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8170812 |
Method and system for detecting deposit buildup within an ultrasonic flow meter
Methods and systems for detecting deposit buildup within an ultrasonic flow meter are disclosed. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are ultrasonic flow meters comprising a spool piece...
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8155895 |
Method and system of detecting liquid in an acoustic flow meter
Detecting liquid in an acoustic flow meter. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including flowing a gaseous substance through a central passage of a meter body, sending...
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8126661 |
Wet gas measurement
A multi-phase process fluid is passed through a vibratable flowtube. Motion is induced in the vibratable flowtube. A first apparent property of the multi-phase process fluid based on the motion of...
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8103461 |
Method for determining the temporal position of a wave packet and flow measuring device
The invention relates to a method for determining the temporal position of a wave packet (31) in a flow measuring apparatus, and to a flow measuring apparatus. The method includes the sampling of...
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8068999 |
Multi-gas flow device
A system and method of characterizing or controlling a flow of a fluid is provided that involves a sensor conduit and a bypass. A plurality of fluids may be utilized in the flow control device...
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8019559 |
Sonic flow meter and method
A flow meter and method for measuring flow in liquids which may have entrained bubbles or foreign matter. The meter performs alternate transit time and Doppler measurements. The transit time...
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8010303 |
Multi-gas flow device
A system and method of characterizing or controlling a flow of a fluid is provided that involves a sensor conduit and a bypass. A plurality of fluids may be utilized in the flow control device...
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7983855 |
Meter electronics and methods for generating a drive signal for a vibratory flowmeter
A meter electronics (20) for generating a drive signal for a vibratory flowmeter (5) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The meter electronics includes an interface (201) and a...
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7962293 |
Apparatus and method for providing a stratification metric of a multiphase fluid flowing within a pipe
A method and apparatus for determining a level of stratification of a multiphase fluid flow passing through a pipe is provided. The method includes, and the apparatus is operable to perform, the...
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7958786 |
Flow measurement system and method using enhanced phase difference detection
A flow measurement system and method uses enhanced phase detection based on a ratio of amplitudes of summations of two oppositely propagating acoustic signals. A need for direct time measurement...
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7933751 |
Method, apparatus and computer program providing broadband preconditioning based on reduced coupling for numerical solvers
This invention relates to computing numerical solutions of linear systems of equations, specifically to implementing preconditioning of the coefficient matrix of such a system. The preconditioning...
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7933752 |
Method, apparatus and computer program providing broadband preconditioning based on a reduced coupling for numerical solvers
This invention relates to computing numerical solutions of linear systems of equations, specifically to implementing preconditioning of the coefficient matrix of such a system. The preconditioning...
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7739061 |
Method and system for controlling a user interface of a device using human breath
Certain aspects of a method and system for controlling a user interface of a device using human breath may include detecting movement caused by expulsion of human breath by a user. In response to...
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7706925 |
Integrated pressure and flow ratio control system
An integrated pressure and flow ratio control system includes N mass flow controllers MFCi (i=1, . . . , N) that each control the flow rate of a fluid Fi (i=1, . . . , N) flowing into a processing...
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7706986 |
Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring volume and/or mass flow of a medium
An ultrasonic flow measuring device, which determines volume and/or mass flow of a medium in a pipeline, or in a measuring tube. The flow measuring device includes a plurality of ultrasonic...
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7706987 |
In-flow determination of left and right eigenvectors in a Coriolis flowmeter
A method and apparatus for periodically calculating the relative phase of the left eigenvector for a vibrating conduit is provided. During normal operation, two drivers are used in tandem to excite...
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7684938 |
Self-cleaning ultrasonic flow sensor
Acoustic windows that are portions of an ultrasonic sensor used to measure a rate of flow of a fluid are wetted whenever the fluid is present. These windows may become coated with a contaminant...
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7672794 |
System and method for operating a flow process
A system for monitoring, diagnosing, and/or controlling a flow process uses one or more flow meters based on an array of pressure sensors. A signal processor outputs at least one of a flow signal,...
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7643945 |
Technique for acoustic data analysis
A method of enhancing acoustic pump data for monitoring of pump condition in operation. The enhancement may be in the form of a substantial reduction in the amount of data to be processed by...
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7620534 |
Sound enabling computerized system for real time reservoir model calibration using field surveillance data
A computer-based system generates digital and audio responses to changes in fluid and rock properties of a producing hydrocarbon reservoir for surveillance analysis. The system calibrates observed...
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7617055 |
Wet gas measurement
A multi-phase process fluid is passed through a vibratable flowtube. Motion is induced in the vibratable flowtube. A first apparent property of the multi-phase process fluid based on the motion of...
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7617052 |
Ultrasonic estimating method and apparatus for a cased well
An ultrasonic estimating method and apparatus are presented for estimating a mud velocity in a casing including a transducer and adapted to be positioned inside the casing and displaced through the...
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7584064 |
Method and device to control a computer system utilizing a fluid flow
A device, to facilitate a user control of a computer system, includes a movable portion movable by a fluid flow of a generated by a user of the device, and a converter to convert movement of the...
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7580801 |
Monitoring of two-phased fluid flow
In a method of monitoring two-phase fluid flow a vortex flowmeter is used to generate a signal indicative of the flow regime using the signal components and its fluctuations to determine the phase...
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7567182 |
Acoustic fire sensing system
The acoustic sound of water flowing to/from activated sprinkler heads is used to identify fire location in a region(s). Acoustic transducers, such as microphones, can be located in the vicinity of...
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7546213 |
Audio visualizer
The invention relates to a loudness meter including display means and data-processing means where the data-processing means establishes loudness estimates on the basis of an input signal, a first...
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7516024 |
Method and apparatus for measuring parameters of a stratified flow
Various methods are described for measuring parameters of a stratified flow using at least one spatial array of sensors disposed at different axial locations along the pipe. Each of the sensors...
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7496456 |
3D ultrasonographic device
A three-dimensional ultrasonic inspection apparatus includes: a sensing device for ultrasonic inspection including an ultrasonic sensor as a transducer, in which a plurality of piezoelectric...
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7480577 |
Multiple sensor flow meter
Combining a plurality of local flow measurements made at more than one location to generate a composite flow value can improve the accuracy of the overall measurement. The reliability and long term...
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7444245 |
Field device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable
Field device for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container. The field device includes: at least one mechanically oscillatable unit connected with the...
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7426443 |
Device for determining and/or monitoring the volume flow rate and/or mass flow rate of a medium to be measured
A ultrasonic flow measuring device, which is distinguished by a low energy consumption. A control/evaluation unit ascertains a plurality of sampled values (ai with i=1, 2, 3, . . . ) of a received...
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7421350 |
Meter electronics and method for detecting a residual material in a flow meter assembly
A meter electronics and method for detecting a residual material in a flow meter assembly are provided according to the invention. The meter electronics includes a processing system adapted to...
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7418370 |
Method, apparatus and computer program providing broadband preconditioning based on reduced coupling for numerical solvers
This invention relates to computing numerical solutions of linear systems of equations, specifically to implementing preconditioning of the coefficient matrix of such a system. The preconditioning...
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7400985 |
Apparatus having an array of clamp on piezoelectric film sensors for measuring parameters of a process flow within a pipe
A apparatus 10,110,170 is provided that measures the speed of sound and/or vortical disturbances propagating in a single phase fluid flow and/or multiphase mixture to determine parameters, such as...
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7305309 |
Transmission measuring system with high time resolution
A transmission measuring system includes a subject for transmission measurement for outputting, in response to a start signal for measurement from a central processing unit, an output signal...
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7299140 |
Method and system for multi-path ultrasonic flow measurement of partially developed flow profiles
A method for determining a velocity of a flowing fluid includes estimating a Reynolds number for the flowing fluid; comparing the estimated Reynolds number with a selected range; and determining...
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7295933 |
Configurable multi-function flow measurement apparatus having an array of sensors
A configurable multi-function flow measurement apparatus is provided that can selectably function to measure the speed of sound propagating through a fluid flowing within a pipe and/or to measure...
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7274996 |
Method and system for monitoring fluid flow
A method and system for monitoring fluid flow, such as fluid flow through pipelines or similar conduits for delivering natural gas, crude oil, and other similar liquid or gas energy commodities,...
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7254518 |
Pressure transmitter with diagnostics
In one embodiment, a pressure transmitter is provided which diagnoses the condition of a primary element and/or an impulse line which connects to a pressure sensor. A difference circuit coupled to...
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7254494 |
Ultrasonic signal processing method and applications thereof
An ultrasonic signal processing method for improving the signal-to-noise ratio in ultrasonic measurements comprises the transmission of a predefined timed sequence of a number of ultrasonic burst...
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7248985 |
Acoustic signature testing for electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical equipment
A method for testing a unit is described where the unit includes one or more of electrical, electronic, mechanical, and electromechanical components. The described method includes applying at least...
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7213468 |
Ultrasonic apparatus and method for measuring the concentration and flow rate of gas
An ultrasonic apparatus measures the concentration and flow rate of a sample gas by calculating a possible propagation time range on the basis of the gas temperature, determining whether or not the...
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7127360 |
Dual function flow measurement apparatus having an array of sensors
A dual function flow measurement apparatus is provided that combines the functionality of an apparatus that measures the speed of sound propagating through a fluid flowing within a pipe, and...
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7117104 |
Ultrasonic liquid flow controller
An ultrasonic flow meter includes a conduit, a first ultrasonic transducer, a second ultrasonic transducer, and a controller. The first ultrasonic transducer is disposed at a first position about a...
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7058549 |
Apparatus and method for measuring unsteady pressures within a large diameter pipe
An apparatus 10 is provided that includes a spatial array of at least two unsteady pressure sensors 18–21 placed at predetermined axial locations x1–xN disposed axially along a pipe 14 for mea...
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7027936 |
Methods for measuring flow by means of an ultra sonic flow meter
In a method for measuring flow by means of an ultra sonic flow meter, an ultra sonic signal is transmitted in an upstream and a downstream direction. This is measured upon receipt of an ultra sonic...
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6993445 |
Vortex flowmeter
A process variable transmitter, implemented in a dual PLL structure, includes a first PLL having a first bandwidth producing a first output signal, and a second PLL having a second bandwidth...
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6983208 |
Method and apparatus for combined measurements of concentration, distribution and flow velocity of suspended solids
A remote sensor and associated data processor, performs concurrent analysis of backscattered signals from a multi-beam acoustic Doppler emitter/receiver positioned against the inside wall of a...
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6950761 |
Wavelet analysis of one or more acoustic signals to identify one or more anomalies in an object
In one embodiment, a method for wavelet analysis of one or more acoustic signals to identify one or more anomalies in an object includes receiving an acoustic signal from an acoustic scan of an...
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6947851 |
Transceiver circuit for an ultrasonic flowmeter
A transmitting and receiving circuit for an ultrasonic flowmeter. In such circuits, an ultrasonic transducer is typically used as both transmitter and receiver. This is obtained by using switching...
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