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Title: Noninvasive Characterization Of A Flowing Multiphase Fluid Using Ultrasonic Interferometry

Abstract

An apparatus for noninvasively monitoring the flow and/or the composition of a flowing liquid using ultrasound is described. The position of the resonance peaks for a fluid excited by a swept-frequency ultrasonic signal have been found to change frequency both in response to a change in composition and in response to a change in the flow velocity thereof. Additionally, the distance between successive resonance peaks does not change as a function of flow, but rather in response to a change in composition. Thus, a measurement of both parameters (resonance position and resonance spacing), once calibrated, permits the simultaneous determination of flow rate and composition using the apparatus and method of the present invention.

Inventors:
 [1]
  1. Los Alamos, NM
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
880163
Patent Number(s):
6889560
Application Number:
10/649886
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Sinha, Dipen N. Noninvasive Characterization Of A Flowing Multiphase Fluid Using Ultrasonic Interferometry. United States: N. p., 2005. Web.
Sinha, Dipen N. Noninvasive Characterization Of A Flowing Multiphase Fluid Using Ultrasonic Interferometry. United States.
Sinha, Dipen N. Tue . "Noninvasive Characterization Of A Flowing Multiphase Fluid Using Ultrasonic Interferometry". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/880163.
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Works referenced in this record:

Ultrasonic velocities in pure hydrocarbons and mixtures
journal, June 1991


Ultrasonic relaxation spectroscopy in liquids
journal, June 1976