Feasibility study of ultrasonic/sonic flowmeters for coal slurries

An analysis of sonic techniques for flow measurement in coal slurries shows that operation of a transmission type flowmeter is feasible for a range of one meter at a frequency range of 32.5 kHz to 400 kHz and a range of ten centimeters at a frequency range of 325 kHz to 1 MHz using the sonar equation as the measure of performance. Slurries with moderate concentrations of 10 to 30 percent solids by volume and particle size of 100 microns are assumed. Based on this assumption, the attenuation constant, the transmission loss, the directional gain, the source level and the processing gain for the transmission type flowmeter are determined.