• DocumentCode
    416812
  • Title

    Development of the thermal flow meter

  • Author

    Otakane, Kazuto ; Sakai, Katsuhito ; Seto, Minoru

  • Author_Institution
    Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd., Japan
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    4-6 Aug. 2003
  • Firstpage
    3080
  • Abstract
    We have developed a new gas meter called the thermal flow meter. The operating principle of this meter is heat transfer, but what makes it different from any other meter is the fact that it positions its thermal sensors near the inner walls of the pipe. This at first might seem to be a ridiculous way of measuring flow, but we will explain about how accurate flow measurement was accomplished, and also how, compared to gas meters now in use, we were able to make it much smaller, light weight, and even cheaper.
  • Keywords
    flow measurement; flowmeters; gas meter; heat transfer; thermal flow meter; thermal sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    SICE 2003 Annual Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Fukui, Japan
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8352-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1323877