摘要 |
<p>A gas flow receiver has a non-symmetrical-flow-inducing diaphragm mounted in a flow tube and causes non-symmetrical flow in the flow tube with an accentuated higher pressure near an upstream orifice than would be sensed in a corresponding cross-section of the flow tube and an accentuated lower pressure near a downstream orifice. A gas flowmeter using thermoanemometer-type transducers receiving gas flow from the upstream orifice is made immune to vibration or acceleration by arranging a pair of the transducers parallel to one another with the gas flow passing serially through them, but in opposite directions. The transducer output is amplified by a noisy amplifier which injects a secondary signal prior to digital conversion using an ADC. The digital signal is averaged over a sampling period to obtain a sample having a level of precision greater than a minimum quantization value of the ADC.</p> |