Tokyo Keiki UFL-30, Installation & Operation Manual

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 

 

  

cos sin V C
d
td
(2)
Conversely, the following formula can be written when the propagation time of an ultrasonic
pulse from P2 to P1 (in other words the reverse direction of the fluid) is defined as tu.
 

 

  

cos sin V C
d
tu
(3)
In these formulas d is the internal diameter of the pipe,
θ
is the angle between the
ultrasonic pulse advance and the flow direction, and
τ
is the fixed delay time (sum of time
required for the pulse to travel through the wedge, pipe wall, and lining and the electronic
delay time of the flowmeter).
Since the velocity of sound in water C is much larger than flow rate V, the following
assumption can be made: C
2
>V
2
cos
2
θ
Therefore, when the propagation time difference t = tu-td is calculated, the following
formula can be deduced from formulas (2) and (3).
 
2
cos sin 2
C
V d
td tu t
 
  
   
(4)
However, the velocity of sound C included in this formula will vary depending on the fluid
temperature and other factors. Therefore, with this ultrasonic flowmeter, the velocity of
sound C in water is cancelled out as shown below in order to eliminate its affect.
If the propagation time in still water is defined as to, formula (5) can be deduced from
formulas (2) and (3).


 


C
d td tu
to
sin
2
(5)
The following is then obtained by substituting formula (4) into the above formula.
 

 
sin
cos 2
2
d
V to
t
   
 
(6)
Finally, the following is obtained by solving for V in formula (6).
   
t
to
d
t
to
d
V
 
   
  
  

2 2
cos sin 2 cos 2
sin
    

(7)
Since the flow velocity V obtained by the ultrasonic flowmeter is an average velocity
through the diameter between the transducers, the actual average velocity
V
is different.
The ratio between these 2 velocities is expressed using flow volume correction coefficient k,
as shown below.