Computer model of acoustic link in a pipe with a flowing gas medium. Part II: Accuracy improvement ot medium flow velocity determination

While constructing medium flow velocity meters with the use of the ultrasonic method, it is assumed, that the deviation of the ultrasonic beam caused by medium flow, is insignificant. The assumption seems to be correct, because the average flow velocity is usually much smaller than the ultrasonic wave velocity in a medium. Basing on the assumption, we can use a known expression, which makes it possible to calculate an average medium flow velocity through run-time measurement from the transmitter to the receiver and in an opposite direction. In the paper, it is shown, that the average flow velocity determined in this way, using the computer model of acoustic link in a pipe with a flowing gas medium, is measured with a significant error. This error depends on the flow pipe diameter, the transducer diameters and the means of placing the transducers in the pipe. Properly modifying the expression for ultrasonic run-time through flowing gas medium and taking into account the means of transducer placing in the pipe, we can eliminate the error related to the measurement geometry and we can find an optimum ultrasonic wave propagation angle.