Systematic investigation of flow profiles in pipes and their effects on gas meter behaviour

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Mickan, Bodo ^a   Wendt, Gudrun ^a   Kramer, Rainer ^a   Dopheide, Dietrich ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Error shift; Flow straighteners; Installation effects; Laser Doppler anemometry; Pipe flow profiles; Profile perturbations; Turbine meters

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAS METERS; INSTALLATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PIPE FLOW;

FLOW STRAIGHTENERS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031222320     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2241(97)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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