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Improving interference immunity of ultrasonic gas flowmeters with clamp-on probes

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The possibility of detecting a weak desired signal passed through gas among signals propagating in the pipe wall when sounding the flow with clamp-on probes is demonstrated. The possibility of applying this method to measurement of gas flow rate in large-size pipelines is also shown.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

    A. D. Mansfeld & G. P. Volkov

  2. ZAO Binar, Sarov, Russia

    V. A. Agureev, S. V. Trusillo, V. M. Karyuk & D. V. Moroskin

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Original Russian Text © A.D. Mansfeld, G.P. Volkov, V.A. Agureev, S.V. Trusillo, V.M. Karyuk, D.V. Moroskin, 2011, published in Datchiki i Sistemy, 2011, No. 2, pp. 28–32.

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Mansfeld, A.D., Volkov, G.P., Agureev, V.A. et al. Improving interference immunity of ultrasonic gas flowmeters with clamp-on probes. Autom Remote Control 74, 301–307 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0005117913020136

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