Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic flow meter system and method for measuring flow rate
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Application No.: US15533658Application Date: 2015-12-04
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Publication No.: US10823596B2Publication Date: 2020-11-03
- Inventor: Jing Ye , Yan Mei , Xiaolei Ao , Weihua Shang , Ran Niu , Gregory Ronald Gillette , Christopher Edward Wolfe , Robert Arnold Judge
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Hogan Lovells US LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@10fb49bd
- International Application: PCT/US2015/063894 WO 20151204
- International Announcement: WO2016/094214 WO 20160616
- Main IPC: G01F1/66
- IPC: G01F1/66 ; E21B21/08 ; E21B47/10

Abstract:
An ultrasonic flow meter system includes a conduit defining a channel, at least one pair of first transducers, at least one second transducer, and a processor. The pair of first transducers is mounted on the conduit and includes a transmitting transducer and a receiving transducer for generating a first responsive signal. The transmitting transducer and the receiving transducer are arranged on a chordal path. The second transducer is mounted on the conduit for generating a second responsive signal. The processor is configured to receive the first responsive signal and the second responsive signal, select one responsive signal according to a relationship of the first responsive signal and noise thereof and a relationship of the second responsive signal and noise thereof, and determine a flow rate of a flow medium according to the selected responsive signal. A method for measuring the flow rate of the fluid medium is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170314979A1 ULTRASONIC FLOW METER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING FLOW RATE Public/Granted day:2017-11-02
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