Design of a Flow Automatic Calibration System Based on the Master Meter and Dynamic Weighing Methods

Abstract

To address the issue of measurement errors in ultrasonic water meters caused by various interfering factors during the flow calibration process, this study proposes a highly automated and intelligent ultrasonic water meter flow calibration system design. Firstly, by analyzing and studying the working principle of the water flow calibration device, and considering the actual flow calibration range, the calibration method that combines the master meter method and the dynamic weighing method is determined. To enhance the automation level of the flow calibration system, the flow calibration control algorithm is thoroughly analyzed and designed. Finally, a flow correction algorithm based on linear interpolation was designed and utilized for water meter flow calibration. Test data show that after the flow correction, the value error of the ultrasonic water meter in the “high area” is not more than 2%, in the “low area” it is not more than 3%, and the repeatability is less than 0.05%. Compared with manual calibration, the flow calibration system designed in this paper enables high-precision automated flow calibration of ultrasonic water meters, significantly enhancing detection efficiency and accuracy.

Keywords

• Automatic control
• dynamic weighing method
• flow calibration
• master meter method