Patent ID: 11940363
Assignee: KUWAIT UNIVERSITY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A flow characteristics measurement and enhancement apparatus comprising:
means for providing a sample material for measurement of flow characteristics;
means for passing the sample material through a flow restriction passage;
means for controllably moving movable restriction means extendable into the flow restriction passage;
means for measuring flow or flow resistance through the flow restriction passage with the movable restriction means extended and not extended into the flow restriction passage;
the means for providing a sample material for measurement of flow characteristics comprising using a pump to provide flow from a flow supply source through the flow restriction passage; and
means for measuring power used to power the pump sufficiently to maintain a predetermined flow through the flow restriction passage, and thereby provide a comparison between the power required to maintain the predetermined flow with the movable restriction means extended into the flow restriction passage and the power required to maintain the predetermined flow with the movable restriction means not extended into the flow restriction passage.