Open AccessUltrasonic multipath monitoring of turbulent gas flows: pulse signals correlation processing
Author(s) -
Irina Yu. Bychkova,
A. V. Bychkov,
Leonid A. Slavutskii,
Vladimir Grigoriev,
A. I. Kitaev
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/976/1/012005
Subject(s) - turbulence , multipath propagation , ultrasonic sensor , acoustics , interference (communication) , multipath interference , flow measurement , physics , computer science , telecommunications , mechanics , channel (broadcasting)
The article proposes digital phase modulation and correlation processing of pulsed ultrasonic signals for the turbulent gas flows monitoring. Estimates of errors in measuring the relative time delay of ultrasonic pulses during multipath propagation and their interference in the receiver were made. The data obtained from the experiment show that the relative pulse delay measured in a turbulent gas flow has a resolution exceeding tenths of the carrier frequency period. As an example the possibilities of turbulence’s quantitative control the air flow boundaries of a fan are shown. The perspectives to use the developed software and hardware in flow meters and other ultrasonic control and measuring devices are discussed.