Ultrasonic particulate sensing
US4527420A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 11, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2291/02836
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of identifying and determining the size of particulates in a flowing fluid comprising detecting the portion of an ultrasonic pulse scattered from a particulate at a preselected angle, converting the results into density and elasticity-related values and comparing the values with measured or computed values for known particulates.
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