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Gas type identification system

US6691582B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 1, 2001
Grant dateFeb 17, 2004
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Expiry dateAug 1, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2291/102
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A gas type identification system includes: a flow path; an ultrasonic measurement section disposed in the flow path, the ultrasonic measurement section including a pair of ultrasonic transducers; a sound velocity calculation section for calculating a sound velocity of a gas flowing through the flow path based on a signal from the ultrasonic measurement section; a sound velocity memory section for previously storing a predetermined sound velocity; and a comparison section for comparing the sound velocity calculated by the sound velocity calculation section with the predetermined sound velocity previously stored in the sound velocity memory section.

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