The flow measuring system comprises a measuring transducer having a tube arrangement to convey a flowing fluid, an exciter arrangement for forced mechanical oscillations of the tube arrangement, and a sensor arrangement for registering mechanical oscillations of the tube arrangement. The measuring system further comprises a measuring and operating electronics electrically coupled with the exciter arrangement and the sensor arrangement. The measuring system has two driver circuits and two measurement transmitter circuits. The tube arrangement includes two flow dividers and four connected tubes adapted to be flowed through by the measured substance. The exciter arrangement includes two oscillation exciters, and the sensor arrangement includes four oscillation sensors. The first measurement transmitter circuit processes measurement signals from two oscillation sensors and outputs such to the second measurement transmitter circuit The second measurement transmitter circuit processes oscillation measurement signals of the other two oscillation sensors and ascertains total flow measured values.

A Coriolis mass flow sensor uses a multiple-loops form of sensing tube and combined it with a middle post. The resulted sensing tube has high swing stiffness and low twist stiffness and this increases the sensitivity of the sensor tremendously.

The present disclosure relates to a measuring transducer of a measurement device for registering a mass flow or a density of a medium The measuring transducer includes a measuring tube, at least one exciter adapted to excite the measuring tube to execute oscillations, and two sensors adapted to register deflection of oscillations of the measuring tube. The exciter and the sensors each have a coil device including a circuit board with a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The coil device of the sensors or exciter are/is secured using a holder apparatus adapted to clamp the circuit board, wherein the circuit board is mechanically contacted by the holder apparatus using at least one holder element, wherein the holder element has a second coefficient of thermal expansion, wherein the first coefficient of thermal expansion and the second coefficient of thermal expansion differ from one another by less than 3*10.sup.−6/Kelvin.

A meter electronics (20) for determining a damping of a meter assembly (10) of a flow meter (5) is provided. The meter electronics (20) includes an interface (201) for receiving a vibrational response from a meter assembly (10), the vibrational response comprising a response to an excitation of the meter assembly (10) at a substantially resonant frequency, and a processing system (203) in communication with the interface (201). The processing system (203) is configured to receive the vibrational response from the interface (201) and measure a plurality of response voltages (V) of the vibrational response, the plurality of response voltages (V) including at least one of one or more decay sections (430a, 530a-530f) and one or more rising sections (430b, 630a-630f). The processing system (203) is also configured to determine an aggregate damping-related value of the meter assembly (10) based on at least one of the one or more decay sections (430a, 530a-530f) and the one or more rising sections (430b, 630a-630f).

The invention relates to a method for operating a Coriolis measuring device where at least two sensors register measuring tube oscillations excited by at least one exciter. The sensors are arranged one after another along a measuring tube centerline, wherein a first sensor registers a first, inlet side, oscillation characteristic of the measuring tube oscillation, and a second sensor registers at least a second, outlet side, oscillation characteristic of the measuring tube oscillation. A local concentration fluctuation or incidence fluctuation of an additional component influences the measuring tube oscillation in a region of the local concentration fluctuation or incidence fluctuation. In a first method step shifting the local concentration fluctuation or incidence fluctuation is registered using at least two sensors. In a second method step a velocity of the second component is calculated based on the registered shifting of the local concentration fluctuation or incidence fluctuation.

A measuring system comprises: a measuring transducer; transmitter electronics; at least one measuring tube; and at least one oscillation exciter. The transmitter electronics delivers a driver signal for the at least one oscillation exciter, and for feeding electrical, excitation power into the at least one oscillation exciter. The driver signal, has a sinusoidal signal component which corresponds to an instantaneous eigenfrequency, and in which the at least one measuring tube can execute, or executes, eigenoscillations about a resting position. The eigenoscillations have an oscillation node and in the region of the wanted, oscillatory length exactly one oscillatory antinode. The driver signal has, a sinusoidal signal component with a signal frequency, which deviates from each instantaneous eigenfrequency of each natural mode of oscillation of the at least one measuring tube, in each case, by more than 1 Hz and/or by more than 1% of said eigenfrequency.

A method for temperature compensation of a test tone used in meter verification is provided. The method uses a drive amplifier to provide a drive signal to a drive circuit, wherein the drive circuit includes a drive mechanism in a meter assembly of a vibratory meter. The method measures a first maximum amplitude of the drive signal at a first temperature of the drive circuit, and measures a second maximum amplitude of the drive signal at a second temperature of the drive circuit. The method also determines a maximum amplitude-to-temperature relationship for the drive circuit based on the first maximum amplitude at the first temperature and the second maximum amplitude at the second temperature.

In a driver circuit having a signal generator, end stage and amplitude control, the signal outputs an analog signal to a signal input of the end stage, with an amplitude predetermined by an amplitude control value. A load output of the end stage is connected with a voltage measurement input of the amplitude control providing a load current having an electrical current level dependent on an electrical input signal applied on signal input and a load voltage having a voltage level dependent on the electrical current level of the load current. The amplitude control ascertains an amplitude deviation between actual and desired amplitude values for ascertaining an indicator value, which signals that a magnitude of a measurement voltage input is too high, if a threshold value has been exceeded and, if so, to ascertain an amplitude control value lessening further amplitude control values outputted to the amplitude control input.

A measuring device for measuring flow velocity includes a measuring tube, a measuring transducer for registering a measured variable and outputting a first measured value representing the measured variable, a temperature sensor, and an electronic measuring/operating circuit. The temperature sensor has a sensor element and electrically conductive leads. Each lead is connected with the sensor element and has a first section following on the connection location. The sensor element has a maximum periphery. The first section has a separation of less than 5% of a measuring tube radius from a measuring tube wall, wherein a length of each lead in the first section is at least 25% of the maximum periphery. The leads are guided in their first section at least in certain regions along the maximum periphery, and in their first section are in certain regions in thermal contact with the measuring tube.

A device for measuring the mass flow rate, including a flow pipe; a first set of actuators which are arranged in a first plane including a first transverse cross section of the pipe and perpendicular to the fluid flow path, these being configured to move selectively in the first plane; a control circuit configured to control a movement of the first and second actuators so that the cross-sectional area for flow through the pipe in the first plane remains constant; a measurement sensor measuring a force or a stress in a direction perpendicular to the flow path, in the vicinity of the actuators of the first set along the flow path; a computation device configured to calculate the mass flow rate passing through the flow pipe as a function of the force or stress measured by the sensor.