Differential-pressure flow meter and flow-rate controller

1. A differential-pressure flow meter comprising:

a pair of pressure sensors provided on a straight pipe part of a main fluid channel;

an orifice interposed between the pair of pressure sensors;

a columnar orifice body, provided on the main fluid channel, so as to be detachable in a direction orthogonal to a flow direction of a fluid in the main fluid channel;

an orifice hole penetrating the orifice body in the flow direction of the fluid; and

a distinction part for distinction of the flow direction, wherein the orifice body is configured to be rotatable at a prescribed installation position so as to reverse an upstream side and a downstream side with respect to the orifice hole, and

flow rate measurement is performed by converting into a flow rate a difference in pressure that is obtained from two pressure values sensed respectively by the pair of pressure sensors.

2. The differential-pressure flow meter according to claim 1 , wherein the orifice body is configured to be fixed at each of a first orifice position in normal use of the orifice and a second orifice position where the upstream side and the downstream side are reversed with respect to the first orifice position.

3. The differential-pressure flow meter according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a cover member configured to prevent the orifice body from being detached at a fixed position,

wherein the cover member is configured to slide between the fixed position and a detachable position respectively set in the flow direction in the main fluid channel.

4. A flow-rate controller comprising:

the differential-pressure flow meter of claim 1 ; and

a flow control valve provided on the main fluid channel, and

wherein the flow control valve is controlled to have an opening so as to keep within a predetermined range a difference between a flow rate value measured by the differential-pressure flow meter and a preliminarily set flow rate value.