Non-Standard Structure Flow Measurement Evaluation using the Flow Rate Indexing Procedure - QIP

Stuart W. Styles, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Bryan Busch, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Daniel J. Howes, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Marcus Cardenas, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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263 pages. Publisher website: Irrigation Training and Research Center

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Abstract

This report details the proper installation and calibration techniques for hydroacoustic meters. The calibration procedure developed as part of this study is called the Flow Rate Indexing Procedure (QIP). The QIP can be competed by a professional technician with a boat-mounted Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ADP) or a standard current meter. Once the QIP has been used to properly calibrate a hydroacoustic flow meter, the device can then measure and record the flow rate and volume in a channel to within +/- 6% of actual values.