented 90 from the valve axis.
Figure 1
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Threaded connections
An averaging pitot tube mounted through a threaded
connection should be bottomed firmly against the
opposite wall of the pipe. This ensures the sensing ports
are aligned properly in the flow stream and the pitot tube
has structural support. Figure 7 shows why an averaging
pitot tube that is not bottomed against the opposite wall
has sensing ports lost in the pipe wall.
Figure 7
Improper installation
Figure 8
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DP P
Qv = C
TZ
Qv =
C =
DP =
T =
P =
Z =
mA -4
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