Measuring and testing – Volume or rate of flow – Of selected fluid mixture component
Reexamination Certificate
2010-06-30
2011-10-25
Caputo, Lisa (Department: 2855)
Measuring and testing
Volume or rate of flow
Of selected fluid mixture component
C073S204110
Reexamination Certificate
active
08042409
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a method of measuring mass flow of a first gas component in a gas consisting of one or more known gas components. Typically such methods assume that certain parameters were constant, such as the gas composition, pressure and/or temperature, and likewise the heat capacity, density, etc., of the gas were presumed to be such that they could be determined to have a constant value. However, it has been found that the determination of the mass flow is associated with a comparatively high degree of measurement uncertainty, when it is assumed that the parameters are constant. The core of the invention relies on this discovery and on a method wherein all of the gas parameters that are used in the determination of the mass flow of the first gas component and that may vary considerably as a function of the gas composition, pressure and/or temperature are determined continually.
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Caputo Lisa
Geopal System A/S
Hunton & Williams LLP
Roy Punam
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