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Title: Device and method for measuring multi-phase fluid flow in a conduit having an abrupt gradual bend

Abstract

A system is described for measuring fluid flow in a conduit having an abrupt bend. The system includes pressure transducers, one disposed in the conduit at the inside of the bend and one or more disposed in the conduit at the outside of the bend but spaced a distance therefrom. The pressure transducers measure the pressure of fluid in the conduit at the locations of the pressure transducers and this information is used by a computational device to calculate fluid flow rate in the conduit. For multi-phase fluid, the density of the fluid is measured by another pair of pressure transducers, one of which is located in the conduit elevationally above the other. The computation device then uses the density measurement along with the fluid pressure measurements, to calculate fluid flow. 1 fig.

Inventors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
570469
Patent Number(s):
US 5,717,146/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-720,849
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-94ID13223
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 10 Feb 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; 44 INSTRUMENTATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; FLOWMETERS; PIPELINES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; FLOW RATE; DENSITY; PIPE FITTINGS; MEASURING METHODS; CALCULATION METHODS

Citation Formats

Ortiz, M G. Device and method for measuring multi-phase fluid flow in a conduit having an abrupt gradual bend. United States: N. p., 1998. Web.
Ortiz, M G. Device and method for measuring multi-phase fluid flow in a conduit having an abrupt gradual bend. United States.
Ortiz, M G. 1998. "Device and method for measuring multi-phase fluid flow in a conduit having an abrupt gradual bend". United States.
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abstractNote = {A system is described for measuring fluid flow in a conduit having an abrupt bend. The system includes pressure transducers, one disposed in the conduit at the inside of the bend and one or more disposed in the conduit at the outside of the bend but spaced a distance therefrom. The pressure transducers measure the pressure of fluid in the conduit at the locations of the pressure transducers and this information is used by a computational device to calculate fluid flow rate in the conduit. For multi-phase fluid, the density of the fluid is measured by another pair of pressure transducers, one of which is located in the conduit elevationally above the other. The computation device then uses the density measurement along with the fluid pressure measurements, to calculate fluid flow. 1 fig.},
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