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Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2019
Applicant:

Sensors, Inc., Saline, MI (US);

Inventors:

Carl D. Ensfield, Saline, MI (US);

David R. Booker, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

Sensors, Inc., Saline, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/38 (2006.01); G01F 1/72 (2006.01); F16L 55/04 (2006.01); G01F 1/704 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/38 (2013.01); F16L 55/04 (2013.01); G01F 1/704 (2013.01); G01F 1/72 (2013.01);
Abstract

An engine exhaust flow meter and method of measuring engine exhaust flow rate includes a flow tube and a differential pressure meter that is adapted to measure differential pressure in exhaust flow through the flow tube. A computer samples the differential pressure meter at a rate that is greater than the pulsation of exhaust flow to obtain a differential pressure signal. The computer is responsive to the differential pressure signal to compute a mean differential pressure value. The computer is responsive to the differential pressure signal to compute a mean magnitude of pressure pulses. The computer determines a compensation factor as a function of the mean magnitude of pressure pulses and adjusts the mean differential pressure value as a function of the compensation factor to obtain an engine exhaust flow value that is flow pulsation compensated.


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