A remote measuring flow meter for petroleum and other industrial applications

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 779-789

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; LIQUID WAVES; NUCLEAR FUELS; OSCILLATIONS; PETROLEUM PIPELINES;

VENTURI FLOW METER;

FLOWMETERS;

FLOWMETER; OIL WELL; VENTURI METER;

FLOW METER; FLUID FLOW; OIL WELLS;

EID: 0032077795     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/9/5/007     Document Type: Article

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