The invention provides a non-contact
optical fiber device and method for measuring flows. The device comprises a sensing
fiber mounted in a pipeline. One end of the sensing
fiber is connected with a
grating, an
optical fiber, a
circulator and a
light source sequentially, and the other end is connected with the
grating, an interferometer and the
circulator. The method includes connecting the
grating to two sides of the sensing
fiber to form a sensing unit, allowing light emitted from the
light source to enter the sensing unit from the front end, converting monitoring
vibration acceleration into monitoring optical phase by the grating interferometric technique, performing
demodulation processing on phase information by the phase carrier technique PGC (programmed
gain control), and realizing non-contact flow monitoring. The device is free of contacting with fluid, interfering with the flow field and electrical measurement, safe and reliable, high in adaptability, and free of being interfered by
electromagnet; continuous remote measurement is realized, influences by light fluctuation and temperature changes are eliminated,
throttle pressure loss rarely occurs, energy is saved, flows of corrosive fluids can be measured, multi-point measurement can be realized, and the device can be applied in measurement processes with various flows.