Study on Influence of Rolling and Heaving Motions on Differential Pressure and Flow Rate Measurements

Ocean conditions will cause ships to be affected by rolling, heaving and other motions, which introduce additional inertial forces to the marine nuclear power system, introduce additional pressure drop to the fluids in each loop, bring errors to the measurement of thermal hydraulic parameters such as pressure difference and flow rate. Therefore, the measurement of pressure difference and flow rate under ocean conditions is studied and corrected in this paper. We built a rolling platform and a heaving platform and measured the differential pressure and flow rate under various working conditions. Through analysis, the relationship between differential pressure, flow fluctuation and swaying, undulating and other movements under moving conditions was obtained. Besides, the calculation method of attached pressure drop was analyzed, and the following conclusions were obtained: The influence of motion on differential pressure and flow rate is mainly composed of two parts: The additional pressure drop caused by the swinging motion of working medium in the pipeline and the pressure lead-in pipe, and the periodic fluctuation of friction pressure drop caused by the periodic fluctuation of flow velocity caused by swinging motion. The attached pressure drop caused by motion can be calculated through theoretical analysis. Through the analysis of experimental data and the comparison of theoretical calculation methods, it is found that the pressure drop measured by the experiment is in good agreement with that fitted by the theoretical calculation, and the modification scheme of pressure difference under ocean conditions is feasible to some extent.