AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING A CORIOLIS METER

WIPO Patent Application WO2005010470

A3

A flow measuring system is provided that provides at least one of a compensated mass flow rate measurement and a compensated density measurement. The flow measuring system includes a gas volume fraction meter in combination with a coriolis meter. The GVF meter measures acoustic pressures propagating through the fluids to measure the speed of sound alphamix propagating through the fluid to calculate at least gas volume fraction of the fluid and/or the reduced natural frequency. For determining an improved density for the coriolis meter, the calculated gas volume fraction and/or reduced frequency is provided to a processing unit. The improved density is determined using analytically derived or empirically derived density calibration models (or formulas derived therefore), which is a function of the measured natural frequency and at least one of the determined GVF, reduced frequency and speed of sound, or any combination thereof. The gas volume fraction (GVF) meter may include a sensing device having a plurality of strain-­based or pressure sensors spaced axially along the pipe for measuring the acoustic pressures propagating through the flow.

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GYSLING DANIEL L
CURRY PATRICK
LOOSE DOUGLAS H
BANACH THOMAS E

PCT/US2004/023068

May 12, 2005

July 15, 2004

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CIDRA CORP (US)

G01F1/74; G01F1/84; G01N9/00; (IPC1-7): G01F1/84; G01F1/74; G01F15/02; G01N9/00

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