Development of fluidic flowmeters for monitoring crude oil production

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-98

  Wang, H ^a   Priestman, G H ^a   Beck, S B M ^a   Boucher, R F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coanda device; Fluidic flowmeter; Venturi; Vortex amplifier

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; FLUIDIC AMPLIFIERS; MIXTURES; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VORTEX FLOW;

BLOWN VENTURI FLOWMETERS; COANDA SWITCHED VORTEX FLOWMETERS; PRESSURE PULSES; VORTEX AMPLIFIERS;

FLOWMETERS;

CRUDE OIL; FLOWMETERS;

EID: 0030157228     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-5986(97)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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