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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1997
Gary L. Randolph, Rochester, NY (US);
Donald F. Kaiser, Clarence Center, NY (US);
John Liebe, Medina, NY (US);
David W. Lyndaker, Middleport, NY (US);
Michael D. Steen, Lockport, NY (US);
Anthony J. Tavano, Niagara Falls, NY (US);
American Sigma, Inc., Medina, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for calculating fluid flow in a channel including a very low profile probe which detects fluid depth in the channel; a mechanism for measuring average fluid velocity in the channel; a mechanism for correcting the detected fluid depth based upon the measured average fluid velocity to account for drawdown; and a mechanism for calculating average flow rate based upon the average fluid velocity measurement and the corrected fluid depth value. The probe has a height to width ratio of less than 0.52.