WO2004065913A3 - An apparatus and method of measuring gas volume fraction of a fluid flowing within a pipe - Google Patents
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- WO2004065913A3 WO2004065913A3 PCT/US2004/001657 US2004001657W WO2004065913A3 WO 2004065913 A3 WO2004065913 A3 WO 2004065913A3 US 2004001657 W US2004001657 W US 2004001657W WO 2004065913 A3 WO2004065913 A3 WO 2004065913A3
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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
- G01F1/704—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow using marked regions or existing inhomogeneities within the fluid stream, e.g. statistically occurring variations in a fluid parameter
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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
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N2291/00—Indexing codes associated with group G01N29/00
- G01N2291/02—Indexing codes associated with the analysed material
- G01N2291/028—Material parameters
- G01N2291/02836—Flow rate, liquid level
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N2291/00—Indexing codes associated with group G01N29/00
- G01N2291/02—Indexing codes associated with the analysed material
- G01N2291/028—Material parameters
- G01N2291/02872—Pressure
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DE602004017571T DE602004017571D1 (en) | 2003-01-21 | 2004-01-21 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE GAS VOLUME FRACTION OF A FLOW FLOWING IN A TUBE |
EP04704127A EP1590637B1 (en) | 2003-01-21 | 2004-01-21 | An apparatus and method of measuring gas volume fraction of a fluid flowing within a pipe |
CA2516255A CA2516255C (en) | 2003-01-21 | 2004-01-21 | An apparatus and method of measuring gas volume fraction of a fluid flowing within a pipe |
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