The gas supply subsystem is designed to determine gas flow turbulence factor (beta-factor) for proppant. The subsystem allows supplying prepared gas to the cell of “PIK-API RP 61” installation measuring proppant packaging conductivity. Gas flow preparation involves supplying dry or humidified heated gas to the cell with flow rate measurement.
| Controlled gas supply module | |
| Working environment | nitrogen |
| Gas consumption, nl / min | up to 400 |
| Flowmeter block, pcs. | 2 |
| Pressure, MPa | up to 7 |
| Measurement point | to gas preparation module |
| Gas supply control | manual control |
| Gas flow measurement module | |
| Flow meter 1, nl / min | 1 — 50 |
| Flow meter 2, nl / min | 8 — 400 |
| Gas preparation module | |
| Gas preparation lines | saturated gas supply, dry gas supply |
| Saturated gas supply | two thermostatic containers with water for gas passage |
| Dry gas supply | container with ceramic particles |
| Temperature, °C | 95 |
| Pressure, MPa | up to 7 |
| Hydraulic gas supply system | |
| Gas pressure regulator | manual control |
| Pressure, MPa | up to 7 |
| Gas supply control | manual valves |
| Hydraulic fittings for supplying gas to the cell | included |
| Measurement and data collection unit | |
| PC control | gas temperature |
| PC data collection | pressure, temperature, gas flow |