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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Winsor Letton, Houston, TX (US);
Klaus J. Zanker, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Daniel Industries, Inc., Houton, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/902 ; G01N 2/918 ; G01N 2/926 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/902 ; G01N 2/918 ; G01N 2/926 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and related method for measuring the degree of stratified flow in a two-phase flow is disclosed. Alternate embodiments include a single transducer level detector and a multiple transducer level detector. Further, these level detectors may be either integrated into or used in conjunction with an ultrasonic flow meter, or may be used in conjunction with some other meter that determines speed of sound for the flowing gas.