WO2006019487A3 - Acoustic flowmeter calibration method - Google Patents

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WO2006019487A3
WO2006019487A3 PCT/US2005/021548 US2005021548W WO2006019487A3 WO 2006019487 A3 WO2006019487 A3 WO 2006019487A3 US 2005021548 W US2005021548 W US 2005021548W WO 2006019487 A3 WO2006019487 A3 WO 2006019487A3
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flowmeter
calibration
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Timothy A Nevius
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01FMEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F15/00Details of, or accessories for, apparatus of groups G01F1/00 - G01F13/00 insofar as such details or appliances are not adapted to particular types of such apparatus
    • G01F15/02Compensating or correcting for variations in pressure, density or temperature
    • G01F15/04Compensating or correcting for variations in pressure, density or temperature of gases to be measured
    • G01F15/043Compensating or correcting for variations in pressure, density or temperature of gases to be measured using electrical means
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01FMEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/66Measuring 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
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01FMEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F15/00Details of, or accessories for, apparatus of groups G01F1/00 - G01F13/00 insofar as such details or appliances are not adapted to particular types of such apparatus
    • G01F15/02Compensating or correcting for variations in pressure, density or temperature
    • G01F15/022Compensating or correcting for variations in pressure, density or temperature using electrical means
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01FMEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F25/00Testing or calibration of apparatus for measuring volume, volume flow or liquid level or for metering by volume
    • G01F25/10Testing or calibration of apparatus for measuring volume, volume flow or liquid level or for metering by volume of flowmeters

Abstract

An acoustic flowmeter calibration method and sampling system address a variation in acoustic transducer delay time with increasing temperature. In one aspect, calibration of the path length between the sending and receiving transducers and calibration of the transducer delay time over a wide temperature range are optimized. In another aspect, the flowmeter output is temperature compensated based on the exhaust flowmeter gas temperature. These two aspects may be embodied in an ultrasonic flowmeter for exhaust gas measurement individually or in combination in accordance with the invention.
PCT/US2005/021548 2004-07-21 2005-06-17 Acoustic flowmeter calibration method WO2006019487A2 (en)

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DE112005001773.7T DE112005001773B4 (en) 2004-07-21 2005-06-17 Method for calibrating acoustic flowmeters
JP2007522508A JP4724714B2 (en) 2004-07-21 2005-06-17 Acoustic flow meter calibration method
GB0700762A GB2430261B (en) 2004-07-21 2007-01-16 Acoustic flowmeter calibration method

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US10/895,625 US7124621B2 (en) 2004-07-21 2004-07-21 Acoustic flowmeter calibration method

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