Retractable flow conditioner
AssigneeDieterich Standard, Inc.
InventorStephen Arthur Ifft
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Abstract
A retractable flow conditioner that includes a body adapted for insertion into a fluid in a confined conduit upstream of a differential pressure measuring probe. The body has at least one flow conditioning element. The retractable flow conditioner also includes a mounting assembly attached to the body. The mounting assembly is configured to retractably mount the body into the confined conduit.
Claims20
A retractable flow conditioner, comprising:
- a body insertable into a fluid in a confined conduit upstream of a differential pressure measuring probe in the confined conduit, the body having at least one flow conditioning element;
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- a mounting assembly, attached to the body, which retractably mounts the body to the confined conduit, wherein the body including the at least one flow conditioning element are retractable from the confined conduit.
A differential pressure fluid flow measuring system for measuring a rate of fluid flow through a fluid carrying conduit, the system comprising:
- a differential pressure measuring probe positioned in the conduit having a lateral width;
- a retractable flow conditioner comprising:
- an elongate body, a portion of which is retractably insertable into the conduit, the elongate body disposed upstream of and parallel to the differential pressure measuring probe, the elongate body having a lateral width greater than the lateral width of the differential pressure measuring probe;
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- openings formed within the elongate body permitting fluid carried by the conduit to flow through the elongate body to the differential pressure measuring probe.
A flow conditioner for retractable insertion within a fluid-carrying conduit to condition a flow of the fluid within the conduit upstream of a differential pressure measuring probe positioned in the conduit, the flow conditioner comprising:
- an elongate body retractably insertable into the conduit including a flow conditioning element;
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- openings formed within the elongate body permitting fluid carried by the conduit to flow through the elongate body;
- wherein the body including the flow conditioning element are retractable from the confined conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.