A universal, nonintrusive method for correcting the reading of a flow meter in pipe flow disturbed by installation effects

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 650-656

  Wildemann, C ^a   Merzkirch, W ^a   Gersten, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FLOW PATTERNS; INSTALLATION; ORIFICES; PIPE FLOW; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SHEAR STRESS; VALVES (MECHANICAL); WALL FLOW;

FLOW DISTURBANCE; FLOW PROFILE; NONINTRUSIVE METHOD;

FLOWMETERS;

EID: 0142082701     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1478065     Document Type: Article

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