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Differential Pressure Meters

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For many years, differential pressure meters were the only devices available for measuring volumetric flowrate in a pipe with reasonable accuracy at a reasonable cost. Nowadays there are many alternatives, but even so, the differential pressure meter family still holds the largest slice of the market.

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Hayward, A.T.J. (1979). Differential Pressure Meters. In: Flowmeters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03379-9_3

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