JUSTIFICATION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING AN INTEGRATED ULTRASONIC MEASURING TRANSDUCER OF NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION

The paper establishes the feasibility of constructing an integrated ultrasonic measuring transducer for measuring natural gas consumption. Various schemes for combining ultrasonic transducers with flow conditioning devices, along with several natural gas parameter measuring transducers, were analyzed. The design of an integrated ultrasonic meter that eliminates the need for a standard straight pipeline section and external jet straightener was explored. Simulations of 4-beam ultrasonic meters with known local resistances and the integrated ultrasonic meter were conducted using SolidWorks. The comparative analysis revealed the advantages of the proposed integrated ultrasonic meter.