This invention provides a portable flotation
aeration rate testing instrument and measurement method. The instrument includes a mechanical
package and instruments installed within the mechanical
package. The mechanical
package includes a
front cover, a middle cover, an inner cover, a rear cover, a battery cover, a variable
diameter guide
pipe, and an
exhaust pipe. The front and rear covers are closed, with the middle cover located between them. The inner cover is fixed to the middle cover, and the battery cover is located inside the middle cover. The instruments include a miniature thermal flow meter, an LCD screen, a switch, a
microcontroller, and a
lithium battery power supply. The miniature thermal flow meter is fixed inside the middle cover with bolts, the LCD screen is fixed to the inner cover with
adhesive, the switch is fixed to the inner cover, the
microcontroller is fixed to the middle cover, and the
lithium battery power supply is located inside the middle cover. This invention reduces testing steps and equipment weight during measurement, eliminates experimental errors caused by
visual observation of liquid level changes and manual timing, avoids installing too many instruments, and saves costs.