The Vortab Insertion Panel (VIP) flow conditioner (photo) features a unique design that maximizes flowmeter performance with minimal pressure drop in a simple-to-install, lightweight thin-panel design that overcomes turbulent pipe-flow profiles. The Model VIP blends the proven performance and low pressure-drop of the company’s tab-type flow-conditioning technology with the low cost and ease-of-installation of an insertion panel-type flow conditioner. The tab-type flow-conditioning technology greatly reduces the pressure drop compared to alternative technologies, such as tube bundles, screens and perforated plates. Minimizing pressure drop is a significant design consideration in flow conditioning for process engineers to minimize plant energy consumption and energy costs, the company says. — Vortab Co., San Marcos, Calif.
Tame turbulent flows with this conditioner
| By Gerald Ondrey