Non-intrusive flow meter for the liquid component of two phase flow based on solid, liquid or gas borne sound
CA 2069252 C · Owner: Exxon Research And Engineering Company · Inventors: Storch, Gerald Vincent, Jr.; Wolf, Henry Alan; Cody, George Dewey
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The method includes determining the Power Spectral Density from the output of an accelerometer in close proximity to the restriction orifice controlling the gas flow, or determining the Power Spectral Density from the output of a pressure transducer in contact with the gas flow on the down stream side of the restriction orifice. The liquid flow can then be obtained from a predetermined correlation between the RMS Vibrational Signal and the mass or liquid flow rate.
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- Filed May 22, 1992 and granted October 16, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 22, 2012.
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