This project designed an experimental setup for measuring mass-flow rates as small as 10?? kg/s using the pressure-decay method. The flow system is designed to deliver nitrogen through a series of filters to a cylinder, which is then isolated and exhausted in a manner that allows pressure measurements. The pressure-decay method and uncertainty analysis were derived and implemented in a computer code. The flow system was integrated and tested using a real-time data acquisition program implemented in LabVIEW.

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Creator

• Heller, Jason C.
• Padden, Timothy J.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 06D015M

Advisor

• Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.

Year

• 2006

Date created

• 2006-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Aerospace Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright