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Method for measuring gas content and a gas content measuring device

CA 2290366 A1 · Owner: Valmet Automation Inc. · Inventors: Virkkala, Rauli; Niinimaki, Jouko; Kasurinen, Urpo

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The invention relates to a method for measuring gas content in a fluid such , as papermaking pulp or coating paste and to a gas content measuring device. Pressure variations generated by a pump for instance, are to occur in the , fluid. Travel time phase and/or attenuation of the microwave signal (20) are measured with the gas content measuring device while the signal (20) penetrates through the fluid (13), and the gas content is determined on the basis of changes in travel time, phase and/or attenuation of the microwave signal (20) caused by pressure variations of the fluid (13).

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  • Filed May 15, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 15, 2018.
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FiledMay 15, 1998
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedMay 15, 2018
Patent numberCA 2290366 A1
Classification (IPC)G01N22/00 +1 more

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