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Ultrasonic flowmeters have potential for wide application in natural gas and hydrogen flow measurements in China. Accurate measurement is essential; thus, data fusion of acoustic paths is of importance. A data integration method for multi-path flowmeter measurement is introduced and investigated in this study. The novel data integration method is based on the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm. Computational fluid dynamics has been used to simulate the flows, and a laboratory scale system was established to obtain experimental measurements. The results of the simulations and experiments reveal that the method is able to reduce measurement error compared with four traditional integration methods in flow-rate measuring in a long straight pipe. Furthermore, both the simulation and experiment results validate the integration method for non-ideal flow conditions, such as flow downstream a single elbow or a 180° bend. The relative errors are within 1%, instead of more than 2%, which is typical for traditional methods.
Author(s): Tang XY, Xie X, Zhang HJ, Zhou HL
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: IET Science, Measurement & Technology
Year: 2015
Volume: 9
Issue: 8
Pages: 909-920
Print publication date: 01/11/2015
Acceptance date: 18/05/2015
ISSN (print): 1751-8822
ISSN (electronic): 1751-8830
Publisher: IET
URL: https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-smt.2015.0060
DOI: 10.1049/iet-smt.2015.0060
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