A system, method, and computer program product for identifying an incorrectly sized utility meter having a measuring system for fluid passing through the utility meter, including monitoring a plurality of utility meters, each utility meter being installed at a utility location, receiving utility meter data, transmitted by at least one utility meter of the plurality of utility meters to a central computer including at least one processor, wherein the utility meter data comprises a measurement of a volumetric amount of fluid passing through the utility meter or other utility meter data for deriving the volumetric amount of fluid passing through the utility meter, identifying the incorrectly sized utility meter by detecting whether a flow rate associated with the volumetric amount of fluid passed through the utility meter is outside of a flow rate range; and providing an interactive interface to report/receive a status associated with the incorrectly sized utility meter.

Described are an apparatus, computer program product, and associated methods for shaped waveform acoustic interrogation of substances and materials to determine one or more properties of the materials or substances. In some embodiments, a shaped waveform is formed by summing two or more different waveforms and an acoustic wave is generated according to the shaped waveform. The acoustic wave is transmitted by one or more transmitting transducers through the substance or material and received by one or more receiving transducers. The shaped waveform acoustic wave can have a duration or a period that is less than about 20 μs and can comprise predetermined frequency content. Characteristics of the shaped waveform acoustic wave, as received at the receiving transducer(s), including characteristics such as amplitude, frequency, time of flight, etc., can be associated with said one or more properties of the substance or material to provide for real-time monitoring of these properties.

Apparatus and method are provided wherein by measuring both the electrical permittivity and the electrical conductivity of the measured multiphase fluid, the resultant amplitude and phase angle of the induced complex voltage can be analysed. The phase angle data can be analysed to provide information on the electrically conductive phase, and that information can be employed to analyse the amplitude data, in particular to use the information on the electrically conductive phase to determine the contribution to the amplitude data by the electrically non-conductive phase. This analytical technique enables the electrical permittivity of the electrically non-conductive phase to be accurately determined. By determining the degree of contribution to the complex voltage measurement by both the permittivity and the conductivity, enhanced measurement accuracy of a multiphase fluid can be achieved.

The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a flow measuring point for media having at least one liquid phase, the flow measuring point including: a Coriolis measuring device for measuring the mass flow rate and the density of a medium flowing through a pipeline; and a pressure-difference measuring apparatus for sensing the pressure difference between a flow region arranged upstream of the Coriolis measuring device and a flow region arranged downstream of the Coriolis measuring device, wherein a flow measurement based on measured values of the pressure difference is corrected by means of measured values acquired using the Coriolis measuring device.

The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a flow measuring point for media having at least one liquid phase, the flow measuring point including: a Coriolis measuring device for measuring the mass flow rate and the density of a medium flowing through a pipeline; and a pressure-difference measuring apparatus for sensing the pressure difference between a flow region arranged upstream of the Coriolis measuring device and a flow region arranged downstream of the Coriolis measuring device, wherein a flow measurement based on measured values of the pressure difference is corrected by means of measured values acquired using the Coriolis measuring device.

The present disclosure relates to a method for measuring the flow of a liquid medium having variable gas content, on the basis of a differential pressure measurement by means of a differential pressure-generating primary element, through which the medium flows, which method comprises: ascertaining a differential pressure measurement value between two measuring points of the differential pressure-generating primary element; ascertaining a flow regime; ascertaining a flow rate measurement value as a function of the differential pressure measurement value and the flow regime, wherein the flow rate measurement value is ascertained by ascertaining a provisional flow rate measurement value on the basis of the differential pressure measurement value under the assumption of a first flow regime, which provisional flow rate measurement value is corrected if a second flow regime different from the first flow regime is detected.

A method for characterizing the gas load of a medium, which comprises a liquid loaded with gas, using a measurement sensor that guides the medium in at least one vibrating measurement tube, includes: determining a speed of sound value and a resonator density value of the medium based on natural frequencies of at least two different vibration modes of the measurement tube; determining a measured pressure value for the medium guided in the measurement tube; determining a gas volume content of suspended bubbles in the medium based on the resonator density value, the speed of sound value and the measured pressure value; and determining a value for the gas volume content of free bubbles based on the resonator density value of the medium and the gas volume content of suspended bubbles.

In one embodiment, an electronic system comprises a display device to display data and processing logic coupled to the display device. The processing logic is configured to determine a duty cycle of at least one sensor for sensing flow of a product or particle through a product or particle line of an agricultural implement and to determine an amount of product or particles flowing through a line of the agricultural implement based on the duty cycle of the at least one sensor.

A system for detecting characteristics of a fluid includes a sonic sensor. The sonic sensor includes a transducer, a transduction surface, and an acoustically reflective pad member. The transducer may be contained within a probe body, and the transduction surface may be an element of the probe body. A stem may connect the pad member to the transduction surface. The transducer will generate pulses that are transmitted to the pad member via a fluid when the transduction surface and pad member are immersed in the fluid. The system will detect the pulses when reflected and use that data to determine a speed of sound within the fluid. The system may use the speed of sound to determine density, specific gravity and/or stiffness of the fluid. The system may use that determination to assess a level of processing activity of the fluid, such as fermentation activity.

A system for detecting characteristics of a fluid includes a sonic sensor. The sonic sensor includes a transducer, a transduction surface, and an acoustically reflective pad member. The transducer may be contained within a probe body, and the transduction surface may be an element of the probe body. A stem may connect the pad member to the transduction surface. The transducer will generate pulses that are transmitted to the pad member via a fluid when the transduction surface and pad member are immersed in the fluid. The system will detect the pulses when reflected and use that data to determine a speed of sound within the fluid. The system may use the speed of sound to determine density, specific gravity and/or stiffness of the fluid. The system may use that determination to assess a level of processing activity of the fluid, such as fermentation activity.

An electromagnetic sensor for use in an apparatus for measuring electromagnetic properties of a fluid and/or a solid, the sensor comprising a substrate in the form of a plate, a plurality of first sensor elements on the substrate, the first sensor elements forming a first array of the first sensor elements on the substrate, a plurality of second sensor elements on the substrate, the second sensor elements forming a second array on the substrate, wherein the first and second arrays are regular arrays and are mutually aligned geometrically, a plurality of electrical connectors on the substrate, and a plurality of electrical terminals on the substrate, the electrical connectors electrically connecting the first and second sensor elements to electrical terminals, wherein the first sensor elements each comprise a first type of sensor selected from an inductive sensor, a capacitive sensor and a magnetic sensor and the second sensor elements each comprise a second type of sensor selected from an inductive sensor, a capacitive sensor and a magnetic sensor, wherein the first type of sensor and the second type of sensor are different.