Apparatus and method for mixing, measuring and forwarding a multi-phase gas mixture
US5841020A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 11, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F15/08
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The container serves for mixing and measuring multi-phase fluids which are conducted in via a supply tube. The liquid and gaseous components are separated in the container and collected into a liquid volume as well as a gas volume. A liquid surface forms at the separating layer between the gas volume and the liquid volume, the actual height of which is measured by a sensor. The fluids located in the container are drawn back off out of the container in the direction of flow in a flowing manner via a removal apparatus which comprises at least one removal apparatus as well as a drainage means adjoining it and are thereupon mixed. The drainage means is arranged vertical to the liquid surface and has openings which lie partly below and partly above the liquid surface during normal operation of the container. The drainage means has a Venturi nozzle in the region of the inlet opening in order to measure the flow rate of the gaseous component which flows through the inlet opening into the drainage means. A pressure sensor is mounted in the region of the gas volume in order to measure the pressure of the gaseous component. A signal evaluation apparatus which receives the measured values cal…
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