DocumentCode
1910516
Title
Studies of the Accuracy of Clamp-on Transit Time Ultrasonic Flowmeters
Author
Mahadeva, D.V. ; Baker, R.C. ; Woodhouse, J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., Cambridge
fYear
2008
fDate
12-15 May 2008
Firstpage
969
Lastpage
973
Abstract
The uncertainty of transit time ultrasonic clamp-on flowmeters is relatively high (currently approximately plusmn5% (Sanderson et al., 2002)). We have studied several factors contributing to this uncertainty, focusing mainly on the separation distance between the transducers. This paper will discuss experimental work and the use of ray tracing and finite element models to examine this relationship.
Keywords
finite element analysis; flowmeters; measurement uncertainty; ray tracing; ultrasonic transducers; clamp-on transit time ultrasonic flowmeter uncertainty; finite element model; ray tracing; transducers; Equations; Finite element methods; Fluid flow measurement; Instrumentation and measurement; Liquids; Ray tracing; Transmitters; Ultrasonic transducers; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Uncertainty; clamp-on; flow measurement; flowmeter; ray model; ultrasonic;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2008. IMTC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location
Victoria, BC
ISSN
1091-5281
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1540-3
Electronic_ISBN
1091-5281
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IMTC.2008.4547177
Filename
4547177
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