What type of pressure is used in industry? Static or dynamic?

[thereisnospoo]

For example, in chemical plants, if a pressure gauge is on a pipe and it reads 5000 kPa, is this a static or total (static + dynamic) pressure reading?

I am thinking it must be the total pressure. Would that mean that a pressure reading in this setting is both a measure of static pressure and of flow rate?

 

[russ_watters]

Generally, you read static pressure from a pressure gauge. To read total pressure, the port needs to be oriented in the direction of the flow.