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Conventional energy

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Weighing Gas with Sound and Microwaves

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a novel method to rapidly and accurately calibrate gas flow meters, such

Projects and Programs

Smoke Stack Flow Measurement

Ongoing
Presently used methods to measure CO 2 and other emissions from smoke stacks have errors of 20 % or more depending on the level of swirl in the flow. The

Publications

Non-nulling Protocols for Fast, Accurate, 3-D Velocity Measurements in Stacks

Author(s)
Iosif Isaakovich Shinder, Aaron Johnson, James Filla, Vladimir B. Khromchenko, Michael R. Moldover, Joey Boyd, John D. Wright, John R. Stoup
We present protocols for making fast, accurate, 3-D velocity measurements in the stacks of coal-fired power plants. The measurements are traceable to