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An ultrasonic flowmeter for liquid flow measurement in small pipes using AlN piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer arrays

Zhu et al., 2020

Document ID
12423104862293716668
Author
Zhu K
Chen X
Qu M
Yang D
Hu L
Xu J
Xie J
Publication year
Publication venue
Journal of micromechanics and microengineering

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This paper firstly proposes an ultrasonic liquid flowmeter based on AlN piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer arrays. By detecting the transit time of ultrasonic wave, the flowmeter can measure liquid flow in small pipes (8 mm), which is difficult for traditional …
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    • G01F1/66—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through the meter in a continuous flow by measuring frequency, phaseshift, or propagation time of electro-magnetic or other waves, e.g. ultrasonic flowmeters
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    • G01F1/32—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through the meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects by detection of dynamic effects of the fluid flow by swirl flowmeter, e.g. using Karmann vortices
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    • G01F1/3254—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through the meter in a continuous flow by using mechanical effects by detection of dynamic effects of the fluid flow by swirl flowmeter, e.g. using Karmann vortices detection means for swirl flowmeters for detecting fluid pressure oscillations
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