A system for measuring concentration of water vapor in a gas includes a pressure sensor configured to sense a static pressure of the gas and a differential pressure sensor configured to sense a differential pressure. A temperature sensor senses a temperature of the gas. Circuitry estimates determines a concentration of water vapor in the gas based upon the measured pressures and temperature.

A measuring device for measuring flow and/or composition of a measured medium in a pipe or tube by registering an ultrasonic measurement signal includes a measurement transmitter and a connection adapter for mechanical securement of the measurement transmitter on the pipe or tube, in which the connection adapter has a longitudinal axis and the measuring device includes a measuring transducer element and at least one metal hose, wherein at least one signal transmission cable is arranged in the metal hose for signal transmission between the measurement transmitter and a sensor element, and wherein the metal hose mechanically connects the measuring transducer element with the connection adapter.

A fluid flow sensing and bubble detecting apparatus includes a housing comprising a channel configured to receive a tube through which fluid flows; a sensor apparatus disposed within the housing, which includes a first sensor operable to measure flow rate of fluid and to detect bubbles in flowing fluid; and a temperature sensor operable to detect temperature of the flowing fluid; and a processor connected to receive fluid flow rate data obtained by the first sensor, to receive bubble detection data obtained by the first sensor, and to receive fluid temperature data obtained by the temperature sensor, wherein when a tube through which fluid flows is disposed in the channel of the housing, the first sensor measures the flow rate of the flowing fluid and detects bubbles therein, and the temperature sensor measures the temperature of the flowing fluid, and the processor calculates in a short period of time a fluid flow rate corrected for temperature. All sensors are non-invasive and have no direct contact to the fluid in the tube, which might be blood. In accordance with additional embodiments, the fluid flow rate is additionally corrected for hemoglobin or hematocrit, and the effect of oxygen saturation on the hemoglobin or hematocrit data.

A sensor for detecting at least one property of a fluid medium is provided. The sensor includes at least one sensor element as well as at least one circuit substrate including at least one control and evaluation circuit. The circuit substrate (112) has at least one projection. At least one temperature sensor is fixed in place on the projection.

A physical quantity measurement device measures a physical quantity of a fluid. A detection unit has a physical quantity detector that detects a physical quantity of the fluid in a measurement flow channel. A housing accommodates at least a part of the detection unit and forms the measurement flow channel. The housing includes a housing attachment that is attached to a predetermined attaching target, and a position holder holding a position of the detection unit by contacting the detection unit. The housing includes an inward part positioned inward of the attaching target and an outward part positioned outward of the attaching target. The position holder is provided inward of the housing attachment in an alignment direction along which the inward part and the outward part are aligned.

An air flow meter includes an inward part that is positioned inward of an intake pipe and an outward part that is positioned not inward but outward of the intake pipe. The air flow meter further includes a first detector provided in the inward part, and a second detector provided at a position closer to the outward part than the first detector.

An apparatus for measuring air flow in a duct includes a sensor fittable into connection with the duct. The sensor includes an ultrasound transmitter, at least two ultrasound receivers, and a control unit to which the ultrasound transmitter and ultrasound receivers are connectable. The apparatus further includes means for measuring temperature. In a method, with the apparatus, the temperature of the air and/or of a sensor in a duct is measured with means for measuring temperature. A sensor calibration measurement at the temperature in question is performed with the apparatus if a calibration of the sensor at the measured temperature and/or within a certain predefined temperature range has not been performed earlier from the environs of the measured temperature, and temperature compensation data for the measurement result of air flow, the data being formed on the basis of calibration measurement, is determined and/or recorded in memory with the apparatus.

The invention relates to a measuring system comprising a measuring and operation electronic unit (ME) and a transducer device electrically coupled thereto. The transducer device (MW) has at least one tube, through which fluid flows during operation and which is caused to vibrate meanwhile, a vibration exciter (41), two vibration sensors (51, 52), on the inlet and outlet sides, respectively, for generating vibration signals (s1, s2), and two temperature sensors (71, 72), on the inlet and outlet sides, respectively, for generating temperature measurement signals (81, 82), said temperature sensors being coupled to a wall of the tube in a thermally conductive manner. The measuring and operation electronic unit (ME) is electrically connected to each of the vibration sensors (51, 52) and to each of the temperature sensors (71, 72) and also to the at least one vibration exciter (41). The measuring and operation electronic unit (ME) is designed to feed electrical power into the at least one vibration exciter (41) in order to effect mechanical vibrations of the tube (11) by means an electrical excitation signal (e1). Furthermore, the measuring and operation electronic unit (ME) is designed to generate a mass flow sequence (X.sub.m), namely a series of temporally successive mass flow measurement values (x.sub.m,i) representing the instantaneous mass flow rate (m) of the fluid, by means of each of the vibration signals (s1, s2) and each of the temperature measurement signals (1, 2) in such a way that, at least for a reference mass flow rate (m.sub.ref), namely a specified mass flow rate of a reference fluid flowing through the transducer device, the mass flow measurement values (x.sub.m,i.fwdarw.x.sub.m,ref) are independent of the temperature difference ().

An Electronic Volume Corrector (EVC) for measuring a flow of a gas in a gas line includes a plurality of EVC sensor interface units for collecting a plurality of sensed sensor parameters including uncorrected gas volume data (UGVD) from a gas meter, a gas pressure from a gas pressure sensor and gas temperature from a gas temperature sensor. An EVC processing unit is communicably connected to the EVC sensor interface units for performing volume correction for generating corrected GVD (CGVD) from the UGVD received from each of the EVC sensor interface units, data logging, and networking functions. The EVC sensor interface units and the EVC processing unit are configured independent including being physically separate from one another.

A communication system includes a flow measuring device and a control device. The flow measuring device includes a flow sensor that generates a flow rate signal which is a signal in accordance with a flow rate of intake air drawn into an internal-combustion engine. The flow measuring device transmits the flow rate signal. The control device receives the flow rate signal and performs at least one of injection control of fuel to be supplied to the engine and ignition control at each cylinder of the engine based on the received flow rate signal. The flow measuring device includes a measurement-side transmitting part that transmits various signals by wireless communication, and transmits the flow rate signal by the measurement-side transmitting part. The control device includes a control-side receiving part that receives the various signals by the wireless communication, and receives the flow rate signal by the control-side receiving part.