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PIPELINE METER [3 records]

Record 1 2006-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metering Instruments
CONT

A non-resettable register that is intended for use with a meter such as a pipeline meter shall be designed so that no registration is repeated when the meter operates continuously at its maximum rated capacity for a period of 90 days.

OBS

pipeline meter : Weights and Measures Ministerial Specifications. SVM-1, Electronic Registers and Ancillary Equipment Incorporated in Metering Assemblies Specifications, 1990, p. 6.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compteurs de consommation et débitmètres
OBS

compteur de pipe-line : Poids et Mesures, Normes ministérielles, SVM-1, Normes sur les enregistreurs électroniques et les dispositifs auxiliaires des ensembles de mesurage de liquides, 1990, page 6.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metering Instruments
CONT

Meters installed for loading railway tank cars or located at pipeline terminals or used for loading or unloading tanker ships may have a) the piping on the downstream side of the meters concealed, and b) the outlets interconnected, if adequately interlocked manual or automatic valves with means for leakage detection are incorporated in the meter system to prevent diversion of the measured liquid.

OBS

mean for leakage detection: Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 289.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compteurs de consommation et débitmètres
OBS

dispositif de détection des fuites : Consolidation des Règlements sur les poids et mesures, mars 1990, art. 289.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metering Instruments
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

turbine meter : A water meter of the velocity type used to measure flows of water in a pipeline in large or medium quantities. Not satisfactory for small flows.

Key term(s)
  • turbine water metre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compteurs de consommation et débitmètres
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Compteur muni d'une turbine dont la vitesse de rotation est proportionnelle à la vitesse du courant d'eau et, par conséquent, au débit. Ce genre de compteur n'est pas très exact pour les faibles débits, mais il est relativement robuste.

Spanish

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