Chattanooga Engineers Club

Emerson Coriolis Flow Meters - Technology and Application

  • 9 Nov 2026
  • 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Chattanooga State CETAS Building (Gerald McCormick), Rooms 107-109

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Presentation by Emerson (MicroMotion) Coriolis Flow Meters - Technology and Application

Coriolis meters deliver unmatched reliability for mass flow, volume flow and density measurement needs​.

Coriolis Flow Meters - link

Technical Presentation with application examples:

Presenters:  Vince Miller and Will Covington - Emerson, Flow Measurement Solutions 

Lunch will be $10 at the door (ASME Chattanooga Section) - payments accepted are Cash, Check, Cash App, PayPal, and Venmo.

Coriolis flow meter technology is a highly precise method of fluid measurement that operates by directly calculating true mass flow rate rather than fluid volume (Gace, 2022). The system functions by using an internal drive coil to vibrate one or more measuring tubes at their natural resonant frequency (Henry et al., 2013; Shuuji, n.d.). When a fluid or gas passes through these oscillating tubes, its inertial mass generates an acceleration known as the Coriolis force, which induces a subtle twist or distortion in the tube's vibration pattern (Gace, 2022; Shuuji, n.d.). Symmetrically placed pick-off sensors at the inlet and outlet sections detect this distortion, measuring a microscopic phase shift or time delay that is directly proportional to the mass flow rate (Henry et al., 2013; Wang & Baker, 2014). Concurrently, because the fluid's mass alters the overall resonant frequency of the tube assembly, these meters can simultaneously determine the real-time density of the medium (Henry et al., 2013; Shuuji, n.d.). This dual-capability renders Coriolis technology largely independent of fluid properties like viscosity, temperature, and electrical conductivity, making it an invaluable standard across demanding industrial sectors such as oil and gas, biopharmaceuticals, and chemical processing (Gace, 2022; Flow, n.d.).

References

Flow, C. (n.d.). Precision Flow Measurement in Biopharmaceuticals with Coriolis Flow Meter. PendoTECH.

Cited by: 3

Gace, D. A. (2022). On the performance of a Coriolis Mass Flowmeter (CMF): experimental measurement and FSI simulation. International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering, 13, 3. https://doi.org/10.1051/ijmqe/2022002

Cited by: 9

Henry, M., Tombs, M., Zamora, M., & Zhou, F. (2013). Coriolis mass flow metering for three-phase flow: A case study. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 30*, 112–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2013.01.003

Cited by: 64

Shuuji, U. (n.d.). ROTAMASS 3 Series Coriolis Mass Flow and Density Meter. Yokogawa Technical Report.

Wang, T., & Baker, R. (2014). Coriolis flowmeters: a review of developments over the past 20 years, and an assessment of the state of the art and likely future directions. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 40, 99–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2014.08.015

Cited by: 269


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