Flow meters are devices for measuring the flow rate or quantity of a moving liquid or gas. Industrial processes often require these meters for accurate flow measurements. They allow operators to ...

Paddlewheel flow meters have a paddle wheel that is perpendicular to the flow path. The rotor axis is positioned to limit contact between the paddles and the flowing media. There are many different ...

A group of Dutch scientists have been testing out some of today’s “smart” electrical meters to check their accuracy, among other things. Not ones to disappoint, the scientists have found ...

Qu, Yuan Wang, Jinjun Feng, Lihao and He, Xi 2019. Effect of excitation frequency on flow characteristics around a square cylinder with a synthetic jet positioned at front surface. Journal of Fluid ...

Rob Dwyer-Joyce is Professor of Tribology and Lubrication Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is Director of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Integrated Tribology and ...

Constrained piping conditions also can give engineers headaches. For example, an orifice meter requires 10 to 50 diameters of upstream piping to eliminate the effect of flow disturbances. Because long ...

A frequent example that appears in projects on Hackaday is the reading of utility meters, and in that arena [jomjol] has a very neat solution involving an ESP32 camera module and a software neural ...

Problems and worries with smart meter installations and how they work have come to light throughout the smart meter roll-out. Here we’ve listed the issues and questions we hear most often along with ...

Rob Dwyer is Latin America editor. He has been a financial journalist since 1997 and has worked in London, New York and São Paulo, Brazil, where he is now based.

If you haven't had a smart meter fitted yet, here's what to expect when you get a smart meter installed. You don't have to accept a smart meter if you don't want one ...

Christopher Dwyer, Ph.D., is a researcher and educator at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Chris has published in the following broad areas: Critical Thinking, Instructional Design ...