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- Patent Title: Ultrasonic multiphase flowmeter, ultrasonic multiphase flow rate measurement program, and multiphase flow rate measurement method using ultrasonic wave
- Patent Title (中): 超声波多相流量计,超声波多相流量测量程序以及使用超声波的多相流量测量方法
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Application No.: US12734648Application Date: 2008-11-12
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Publication No.: US08401805B2Publication Date: 2013-03-19
- Inventor: Yasushi Takeda , Yuichi Murai , Yuji Tasaka
- Applicant: Yasushi Takeda , Yuichi Murai , Yuji Tasaka
- Applicant Address: JP Hokkaido
- Assignee: National University Corporation Hokkaido University
- Current Assignee: National University Corporation Hokkaido University
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hokkaido
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Priority: JP2007-297358 20071115
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/070574 WO 20081112
- International Announcement: WO2009/063896 WO 20090522
- Main IPC: G01F1/00
- IPC: G01F1/00 ; G01F1/50

Abstract:
An ultrasonic multiphase flowmeter, a flow rate measurement program and a multiphase flow rate measurement method using an ultrasonic wave that can measure the flow rate of a multiphase flow by detecting the position of an interface between phases by an operation processing of at least one of data on reflected ultrasonic wave and data on a flow velocity distribution are provided. The ultrasonic multiphase flowmeter functions to transmit/receive ultrasonic waves, calculate flow velocity distributions, determine interface positions, and calculate flow rates.
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