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Differential pressure type flowmeter and differential pressure type flow controller

US7367241B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 2004
Grant dateMay 6, 2008
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Expiry dateJul 6, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D7/0635
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A differential pressure type flowmeter comprises an orifice, a detector to detect a fluid pressure P1 on the upstream side of an orifice, a detector to detect a fluid pressure P2 on the downstream side of an orifice, a detector to detect a fluid temperature T on the upstream side of an orifice, and a control computation circuit to compute a fluid's flow rate Q passing through an orifice by using the pressure P1, where P2 and temperature T detected with the aforementioned detectors, and the aforementioned fluid's flow rate Q is computed with the equationQ=C1•P1/√T•((P2/P1)m−(P2/P1)m)1/2 (where C1 is a proportional constant, and m and n are constants).

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