A capacitance ultrasonic transducer for fast flow-measurements in hot pulsating gases

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 240-243

  Schröder, Andreas ^a   Kupnik, Mario ^b   O'Leary, Paul ^b   Benes, Ewald ^a   Gröschl, Martin ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIPE; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CAPACITANCE ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER; GAS TEMPERATURES; METALLIC MEMBRANES; TEST BED ENVIRONMENT;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 27944446928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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