The present disclosure relates to a mass flow meter according to the Coriolis principle, comprising two measuring tube pairs which have different usage mode natural frequencies, an exciter for exciting flexural vibrations and a vibration sensor pair for detecting flexural vibrations; and comprising a circuit for driving the exciters and for detecting signals of the vibration sensors, for determining flow-dependent phase differences between the signals of the inlet-side and outlet-side vibration sensors and for determining mass flow measurement values based on the flow-dependent phase differences, wherein the circuit is configured to perform, when determining the mass flow measurement values based on the flow-dependent phase differences, a zero-point correction for the first measuring tube pair and/or the second measuring tube pair using signal amplitude ratios of the measuring tube pairs.

A method for operating a measuring device with a measuring sensor having an oscillator, the oscillator having a vibratory measuring tube for guiding a medium, comprises: Determining a current value of a resonance frequency for a vibration mode of the oscillator; exciting a vibration out of resonance with an excitation frequency that differs from the current value of the resonance frequency; and determining the amplitude of a sensor signal that represents the vibration out of resonance. The amplitude of the sensor signal of the vibration out of resonance, a sensor signal of a vibration sensor of the oscillator, is determined by a low-pass filter the time constant of which is not less than 1000 period lengths of the vibration out of resonance. Also disclosed is a measuring device for carrying out said method.

In accordance with example embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for determining parameters for, and application of, models that correct for the effects of fluid inhomogeneity and compressibility on the ability of Coriolis meters to accurately measure the mass flow and/or density of a process fluid on a continuous basis is disclosed. Example embodiments mitigate the effect of multiphase fluid conditions on a Coriolis meter.

This application discloses a wet gas flow rate metering method and device thereof. The Coriolis mass flowmeter measures a total mass flow rate Q.sub.m, a mixed density ρ.sub.mix, and a medium temperature T; a combination of sensors measures a differential pressure ΔP between an inlet and an outlet; a flow rate calculation module performs multi-physical field coupling calculation to obtain an average gas density ρ.sub.g; according to the mixed density ρ.sub.mix, the average gas density ρ.sub.g, and a liquid density ρ.sub.l, a mass liquid content nm of a mixed medium is calculated, and the total mass flow rate Q.sub.m is corrected by the mass liquid content η.sub.m, the medium temperature T and the average pressure P to obtain a corrected total mass flow rate Q.sub.m′. According to the total mass flow rate Q.sub.m′ and the mass liquid content η.sub.m, a two-phase flow rate is calculated.

A method for determining system accuracy is provided. The method includes the steps of inputting hardware specifications related to a supply flowmeter into a computing device and inputting hardware specifications related to a return flowmeter into the computing device. Additionally, the method includes inputting system parameters into the computing device. System accuracy is calculated with system logic, wherein the system logic receives the inputs based on hardware specifications related to the supply flowmeter, the hardware specifications related to the return flowmeter, and the system parameters. The calculated system accuracy is stored in a computer-readable storage media, and the calculated system accuracy is output.

Methods and apparatus are disclosed utilizing a low-order parametric model for decoupling in conjunction with an optimization procedure to improve the ability to determine the density of the liquid phase of a bubbly mixtures within Coriolis meters by characterizing the effect of decoupling in the presence of bubble coalescence.

A variable mass balance bar (120-320, 520-820) is provided. The variable mass balance bar (120-320, 520-820) comprises a balance body (122-322b, 522-822) containing a balance fluid (124-324b, 524-824), wherein a mass of the balance fluid (124-324b, 524-824) is selected to balance a measuring conduit (110-310, 510-810) containing a process material.

A method for calibrating a multiple flow conduit flow meter (200) is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The multiple flow conduit flow meter (200) includes a first flow conduit (201) conducting a first flow stream and a pair of first pickoff sensors (215, 215′) affixed to the first flow conduit (201). The multiple flow conduit flow meter (200) further includes at least one additional flow conduit (202) conducting at least one additional flow stream and at least one pair of additional pickoff sensors (216, 216′) affixed to the at least one additional flow conduit (202).

A method for reducing an error rate is provided. The method includes obtaining a first analog signal representing a first kinematic property of a first position with a sensor, obtaining a second analog signal representing a second kinematic property of the first position, digitizing the first analog signal into a first digital signal, and digitizing the second analog signal into a second digital signal. The method also includes combining the first digital signal and the second digital signal into a combined signal such that an error rate of the combined signal is less than an error rate of one of the first digital signal and the second digital signal.

A method for operating a flowmeter is provided. The method includes the steps of measuring a fluid flow in the flowmeter, determining at least one fluid characteristic, determining a preferred algorithm of a plurality of algorithms based upon the fluid flow and the at least one fluid characteristic, and applying the preferred algorithm to an operating routine.