Today'samostpopulartechnologyofflowmeasurementisbasedonultrasound. Anultrasonicflowmeterisacomplexdevicesthat,foritsdevelopment,involves differentdisciplinaryfieldssuchastheelectronics,themechanics,theacoustics andthematerialscience.Forthispurpose,ithasbeendevelopedbothasimulator ofanultrasonicflowmeterandanultrasonicflowmeterinordertovalidatethe simulator.Thesimulationtakeintoaccountofthetransducerproperty,ofthefluid dynamicsandoftheacousticpropagationinsidethemeasurementconductofflow meter.Inthiswork,theresultsofthesimulationsusedtodescribetheperformance ofanultrasonicflowmeterforliquidispresented.Furthermorethevalidationof theadoptedmodelshasbeenperformedcomparingthesimulationresultswiththe collecteddata.
Simulation of an Ultrasonic Flow Meter for Liquids
Lo Castro Fabio;Iarossi Sergio
2015
Abstract
Today'samostpopulartechnologyofflowmeasurementisbasedonultrasound. Anultrasonicflowmeterisacomplexdevicesthat,foritsdevelopment,involves differentdisciplinaryfieldssuchastheelectronics,themechanics,theacoustics andthematerialscience.Forthispurpose,ithasbeendevelopedbothasimulator ofanultrasonicflowmeterandanultrasonicflowmeterinordertovalidatethe simulator.Thesimulationtakeintoaccountofthetransducerproperty,ofthefluid dynamicsandoftheacousticpropagationinsidethemeasurementconductofflow meter.Inthiswork,theresultsofthesimulationsusedtodescribetheperformance ofanultrasonicflowmeterforliquidispresented.Furthermorethevalidationof theadoptedmodelshasbeenperformedcomparingthesimulationresultswiththe collecteddata.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
