Conditioning orifice plate with pipe wall passages
US7654154B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 21, 2008 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F1/42
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An element of an averaging orifice plate fluid flow meter for measuring the volumetric rate of fluid flow in a conduit having an interior circumference for carrying a flow of fluid comprising, a planar flow impedance plate for disposition transversely across the interior of the conduit and perpendicular to the fluid flow, a plurality of spaced apart orifices disposed in the plate where the profile of each orifice is a segment of a circle on an arc where the arc is coincident with a portion of the interior circumference of the conduit.
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