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Flowmeter For Drag Racing Car |
Hoffer Leads the Pack in Drag Racing. Hoffer Flow Controls
has been supplying turbine flowmeters to the automobile drag race world for the
past several years. Typically a small HO Series flowmeter with a magnetic pick
up coil is supplied to meter a nitro-methane fuel mixture on the supply side of
the engine. This allows the driver to accurately monitor consumption during the
race. The flowmeter monitors both flow rate and total. This allows the car crew
team to evaluate how much fuel was used during the race. This is critical
information in drag racing. A typical race is a ΒΌ mile and is completed in under
5 seconds. Approximately 5 gallons of fuel are used during the race and the
dragster is moving at in excess of 300 miles per hour at the end of the race.
The fuel consumption information is used to evaluate future car design changes.
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Turbine Flowmeter in Brewery |
This Brew's For You - Did you know that Hoffer turbine flowmeters are used in the
brewing process by an Internationally recognized company with a significant
share of the beer market? While the actual ingredients used in the brewing
process have not changed significantly over the years, automation of the process
and stateof- the-art control capability have provided for exacting standards
that provide for superb product quality control.
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Measuring Fuel Flow In Aerospace Engine - The Sky's the Limit
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Hoffer Flow Controls has been awarded a contract to supply turbine flowmeters to a major
U.S. space agency. The turbine flowmeters have been used to test large
propulsion engines. The flowmeters range in sizes from 2" through 16". The 12"
and 16" turbine flowmeters are used to test the shuttle's main engine which
operates at greater temperature extremes than any other mechanical system in
common use today. To fuel the engine, liquid hydrogen (-423 degrees Fahrenheit),
is combined with liquid oxygen
(-297 degrees Fahrenheit). When ignited, they
produce a temperature in the engine's combustion chamber that reaches +6,000
degrees Fahrenheit, higher than the boiling point of iron. A number of the
turbine meters will be used at pressures up to 15,000 PSI.
For more information about Hoffer flow meter applications please visit
hofferflow site
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