Use of a SAW device for measuring flow rate of liquids

Author

Joshi, S.G. ; Jin, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

4-7 Dec 1990

Firstpage

319

Abstract

A delay-line stabilized SAW oscillator heated to a suitable temperature above ambient is placed in the path of the flowing fluid. To prevent attenuation of the surface wave, the flow cell through which liquid flows is designed such that there is no direct contact between the liquid and the propagating surface wave. Convective cooling caused by fluid flow results in a change in the oscillator frequency. The frequency of a 68-MHz oscillator operated at 9°C above ambient is found to vary by more than 40 kHz for variation in water flow rate from 0 to 0.8 ml/min. Attractive features of this device include the ability to measure very low flow rates (less than 0.1 μl/min) and direct digital output

Keywords

crystal resonators; detectors; flow measurement; surface acoustic wave devices; ultrasonic applications; ultrasonic delay lines; ultrasonic measurement; 68 MHz; SAW device; delay-line stabilized SAW oscillator; direct digital output; liquid flow rate measurement; oscillator frequency; water; Attenuation; Delay; Fluid flow; Fluid flow measurement; Frequency; Oscillators; Surface acoustic wave devices; Surface acoustic waves; Surface waves; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrasonics Symposium, 1990. Proceedings., IEEE 1990

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.1990.171377

Filename

171377