Title :
Introduction of a 2 transducer ultrasonic mass flow meter
Author :
van Deventer, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Lulea Univ. of Technol.
Abstract :
This article presents a new ultrasonic mass flow meter that has only two transducers. The mass flow is inferred from volumetric flow and density. Each of the transducers is an ultrasonic densitometer based on a design by Lynnworth. The flow is estimated by the transit time difference of the sound pulse between the up and downstream acoustic propagation. Beyond presenting the meter, this article does looks at its signal at zero flow to address the issue of reciprocity in transit time flow meters which is in contradiction with the theory of transit time flow meters
Keywords :
acoustic pulses; flow measurement; flowmeters; ultrasonic propagation; ultrasonic transducers; downstream acoustic propagation; transducers; transit time difference; transit time flow meters; ultrasonic densitometer; ultrasonic mass flow meter; upstream acoustic propagation; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic pulses; Acoustic transducers; Density measurement; Fluid flow measurement; Probes; Temperature; Ultrasonic transducers; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Volume measurement; Ultrasonic; densitometer; mass flow meter; reciprocity; zero flow;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005. IMTC 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8879-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2005.1604372