Determination of Fluid Flow in a Pipeline Based on Solving the Inverse Problem of Heat Transfer

• Published in: Measurement techniques Vol. 59; no. 7; pp. 728 - 733
• Main Authors: Kudinov, I. V., Eremin, A. V., Branfileva, A. N., Kolesnikov, S. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01-10-2016; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analytical Chemistry; Boundary conditions; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Computational fluid dynamics; Design and construction; Exact solutions; Flow control; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; Fluids; Heat conductivity; Heat transfer; Insulation; Inverse problems; Kinematics; Mathematical analysis; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Measurement techniques; Mechanical Measurements; Physical Chemistry; Physical properties; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Pipe lines; Pipelines; Reynolds number; Steel pipes; Studies; Temperature; Viscosity; United States > US
• ISSN: 0543-1972; 1573-8906
• DOI: 10.1007/s11018-016-1037-7

We present a method of indirect measurement of fluid flow in a pipeline by solving the inverse problem of heat transfer using an exact analytic solution of the quasi-stationary boundary value problem of heat transfer and experimental data on the temperature of the fluid at discrete points along the pipe. The theoretical results are tested in an experimental installation and by a numerical calculation of the temperature using the finite element method.