Natural gas flow computer with open architecture using intelligent instrumentation and field bus

ISA Transactions

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-195

  Vaillant, Osmel Reyes ^a   Garcia, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Compressibility factor; Differential pressure flowmeter; Discharge coefficient; Flow computer; Measurement uncertainty; Natural gas flow measurement

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; ORIFICES;

DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE FLOWMETERS;

GAS DYNAMICS;

EID: 0038475909     PISSN: 00190578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0019-0578(07)60125-6     Document Type: Article

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