A flow rate sensor system (200) is provided. The flow rate sensor system (200) includes a density or specific gravity meter (202) including a sensor assembly (204a) and a density or specific gravity meter electronics (204b) configured to generate a density or specific gravity measurement of a process fluid. The flow rate sensor system (200) further includes a mass flow meter (203) including a sensor assembly (205a) and a mass flow meter electronics (205b) configured to generate a mass flow rate of the process fluid and in electrical communication with the density or specific gravity meter electronics (204b). A remote processing system (207) is provided that is in electrical communication with only one of the density or specific gravity meter electronics (204b) or the mass flow meter electronics (205b). The remote processing system (207) is configured to receive a volume or energy flow measurement of the process fluid generated by the density or specific gravity meter electronics (204b) or the volumetric meter electronics (205b) based on the generated density or specific gravity measurement and the generated mass flow rate.

Flowmeters are described in which a sensor signal received from a sensor that is attached to vibratable flowtube, so as to determine properties of a fluid within the flowtube, contains a drive signal component and a Coriolis mode component. The flowmeters are operable to determine drive parameters of the drive signal component, as well as Coriolis parameters of the Coriolis mode component. By analyzing the sensor signal based on the drive signal parameters, and not on the Coriolis signal parameters, the flowmeters are able to provide stable and accurate determinations of the properties of the fluid.

transducer apparatus comprises a transducer housing, a tube, a temperature sensor as well as a temperature sensor. The tube is arranged within a cavity of the transducer housing, in such a manner that an intermediate space is formed between a wall of the transducer housing facing the cavity inner surface and an outer surface of a wall of the tube facing the cavity. Furthermore, the tube is adapted to guide a fluid in its lumen, in such a manner that an inner surface of the wall of the tube facing the lumen is contacted by fluid guided in the lumen. Each of the temperature sensors is formed by means of a temperature detector arranged within the intermediate space as well as by means of a coupling body coupling the respective temperature detector thermally conductively with the wall of the tube and is additionally adapted to register a particular measurement location temperature, and to transduce such into a corresponding temperature measurement signal, namely an electrical measurement signal representing the particular measurement location temperature.

Described and shown is a method for operating a Coriolis mass flowmeter (1) having at least one measuring tube (2), an oscillation exciting device (3) for exciting the measuring tube (2) to an oscillation (4), at least a first oscillation sensor (5) and a second oscillation sensor (6) and at least a first sensor signal path and a second sensor signal path. The object of the invention is to provide a method in which the measuring accuracy is increased compared to the prior art. The object is achieved in that at least one first test signal is generated having at least one first test signal frequency, that the at least first test signal is fed at least into the first sensor signal path and into the second sensor signal path, that the at least first test signal is guided by the first sensor signal path over the first oscillation sensor (5) and by the second sensor signal path over the second oscillation sensor (6), that a test signal propagation time difference of at least the first test signal is determined at least between the first sensor signal path and the second sensor signal path, and that a sensor signal propagation time difference between a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal is compensated with the test signal propagation time difference. Additionally, the invention relates to a corresponding Coriolis mass flowmeter.

A measuring system comprises a measuring transducer having at least one measuring tube, an exciter arrangement, a sensor arrangement and an electronic transformer circuit having measurement and control electronics and having drive electronics connected to the measurement and control electronics and/or controlled by the measurement and control electronics. The drive electronics is designed, controlled by the measurement and control electronics, to generate an electrical driver signal in a first operating mode and thereby to feed electrical power into the exciter arrangement such that the at least one measuring tube executes forced mechanical vibrations at a vibration frequency predefined by the electrical drive signal at least during a first measuring interval, and in a second operating mode, to suspend generation of the electrical driver signal in such a manner that no electrical power is fed into the exciter arrangement by the drive electronics during said suspension.

A measuring system includes a vibration-type transducer and electrically coupled measuring system electronics unit for controlling the transducer and evaluating vibration measurement signals provided by the transducer. The exciter arrangement has a vibration exciter which is positioned and aligned such that a drive offset is no more than 0.5% of the tube length. The measuring system electronics are configured to supply electrical power to the vibration exciter by means of an electrical drive signal having a temporally variable electrical current and to provide the drive signal at least intermittently with a sinusoidal second useful current having a second AC frequency, in order to monitor a quality of the measured substance based upon a corresponding second useful signal component of at least one of the vibration measurement signals.

A mode splitter (300) for a balance bar (150) of a Coriolis flow meter (100) is disclosed. The mode splitter (300) comprises a mass portion (302), and a first coupling portion (304a) coupled to the mass portion (302). The first coupling portion (304a) has a first stiffness in a drive direction (Y) and a second stiffness direction in an orthogonal direction (Z), and the orthogonal direction (Z) is orthogonal to both the drive direction (Y) and a longitudinal direction of the balance bar (150). The second stiffness is different than the first stiffness.

A Coriolis flow sensor for sensing a flow of a cryogenic fluid is disclosed having a flow member for the passage of a flow of cryogenic fluid therethrough, a driver for vibrating the flow member, and one or more detectors configured to generate output signals corresponding to Coriolis deflections of the vibrating flow member with flow of cryogenic fluid therethrough. The flow member includes at least 50 wt % indium.

A measuring system includes a vibration-type transducer and electrically coupled measuring system electronics unit for controlling the transducer and evaluating vibration measurement signals provided by the transducer. The exciter arrangement has a vibration exciter which is positioned and aligned such that a drive offset is no more than 0.5% of the tube length. The measuring system electronics are configured to supply electrical power to the vibration exciter by means of an electrical drive signal having a temporally variable electrical current and to provide the drive signal at least intermittently with a sinusoidal second useful current having a second AC frequency, in order to monitor a quality of the measured substance based upon a corresponding second useful signal component of at least one of the vibration measurement signals.