Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasound fuel flow sensing and control
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Application No.: US15028055Application Date: 2014-10-03
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Publication No.: US09891085B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Muddassar Ali Muhammad , Edward Randall Furlong , Colin James Mackenzie , William James Mailander
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: General Electric Company
- Agent Pamela A. Kachur
- International Application: PCT/US2014/059147 WO 20141003
- International Announcement: WO2015/054079 WO 20150416
- Main IPC: G01F1/88
- IPC: G01F1/88 ; F02C9/26 ; G01F1/34 ; G01F1/66 ; F02C9/28 ; G01F1/44 ; G01M15/04

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for measuring liquid fuel flows within a conduit are disclosed. An example flow sensor may include a conduit arranged to flow fuel therethrough along a flow axis, the conduit defining a flow area orthogonal to the flow axis. The flow sensor may further include a first transducer arranged to direct a first signal through the conduit proximate the flow area to a second transducer, the second transducer being arranged to direct a second signal through the conduit proximate the flow area to the first transducer, the first transducer being spaced apart from the second transducer by a signal path length, and in a direction parallel to the flow axis by an axial distance. The fuel flow measuring system may further include a processor arranged to calculate a fuel mass flow rate based on first and second signal transit times, known fuel properties and a fuel temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160258798A1 ULTRASOUND FUEL FLOW SENSING AND CONTROL Public/Granted day:2016-09-08
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