Flow Conditioner
AssigneeBadger Meter, Inc.
InventorThomas Reiss
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Abstract
A flow conditioning device for insertion in a flow conduit transporting a flow stream includes a lop flange defining a flow conditioning opening having an opening area size and receiving the flow stream, a bottom base receiving the flow stream after the flow stream passes through the top flange having a base area size, and a conditioning wall joining the top flange to the bottom base, where the opening area size is greater than the base area size.
Claims18
A flow conditioning device for insertion in a flow conduit transporting a flow stream, comprising:
- a top flange defining a flow conditioning opening having an opening area size and receiving the flow stream;
- a bottom base receiving the flow stream after the flow stream passes through the top flange, the bottom base having a base area size;
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- a conditioning wall joining the top flange to the bottom base,
- wherein the opening area size is greater than the base area size.
A flow conditioning device for insertion in a flow conduit transporting a flow stream, comprising:
- a top flange defining a flow conditioning opening having an opening area size and receiving the flow stream;
- a bottom base receiving the flow stream after the flow stream passes through the top flange, the having a base area size;
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- a conditioning wall configured to produce a uniform swirl in the flow stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.