Improved critical flow factors and representative equations for four calibration gases

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-34

  Stewart, D G ^a,b   Watson, J T R ^a   Vaidya, A M ^b  

^a National Engineering Lab Glasgow   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Critical flow factor; Critical flow nozzle; Gas flow; Representative equations

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARGON; CALIBRATION; INTERPOLATION; METHANE; NITROGEN; NOZZLES; THERMODYNAMICS;

CRITICAL FLOW FACTOR; CRITICAL FLOW NOZZLE; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS;

FLOWMETERS;

CALIBRATION; CRITICAL FLOW; FLOWMETER; GAS FLOW; NOZZLE;

EID: 0033102593     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-5986(98)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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