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Main Title Field testing of prototype acoustic emission sewer flowmeter /
Author Foreman, K. M.,
CORP Author Grumman Aerospace Corp., Bethpage, NY. Research Dept.;Municipal Environmental Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH.
Publisher Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ; available through the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/2-79-084; RE-566; EPA-68-03-2525
Stock Number PB80-121544
OCLC Number 13598195
Subjects Flow meters ; Storm sewers
Additional Subjects Storm sewers ; Combined sewers ; Flowmeters ; Acoustic measurement ; Flow measurement ; Acoustic signatures ; Experimental design ; Sound level meters ; Field tests ; Comparison ; Flow rate ; Acceptability ;
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EHAM  TD170.93.R4 no. 79-084 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 04/29/2016
EJBD  EPA 600-2-79-084 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 01/16/2014
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-79-084 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 600-2-79-084 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 01/02/1998
ESAD  EPA 600-2-79-084 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB80-121544 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation ix, 69 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
This investigation concerns verifying the operating principles of the acoustic emission flowmeter (U.S. Patent 3,958,458) in the natural environment of three different storm sewer field sites in Nassau County, New York. The flowmeter is a novel, passive, nonintrusive method that uses the local sound resulting from the partial transformation of the flow energy at a channel or conduit discontinuity. Any change of sewer cross section or flow direction qualifies as a discontinuity. The result show that the flowmeter principles hold true in large storm sewers of 60 inch (1.5 m) diameter and for flow rates up to about 7500 gpm. A manhole appears to be suitable for sensor installation. The relation of sound signal intensity to flow rate at full scale sites appears amenable to small scale laboratory model simulation according to scaling laws.
Notes
Issued Aug. 1979. Includes bibliographical references (page 66). Prepared for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory by Grumman Aerospace Corporation, under Contract no. Contract Number: 68-03-2525.