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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2010
Ralph A. Dalla Betta, Saratoga, CA (US);
Daniel R. Kurz, Salinas, CA (US);
Bruce B. Burton, Royal Oaks, CA (US);
Ricardo Martinez, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jerome L. Kurz, Carmel Valley, CA (US);
Ralph A. Dalla Betta, Saratoga, CA (US);
Daniel R. Kurz, Salinas, CA (US);
Bruce B. Burton, Royal Oaks, CA (US);
Ricardo Martinez, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Jerome L. Kurz, Carmel Valley, CA (US);
Los Robles Advertising, Inc., Monterey, CA (US);
Abstract
A flow body flow meter includes a flow body and a sensor having one or more probes in the flow body. As a wet gas stream enters the flow body, an internal passage imparts angular momentum to the stream to induce a rotating flow. The wet gas stream at least intermittently carries liquid phase particles and the inertia of the denser liquid phase particles separates them from the rotating flow. The probes of the sensor are located in a part of the rotating flow that is free of any liquid phase particles. The internal passage may include an axial swirler and a cylindrical section downstream from the axial swirler. The axial swirler imparts the nonlinear motion to the stream, and tips of the probes are located near a center axis of the cylindrical section so they are free of any liquid phase particles.