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6898339 Multiple mode pre-loadable fiber optic pressure and temperature sensor  
A multiple mode pre-loadable fiber optic pressure and temperature sensor includes a generally cylindrical structure having at least one compression element, a fiber optic having a Bragg grating in...
6895826 Coriolis mass flowmeter  
The Coriolis mass flow meter of this invention comprises two parallel curved flow tubes 1 and 2, a drive unit 15, and a pair of vibration sensors 16 and 17. An inlet-side manifold 24 ...
6895825 Ultrasonic transducer assembly for monitoring a fluid flowing through a duct  
An ultrasonic transducer assembly for helping monitor a fluid flowing through a duct is disclosed herein. The assembly includes: (1) a piezoelectric transducer element having a first contact...
6895824 Apparatus for measuring the velocity and/or through-flow of a fluid  
A body for a flow meter for measuring the flow velocity and/or the volumetric through-flow of fluids. The flow meter body has a tubular center piece with connecting flanges for connection to a...
6895823 Device for measuring the flow rate and/or the flow throughput of a fluid  
A device for measuring the flow velocity and/or the throughput of a fluid by means of ultrasound, with at least one ultrasonic transducer ( 16, 18 ) arranged on the outside of a wall ( 14 ) of a...
6895812 Cup anemometer  
The present invention relates to a cup anemometer having at least two cups ( 1 ) each attached to an arm ( 2 ) of a hub ( 3 ) on a rotary shaft. By cup is meant a generally seen cup-shaped body...
6893152 Method and device for evaluating a fuel gas wobbe index  
A method for evaluating the Wobbe index of a fuel gas belonging to a family of gases. The method includes measuring mass flow rates the fuel gas and of a reference gas, which is not necessarily a...
6892586 Measuring and controlling the flow of flowable materials  
A method of determining an inlet flow rate (F inlet ) of a flowable material including passing an inlet stream of flowable material through a chamber ( 20 ) having an outlet aperture ( 100 );...
6892584 Fabricated pitot probe assembly  
A pitot pressure sensing probe assembly is made up of individual components comprising a barrel formed with a longitudinal interior passageway and a conical end cap at its leading end. A strut that...
6892571 Sensor for the measurement of flowspeeds and method for operating the same  
A sensor for measuring a flow speed of a fluid medium includes a housing with a carrier membrane disposed in the housing and being essentially in a form of a vane having a circumference and at...
6889564 Peak flow meter  
A peak flow meter for measuring a peak flow or air exhaled by a patient. The preferred peak flow meter includes a substantially hollow housing having a top portion, a bottom portion, an air inlet...
6889563 Position measuring device using change in inductance of coil, float-type flowmeter, and position measuring method  
A float-type flowmeter measures the rate of a fluid flowing upwardly through a tube based on the position of a float movably disposed in the tube and including a magnetic material. A coil is wound...
6889562 Flow rate measurement for industrial sensing applications using unsteady pressures  
Flow rate measurement system includes two measurement regions 14,16 located an average axial distance ΔX apart along the pipe 12 , the first measurement region 14 having two unsteady pressure...
6889561 Mass flowmeter and method for correcting the measurement signal of a mass flowmeter  
Disclosed is a method for correcting the measurement signal of a mass flowmeter for flowing media of the type which works on the Coriolis principle and has at least one straight measuring tube...
6889560 Noninvasive characterization of a flowing multiphase fluid using ultrasonic interferometry  
An apparatus for noninvasively monitoring the flow and/or the composition of a flowing liquid using ultrasound is described. The position of the resonance peaks for a fluid excited by a...
6889559 Flow metering  
A flow meter incorporating thermal loss sensors and an installation adapter to provide known flow conditions upstream of the meter. The installation adapter is in the form of a tubular extension...
6886414 Power generating meter  
Flow device for generating electrical power from fluid flow. The device comprises rotatable structure driven by the fluid, which in turn drives a magnetic field generator. A magnetic sensor...
6886413 Flow rate sensor  
A flow rate sensor includes a first body and a second body airtightly and detachably abutting each other. The first body and the second body respectively-include a passage defined therein. The two...
6886412 Ultrasonic-wave propagation-time measuring method and gas concentration sensor  
An ultrasonic-wave propagation-time measuring method and gas concentration sensor are disclosed in which a reception wave which has been transmitted and received by an ultrasonic element 5 is...
6883390 Instrument for measuring water-spray blast force  
A system measures dynamic force of an impacting spray of air and water. A pitot-tube section is aligned to receive a longitudinal flow of impacting air/water spray in a laterally extending orifice....
6883389 Flow averaging tube and method of using same  
A flow meter of the pitot type. The meter incorporates a series of apertures along a probe body for exposure to a fluid stream. The result is a number of datum which are averaged and correlated to...
6883388 Self-cleaning flow meter having adjacent inlet and outlet fluid flow passageways  
A flow meter having a float slideably mounted along a float rod centrally located within a flow meter body, the float assuming a height along the flow meter float rod representative of fluid...
6883387 Magnetic circuit arrangement for a transducer  
The magnetic circuit arrangement, which is preferably used in a fluid-measuring transducer, comprises at least one coil which is traversed in operation by a current. It further comprises two...
6883386 Ultrasonic flow rate measurement instrument  
It is an object to provide an ultrasonic flow amount measuring device in which a direction and position of a transducer can be accurately fixed, thereby improving workability such as a reduction in...
6881953 Method of tracing drains  
The claimed method of tracing drains starts with a comprehensive building survey in which all existing drains are numbered. A Master Blueprint and a Master Spreadsheet are created using information...
6881507 Method and apparatus for measuring the mass flow of hydrogen in a fuel cell  
The mass flow of hydrogen fuel in the anode loop of a hydrogen fuel cell is measured using a rotating flow meter. The flow meter includes a bladed rotor mounted for rotation within a tube disposed...
6880410 Transducer and method for measuring a fluid flowing in a pipe  
The transducer serves to generate a measurement signal corresponding to at least one physical parameter of a fluid flowing in a pipe. It comprises a flow tube of predeterminable lumen for...
6879166 Microwave measurement of phase equilibria  
A microwave resonator apparatus (35) includes a microwave resonant cavity (36) in fluid communication chamber (38) are dimensioned to ensure high attenuation of resonant electromagnetic fields...
6877387 Method for measuring displacement of a fluid in a conduit  
The invention concerns a method for measuring the displacement of a fluid in a conduit, by measuring the transit time of ultrasounds between two transducers ( 12, 13 ), in one direction and in the...
6877386 Insert for a measuring tube of an inductive flowmeter  
An insert for a measuring tube of an inductive flowmeter is disclosed, having a middle section and two end sections, in which at least one end section is of resilient construction and the middle...
6877375 System and technique for characterizing fluids using ultrasonic diffraction grating spectroscopy  
A system for determining a property of a fluid based on ultrasonic diffraction grating spectroscopy includes a diffraction grating on a solid in contact with the fluid. An interrogation device...
6877359 Liquid leak detection  
Liquid leaks from a vessel cause shorts between at least one elongate sensing wire and another conductor when the fluid absorbs into the porous sheath of the sensing wire. The other conductor may...
6874375 Piotless nozzle  
A method and device for obtaining an accurate flow rate measurement through a fluid flow system. A nozzle and gauge tapping combination is connected to a fluid flow system. Fluid enters the nozzle...
6874374 Flowmeter apparatus  
A flowmeter is described which has a retrievable housing conduit which is locatable within a conduit or pipe and which seals against the pipe so that fluid only flows through the housing conduit,...
6874373 Mass flowmeter having a connecting element and a reinforcing element  
A mass flowmeter that operates by the Coriolis principle and incorporates an enclosure, a Coriolis line and a connection that connects the mass flowmeter to a port of a pipeline system. The...
6874372 Device for measuring the flow rate of fluids  
The device comprises a tubular stator intended to be fixed in a pipe, so as to be traversed, in use, by said stream of fluid, and in which there is axially mounted a rotor which has a central hub...
6874371 Ultrasonic seepage meter  
An ultrasonic flow meter has been adapted for such measurements in the submarine environment. Connected to a collection funnel, the meter houses two piezoelectric transducers mounted at opposite...
6871666 Bi-directional dual chamber orifice fitting  
Methods and apparatus for a bi-directional dual chamber orifice fitting comprising a body with a chamber in fluid communication with a flow bore. The fitting also comprises an orifice supported by...
6871551 Apparatus for generating and conducting a fluid flow, and method of monitoring said apparatus  
The apparatus comprises a displacement pump with at least one flow vessel, with a pump drive, and with a support means for holding the flow vessel. Furthermore, the apparatus comprises a measuring...
6871535 Flow direction detector  
A flow direction detector is provided which includes a flow disruptor positioned in a fluid flow path to effect a detectable differential flow characteristic to such flow path based on fluid flow...
6869425 Temperature compensation system for regulating flow through tubing in a pump  
A peristaltic pump is provided with a housing, a pump head in the housing, and a receiving path defined along a housing and pump head for receiving tubing. Two spaced-apart temperature sensors are...
6868741 Device and method enabling fluid characteristic measurement utilizing fluid acceleration  
Devices and methods for enabling measurement of a selected fluid characteristic in fluid flowing through a conduit. The device includes a body connected in the conduit having an accelerator section...
6868740 Mass flow rate measuring device and process for measuring the pressure with a mass flow rate measuring device  
A mass flow rate measuring process measures the pressure on a mass flow rate measuring device. The mass flow rate measuring device works on the Coriolis principle and has a measuring line whereby a...
6868739 Method and apparatus to measure blood flow by an introduced volume change  
A method and apparatus for determining an initial flow rate in a conduit is disclosed. A known change is made to the flow to be measured, resulting changes (or values corresponding to these...
6865957 Adaptable fluid mass flow meter device  
A mass flow meter device utilizing a housing having a wall portion forming a chamber with an entrance and exit for passing fluid through the same. A body is located within the chamber and is...
6865956 Electromagnetic flowmeter  
When a plane (PLN) which includes electrodes ( 2 a , 2 b ) and is perpendicular to the direction of an axis (PAX) of a measuring pipe ( 1 ) is defined as a boundary in the measuring pipe ( 1 ), an...
6865935 System and method for steam turbine backpressure control using dynamic pressure sensors  
A system ( 10 ) controlling operation of a steam turbine (T). Sensors ( 12 ) measure dynamic pressure level variations in a stage (S 1 -Sn) of the turbine. A signal (Ps) from a sensor is converted...
6865495 Flow metering  
In order to reduce the influence of fluid velocity on a measurement of a concentration characteristic of a fluid, the magnitude of an r.m.s. signal V derived from a voltage induced in a sensor...
6862941 Heat flux measurement pipe and method for determining sprinkler water delivery requirement  
A device is provided for measuring heat flux from a test material exposed to a flame. The device includes of an elongate element defining a passageway for a fluid, a fluid flowing through the...
6860988 Fluid filtration system with fluid flow meter  
A water filtration system incorporating a fluid flow meter has a modular turbine casing assembly in which a turbine is located between upstream and downstream casing elements of identical shape and...