The Design of a Meter to Measure the Mass Flow-Specific Heat Product of a Heat Transfer Fluid

Abstract

This paper describes the design and calibration of a device for measuring the mass flow-specific heat (m˙Cp) product of a heat transfer fluid in situ in a closed loop system. Accuracy of the meter is ±0.07 percent to ±0.12 percent over its operating range of 18 to kW K−1, depending on the calibration procedure which has to be adopted.