Determination of density for metering a fluid flow
US7987733B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 2009 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F15/00
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for measuring densities and flow rates of gas-liquid fluid mixtures. In the systems and methods, the fluid mixture is caused to exhibit swirling flow as it flows through a conduit that includes a constriction, a first pressure difference is measured between two vertically-spaced measurement positions in the conduit, a second pressure difference is measured between two horizontally-spaced measurement positions in the conduit, the first horizontally-spaced measurement position being at the constriction region and the second horizontally-spaced measurement position being upstream or downstream of the constriction region, and one or more of the pressure differences is used to determine a density or a flow rate of the gas-liquid fluid mixture.
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