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US 5,600,073 AGranted
Method and system for analyzing a two phase flow
AssigneeFoster-Miller, Inc.
InventorWayne S. Hill
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Abstract
A method of and system for analyzing a two-phase flow in a conduit in which acoustic energy is transmitted through a conduit and into the flow therein; return echoes are detected, one or more flow indicator quantities are computed from the return echoes; and the mass flow rate and/or the flow quality is determined from the computed flow indicator quantities.
Claims23
A method of analyzing a two-phase flow in a conduit comprising:
- transmitting acoustic energy through the conduit and into the flow therein;
- detecting return echoes;
- computing from the return echoes, one or more flow indicator quantities derived from the return echoes;
- and
- determining, from said computed flow indicator quantities, at least one of mass flow rate and flow quality.
2 more elements
A system for analyzing a two phase flow in conduit comprising:
- means for transmitting acoustic energy through the conduit and into the flow therein;
- means for detecting return echoes;
- means for computing, from the return echoes, one or more flow indicator quantities;
- means, responsive to said means for computing, for determining one of the flow quality and the mass flow rate base on said flow indicator quantities.
1 more element
A method of analyzing a two phase flow in a conduit comprising:
- employing sensing means with a conduit having a two-phase flow therein;
- operating said sensing means to detect a plurality of flow indicator quantities representative of the flow in the conduit;
- determining, from a number of said flow indicator quantities, at least one of the flow rate and the flow quality.
A system for analyzing a two phase flow in a conduit, said system comprising:
- sensor means, in communication with said conduit, for detecting a plurality of flow indicator quantities representative of the flow in the conduit;
- and
- means responsive to a number of said flow indication quantities, for determining at least one of the flow rate and the flow quantity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.