CFD aided investigation of multipath ultrasonic gas flow meter performance under complex flow profile

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 897-907

  Zhao, Huichao ^a   Peng, Lihui ^a   Stephane, Sonh Aubin ^b   Ishikawa, Hiroaki ^b   Shimizu, Kazuyoshi ^b   Takamoto, Masaki ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tokyo Keiso Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD; flow conditioner; flow profile; Multipath ultrasonic flow meter

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFDS); FLOW CONDITIONERS; FLOW PROFILE; FLOW VELOCITY ESTIMATION; GAS FLOW METERS; PATH ORIENTATION; SWIRLING VELOCITY;

GAS METERS; MOON; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS; WALL FUNCTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84893220735     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2290863     Document Type: Article

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