New developments in ultrasonic gas analysis and flowmetering

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 508-516

  Jacobson, Saul ^a  

^a Elster Instromet NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATIONS; BI-DIRECTIONAL FLOWS; BINARY GAS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; CUSTODY TRANSFER; ENERGY CONTENT; FUEL GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS FLOWRATE; GAS FLOWS; HIGH-PRESSURE GAS; LANDFILL GAS; MASS FLOW RATE; MULTI-PATH; MULTICOMPONENT GAS; NON-INTRUSIVE; PRESSURE LOSS; PRESSURE RANGES; PROCESS GAS; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSEUDO-BINARY; TRANSIT-TIME; ULTRASONIC GAS FLOWMETER; ULTRASONIC METHODS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BIOGAS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NATURAL GAS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

DENSITY OF GASES;

EID: 67649366409     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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