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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018

Filed:

May. 20, 2015
Applicant:

Cidra Corporate Services Inc., Wallingford, CT (US);

Inventors:

Daniel L. Gysling, Glastonbury, CT (US);

Douglas H. Loose, Southington, CT (US);

Assignee:

CIDRA CORPORATE SERVICES, INC., Wallingford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/74 (2006.01); G01F 1/34 (2006.01); G01F 1/66 (2006.01); G01F 1/708 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/74 (2013.01); G01F 1/34 (2013.01); G01F 1/666 (2013.01); G01F 1/7082 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for determining one or more fluid flow parameters for a fluid flowing within a pipe is provided. The fluid is a mixture of solid particles and gas. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a meter operable to determine the velocity of the fluid flow through the pipe, which meter is substantially insensitive to the particulate/gas mass ratio of the fluid flow; b) determining the velocity of the fluid flow within the pipe using the meter; and c) determining a particulate/gas mass ratio using a density value for the gas within the flow and the determined fluid flow velocity.


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