Fluidic pressure pulse transmitting flowmeter

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 381-391

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coanda flow diverter; Fluidic flowmeter; Pressure pulse; Vortex amplifier

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUIDIC AMPLIFIERS; NOZZLES; OPTIMIZATION;

COANDA SWITCH; FLOWMETER PERFORMANCE INDEX; FLUIDIC FLOWMETER; PRESSURE PULSES; VORTEX AMPLIFIER;

FLOWMETERS;

FLOWMETERS-FLUIDIC; PRESSURE PULSATION;

EID: 0343403028     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387697523840     Document Type: Article

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