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Fluid flow speed measuring apparatus

US4825704A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateAug 24, 1987
Grant dateMay 2, 1989
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01P5/14
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fluid flow speed measuring apparatus comprising a first pipe having an opening exposed into a fluid to be measured, a direction of the opening having an angle larger than a critical negative pressure angle, a second pipe having an opening exposed into the fluid to be measured, a direction of the opening of the second pipe having an angle larger than the critical negative pressure angle and at least one of conditions such as a diameter, a direction, and the number of the openings for determining a magnitude of the negative pressure being different from that of the opening of the first pipe, negative pressure difference detector for detecting a difference between negative pressures acting on the openings of the first and second pipes, and device for calculating a flow speed of the fluid to be measured on the basis of an output from the negative pressure difference detector.

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