Patent ID: 9618371
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G01F

Claim:
1. An ultrasonic flowmeter comprising: a first ultrasonic transceiver configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves and is fitted to a pipe through which a fluid flows inside; a second ultrasonic transceiver configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves and is fitted to the pipe downstream from the first ultrasonic transceiver; and a main unit configured to measure the velocity of the fluid; wherein the first ultrasonic transceiver and the second ultrasonic transceiver are arranged to sandwich the fluid, and the main unit calculates components parallel to the pipe regarding the velocity of the fluid on the basis of the a propagation time difference, which is the difference in time between the time that ultrasonic waves transmitted from the second ultrasonic transceiver and the time that ultrasonic waves transmitted from the first ultrasonic transceiver propagate through a first fluid propagation path traversing inside the pipe in the radial direction for a 2n−1 number of times (n is a positive integer), and a second propagation time difference, which is the difference in time between the time that ultrasonic waves transmitted from the second ultrasonic transceiver and the time that ultrasonic waves transmitted from the first ultrasonic transceiver propagate through a second fluid propagation path traversing inside the pipe in the radial direction for a 2m−1 number of times (m is a positive integer other than n).