CA2069252C - Non-intrusive flow meter for the liquid component of two phase flow based on solid, liquid or gas borne sound - Google Patents

Non-intrusive flow meter for the liquid component of two phase flow based on solid, liquid or gas borne sound Download PDF

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CA2069252C
CA2069252C CA002069252A CA2069252A CA2069252C CA 2069252 C CA2069252 C CA 2069252C CA 002069252 A CA002069252 A CA 002069252A CA 2069252 A CA2069252 A CA 2069252A CA 2069252 C CA2069252 C CA 2069252C
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Richard Edwards Walter
Linda Hofmann
George Dewey Cody
Gerald Vincent Storch, Jr.
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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
    • G01F1/74—Devices for measuring flow of a fluid or flow of a fluent solid material in suspension in another fluid
    • 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
    • G01F1/666—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 by detecting noise and sounds generated by the flowing fluid

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CA002069252A 1991-06-20 1992-05-22 Non-intrusive flow meter for the liquid component of two phase flow based on solid, liquid or gas borne sound Expired - Fee Related CA2069252C (en)

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EP0519752B1 (en) 1996-04-17
CA2069252A1 (en) 1992-12-21
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DE69209903T2 (de) 1996-11-14
JPH05172607A (ja) 1993-07-09

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