WO2011078691A3 - Measuring apparatus - Google Patents

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WO2011078691A3
WO2011078691A3 PCT/NO2010/000480 NO2010000480W WO2011078691A3 WO 2011078691 A3 WO2011078691 A3 WO 2011078691A3 NO 2010000480 W NO2010000480 W NO 2010000480W WO 2011078691 A3 WO2011078691 A3 WO 2011078691A3
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flow
transducers
conduit
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Remi Andre Kippersund
Kjell Eivind FRØYSA
Per Lunde
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Tecom As C/O Christian Michelsen Research As
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Priority claimed from NO20093582A external-priority patent/NO331687B1/en
Priority claimed from US12/800,081 external-priority patent/US8141434B2/en
Application filed by Tecom As C/O Christian Michelsen Research As filed Critical Tecom As C/O Christian Michelsen Research As
Priority to AU2010335057A priority Critical patent/AU2010335057B2/en
Priority to BR112012015646-2A priority patent/BR112012015646B1/en
Publication of WO2011078691A2 publication Critical patent/WO2011078691A2/en
Publication of WO2011078691A3 publication Critical patent/WO2011078691A3/en
Publication of WO2011078691A4 publication Critical patent/WO2011078691A4/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/66—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by measuring frequency, phase shift or propagation time of electromagnetic or other waves, e.g. using ultrasonic flowmeters
    • G01F1/662—Constructional details
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/66—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by measuring frequency, phase shift or propagation time of electromagnetic or other waves, e.g. using ultrasonic flowmeters
    • G01F1/667—Arrangements of transducers for ultrasonic flowmeters; Circuits for operating ultrasonic flowmeters

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  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
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Abstract

A measuring apparatus (300, 500) measures properties of a fluid flow (130) within a conduit (120) including a wall (110). The apparatus (300, 500) includes a transducer arrangement including at least two transducers (100A, 100B) for alternately emitting and receiving ultrasonic radiation through the conduit wall (110) and the flow (130). The apparatus (300, 500) also includes a signal processing arrangement (310) for generating signals to excite the transducer arrangement (100A, 100B) and for processing received signals provided by the transducer arrangement (100A, 100B) for generating output signals from the signal processing arrangement (310) indicative of properties of the flow. The transducer arrangement (100A, 100B) in cooperation with the conduit (120) provides a first path (200) for Lamb-wave ultrasonic radiation coupling directly from a first of the at least two transducers (100A, 100B), to a second of said at least two transducers to generate a first received signal. The transducer arrangement (100A, 100B) in cooperation with the conduit (120) provides at least one second path (210) for ultrasonic propagation along the wall (100) via Lamb waves coupling to at least a portion of the flow (130) to propagate through the flow (130) from a first of the at least two transducers (100A, 100B) to a second of the at least two transducers (100A, 100B) to generate a second received signal. The signal processing arrangement (310) determines from said first and second received signals ultrasonic radiation propagation time periods through the first path (200) and through the at least one second path (210), and to perform computational operations on the propagation time periods to determine properties of the flow including, but not limited to, at least one of: fluid flow velocity (v) in the conduit (120), a sound velocity (c) through the fluid (130).
PCT/NO2010/000480 2009-12-22 2010-12-21 Measuring apparatus WO2011078691A2 (en)

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AU2010335057A AU2010335057B2 (en) 2009-12-22 2010-12-21 Measuring apparatus
BR112012015646-2A BR112012015646B1 (en) 2009-12-22 2010-12-21 measuring device

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NO20093582 2009-12-22
NO20093582A NO331687B1 (en) 2009-12-22 2009-12-22 Stromningsmaleapparat
US12/800,081 US8141434B2 (en) 2009-12-21 2010-05-07 Flow measuring apparatus
US12/800.081 2010-05-07

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