发明授权
- 专利标题: Portable flow measurement apparatus having an array of sensors
- 专利标题(中): 具有传感器阵列的便携式流量测量装置
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申请号: US10862234申请日: 2004-06-07
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公开(公告)号: US07121152B2公开(公告)日: 2006-10-17
- 发明人: Charles R. Winston , Michael A. Sapack , Patrick Curry , Daniel L. Gysling
- 申请人: Charles R. Winston , Michael A. Sapack , Patrick Curry , Daniel L. Gysling
- 申请人地址: US CT Wallingford
- 专利权人: CiDRA Corporation
- 当前专利权人: CiDRA Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: US CT Wallingford
- 主分类号: G01F1/34
- IPC分类号: G01F1/34
摘要:
A portable flow measuring apparatus measures the speed of sound and/or vortical disturbances propagating in a fluid flow to determine a parameter of the flow propagating through a pipe. The apparatus includes a sensing device that includes an array of pressure sensors, which may be removable, used to measure the acoustic and convective pressure variations in the flow to determine a desired parameter. A portable processing instrument processes the signals provided by the sensing array to provide an output signal indicative of a parameter of the fluid flow. The portable processing instrument includes a processor having appropriate processing algorithms to determine the desired or selected parameter(s) of the process flow 12. The portable processing instrument has a user interface to permit the user to select the parameters to be measured in the process flow, and/or more importantly, to enable the user to modify particular parameters or functions in the processor 30 and/or processing algorithms. The user interface 32 also enables a user to modify the code of the algorithm via a graphic user interface (GUI), keyboard and/or user input signal 34.