Ultrasonic particulate sensing
US4739662A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 25, 1986 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N15/02
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for identifying and determining the size of particulates in a flowing fluid by 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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