Measuring and testing – Volume or rate of flow – By measuring vibrations or acoustic energy
Patent
1990-02-09
1991-07-30
Ruehl, Charles A.
Measuring and testing
Volume or rate of flow
By measuring vibrations or acoustic energy
73597, 7386129, G01F 166, G01H 500
Patent
active
050351478
ABSTRACT:
Fluid flow along a fluid path is determined by measuring the travel time between two transducers of two oppositely travelling acoustic burst waves. A pair of phase reference signals in phase quadrature are compared with the signals received by each transducer to determine the phase difference therebetween. The phase difference values are used to calculate the flow velocity.
After each phase difference determination has been made, the transducer drive signals are adjusted so that the launch time of the next pair of burst waves reduces the phase difference between the previously received signals and the phase reference to zero in the absence of any changes in flow velocity. The duration of each acoustic burst is sufficient to ensure that a predetermined number of successively received cycles in each burst are used in the phase comparison process.
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Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc.
Ruehl Charles A.
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