Patent ID: 9109929
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G01F

Abstract:
1. A fluid flow measurement system, comprising: a fluid flow conditioning conduit configured to couple to a fluid flow control gate, said fluid flow conditioning conduit having a length disposed between a conduit first end and a conduit second end, said fluid flow conditioning conduit having a conduit internal surface defining a conduit fluid flow path between said conduit first end and said conduit second end; a ramp element coupled to said conduit internal surface, said ramp element having an angled ramp surface commencing proximate a bottom of said fluid flow conditioning conduit proximate said conduit first end and which angles toward a central longitudinal axis of said fluid flow conditioning conduit; and a fluid flow meter disposed in relation to said fluid flow conditioning conduit, said fluid flow meter capable of sensing a velocity of said fluid flow in said fluid flow path of said fluid flow conditioning conduit.