Effects of upstream installations on the reading of an ultrasonic flowmeter

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 167-177

  Ruppel, C ^a   Peters, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; INSTALLATION; PIPELINE BENDS; PIPING SYSTEMS;

DOWNSTREAM FLOW; FLOW ANGLE MEASUREMENTS;

ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS;

FLOW PATTERN; FLOWMETER; PIPING SYSTEM; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 1942434525     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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