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5432718 |
Particle interaction processing system
Fluid flow is simulated by a massively parallel data processor having combinational logic for processing collision rules at lattice sites. Following collision processing, particle representations...
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5425270 |
Valve diagnostic environmental data acquisitioner
A data acquisition system (1) by which environmental parameters proximate to plant installed valves (2) may be monitored, recorded and correlated with other valve operating data. The system...
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5394344 |
Slew rate limiter with asymmetrical operation
An apparatus for processing data, such as liquid level data in a motor vehicle containing a liquid storage tank, comprises a liquid level sensor for developing a signal indicative of instantaneous...
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5394339 |
Apparatus for analyzing oil well production fluid
An improved apparatus and method for analyzing oil well production fluid that includes a flow pipe through which production fluid normally flows, a test pipe defining an elongate vertical test...
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5369600 |
Apparatus for measuring gas density and sugar content of a beverage within a sealed container and method of measuring the same
An apparatus and method in which the lateral surface of a sealed container (11) containing a beverage liquid (12) is pressed (21, 22) for deformation to measure the internal pressure (P) of the...
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5363696 |
Method and arrangement for oil well test system
An improved method and arrangement for calculating the fluid phase fractions of gas, oil, and water and oil-water emulsion in a fluid steam flowing from an oil well which includes separating out...
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5321630 |
Method of detecting a layer level condition
A method of detecting the condition of a liquid layer level in a case where a plurality of liquids are in a layer condition, such method of being capable of knowing each layer level condition even...
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5311447 |
On-line combustionless measurement of gaseous fuels fed to gas consumption devices
A combustionless measurement method and apparatus are described for ascertaining the quality and/or quantity of gaseous fuels fed to gas consumption devices, and particularly natural gas...
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5303167 |
Absolute pressure sensor and method
A sensor that provides absolute pressure independent of the composition of the measured gas includes a large microbridge used to determine the thermal conductivity and specific heat of the gas and...
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5295083 |
Device for dynamically measuring bubble content of flowing liquid
A device for dynamically measuring the bubble content of a flowing liquid is arranged in a conveyance passage for a flowing liquid or provided in a simple bypass for the conveyance passage of the...
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5295084 |
Vibrating tube densimeter
A Coriolis effect densimeter which produces density output data of improved accuracy by embodying the principal that the natural frequency of a vibrating tube filled with material decreases with an...
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5270947 |
Fluid status detection system
A fluid status detection system includes a plurality of probes connected to a controller capable of being operated in a plurality of different operation modes. The controller includes a display and...
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5265032 |
Method for controlling LP gas inventory
A computerized method for sensing the level of liquefied gas in a tank at a remote location and transmitting data between the location of the tank and the computer to maintain files for inventory...
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5257532 |
Method and apparatus for measuring moisture content as a function of thermal response
Moisture content measurements are accomplished as a function of temperature by measuring the temperature-difference versus natural-logarithm-of-heating-time response of a sample of a predetermined...
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5255725 |
Process for the rotary truing of planks and the like
Wooden boards which are deformably twisted about their longitudinal axes straightened by being passed through a path that is twisted in a direction opposite that of the boards. The degree of twist...
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5239862 |
Apparatus and method for measuring fluid properties
A meter for measuring a material property of a fluid comprises a pair of parallel passage (6, 8) arranged in a line (2). The passages (6, 8) are alternately isolated by valves (12) thereby trapping...
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5218554 |
Fluid detection system with solid state inputs
A fluid status detection system includes a controller that has eight sets of sockets for mechanically receiving a solid state input module. The module may be either an one of two A.C. responsive...
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5187674 |
Versatile, overpressure proof, absolute pressure sensor
A non membrane-based overpressure proof gas pressure microsensor. It is not a membrane-based microsensor but is based on an open microbridge sensor structure. A method and apparatus is described to...
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5148376 |
Pressure instrument with depth/altitude and time display
In a pressure instrument with depth/altitude and time display, a measurement time period from a starting instant up to a stopping instant of the time measurement is measured by measurement-time...
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5072404 |
Method of tracking fluids flowing along a flow path
A method of tracking fluids flowing along a flow path is disclosed. A flow path is initially described corresponding to the flow path geometry which can be subdivided in real time to correspond to...
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5023819 |
Linear shaped filter
A filter for use with a signal which varies about a mean such as in a radioactive densometer, is provided and includes a microprocessor and timing clock for sampling the random variable over a...
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5014553 |
Method for measuring the state of a fluid
The temperature of one or several sensors which are electrically heated or cooled to a temperature substantially different from a stagnant or running fluid surrounding the said sensor or sensors by...
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5003488 |
Automatic fluid sedimentation rate measurement apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for automatically measuring and recording erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESR) of blood samples according to the Westergren method includes a controllable specimen device...
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4996656 |
Densitometer with remotely disposed control electronics
A fluid density measuring device or densitometer computes, electronically, the density of a fluid by measuring the resonant frequency of an excitation signal provided to a density transducer (11)...
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4991124 |
System and method for ultrasonic determination of density
A method and system determines the density of a liquid, such as aircraft fuel, by measuring the amplitude of the reflections of ultrasonic pulses from the faces of the walls of a reference...
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4956793 |
Method and apparatus for measuring the density of fluids
The specific gravity, l, of a fluid of interest is determined based on thermal conductivity, k, and specific heat, c p , of the fluid of interest. An embodiment uses proximately positioned...
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4932243 |
Moisture measurement device
A method of determining the moisture content of a material in which the material is caused to flow continually through a sensor region, the spatially averaged temperature of the material being...
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4915507 |
Liquid average temperature measuring apparatus and method
An apparatus for measuring the temperature of liquid in a tank is disclosed. This apparatus comprises a plurality of temperature sensors spaced apart so that each temperature sensor senses the...
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4888718 |
Volume measuring apparatus and method
A volume measuring apparatus comprises pair of tanks of substantially the same volume for supplying gas to a container to be measured and a refernce container, a pressurized gas source for filling...
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4849988 |
Apparatus and method for measuring the quality of steam
Steam quality measuring and monitoring apparatus and methods which measures the quality of steam flowing in a steam pipe includes a test cell connected in line with the steam pipe so that the steam...
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4835716 |
Compact measuring apparatus capable of measuring two different data with a single pressure sensor
Only one pressure sensor is employed in a compact measuring apparatus for measuring both depths of water and altitude. A pressure-data generator generates pressure data corresponding to a pressure...
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4833688 |
Two-phase flow quality measuring device
A device and associated method comprising a probe (18) for drawing throttled two-phase steam into a tank (26) which has been evacuated and which can be closed when the pressure of the sample steam...
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4714998 |
Fuel injection system monitoring equipment
The equipment measures the volume of fluid injected by each injector of the system, and possibly also the relative pulses of the different lines, by measuring the volume of fuel, and possibly also...
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4685066 |
Contamination monitor and method
A contamination monitor for sensing particle contamination in a liquid system having a filter includes a sensor for measuring the pressure differential across the filter, a reference apparatus for...
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4646562 |
Method and apparatus for detecting relative dynamic liquid surface activity
A method and apparatus for continuous monitoring of the relative dynamic surface activity of a liquid in which the surface activity can be rapidly changing is disclosed. The liquid is flowed...
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4621228 |
Electric moisture meter
A voltage signal associated with the moisture content of a sample in grain or sand form is converted into a digital signal value by an analog-to-digital converter. A programmable read-only memory...
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4618939 |
Nuclear densometer
A system for quickly indicating changes in density of a flow of material using a radiactive source and detector where the count rate indicative of density is processed for sensing significant...
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4597675 |
Mean temperature sensor
Method and apparatus for producing a signal analogous to the means temperature of fluid within a flow path is in a turbo machine. The fluid flowing in the flow path has a nonconstant temperature...
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4503707 |
Hygrometry probe
A probe has a housing which includes a moisture sensor for providing a non-linear moisture-related signal and a signal processor for linearizing the moisture-related signal and converting the...
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4484468 |
Automatic viscometer
An improved rotational viscometer for testing drilling muds is disclosed. In a preferred and illustrated embodiment, a rotatable tubular sleeve is driven by a pulsed stepper motor. The drilling mud...
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4448058 |
Respiratory gas analysis instrument having improved volume calibration method and apparatus
An improved gas volume calibration method and apparatus for use in respiratory gas analyzers. A control unit monitors the flow of calibration gas through the analyzer by monitoring the electrical...
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4420008 |
Method for transporting viscous crude oils
Viscous crude oil is mixed with an oil diluent having a relatively low viscosity and the resulting mixture having a predetermined viscosity and flow rate is pumped in a pipeline to a point of use....
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4419898 |
Method and apparatus for determining the mass flow of a fluid
A method of determining the mass flow of a fluid comprising measuring a plurality of parameters comprising the pressure P, the temperature T and the density ρ of the fluid, determining the...
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4388691 |
Velocity pressure averaging system
A device which can determine either the velocity pressure or the velocity of a flowing gas or air stream and averages same over a predetermined period of time is disclosed. The device utilizes a...
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4377948 |
Differential gas pricing apparatus and method
A method and apparatus for reducing the peak loading requirements of a gas utility allow the use of a unit rate structure which depends upon the ambient outside temperature. The apparatus employs...
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4312218 |
Porometer and method for stomatal measurements
To measure stomatal resistance of a leaf, signals are obtained from: (1) a small thermocouple positioned adjacent to the leaf in a cuvette to measure temperature of the leaf without conducting...
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4295197 |
Infiltration-inflow sewer line analyzer
A method and means of determining inflow (undesired pipe drains to a sewer) and infiltration (sewer pipe leakage) into sewer lines by a coordinate measurement of pressure in sewer pipes at several...
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4173891 |
Method and apparatus for measuring gas flow
There is disclosed a gas flow measuring and calculating system including a transducer for measuring line or flow pressure of the gas flowing through a conduit, a transducer for measuring the line...
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4165633 |
System for measuring moisture content
A system for measuring moisture content in a porous material uses a microprocessor. The sample of material is placed on a load cell which provides an output to an analog-to-digital converter. The...
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RE29868 |
Fluid flow measuring system and method
A fluid flow level detector contacts a fluid surface in an open channel providing a fluid surface height signal related to a predetermined reference height level. The flow level detector...
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