Patent classifications
G01F1/8477
MEASURING TUBE ARRANGEMENT AND CARRIER UNIT OF A MEASURING DEVICE FOR DETECTING A MASS THROUGHFLOW, A VISCOSITY, A DENSITY, AND/OR A VARIABLE DERIVED THEREFROM, OF A FLOWABLE MEDIUM
A measuring tube arrangement of a measuring device for detecting a mass flow rate of a flowable medium includes: two measuring tubes for conducting the medium, wherein the measuring tubes each have an inlet and an outlet, wherein the measuring tubes are bent at least once between the inlet and outlet; a coupler arrangement for mechanically coupling the two measuring tubes, wherein the coupler arrangement has at least two coupler elements, wherein one coupler element is arranged at the inlet, and one coupler element is arranged at the outlet; two magnet arrangements, each having at least two magnets, arranged on the measuring tubes, wherein precisely one magnet arrangement is arranged on one measuring tube; and a connecting body configured to mechanically detachably connect the measuring tube arrangement to a carrier unit, wherein the connecting body is connected to the inlet and to the outlet of the respective measuring tubes.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEASUREMENT TUBE ASSEMBLY FOR A CORIOLIS FLOW METER
A method for producing a measurement tube assembly for a Coriolis flow meter includes: providing a core assembly and a mold, which define a cavity therebetween, the core assembly a core that includes a core body of a first material; filling the cavity with a second material to form a measurement tube body of the measurement tube assembly, the second material having a higher melting temperature than the first material; separating the mold and the core assembly from the measurement tube assembly melting the at a melting temperature that is below the melting temperature of the second material and above the melting temperature of the first material. The present disclosure further includes a Coriolis flow meter and to a use of a lost-core method to produce a measurement tube assembly.
METHOD FOR PUTTING A CORIOLIS FLOW METER INTO OPERATION
The present disclosure relates to a method for putting a Coriolis flow meter into operation, in particular a Coriolis flow meter for pharmaceutical bioprocess applications, the method comprising the method steps of: inserting the measuring tube arrangement into the receptacle of the carrier device; causing the measuring tube to vibrate by means of the excitation signal arriving at the vibration exciter and provided by the operating circuit; determining a measurement value of a state variable that is used as a measure for checking whether the measuring tube in the carrier device is in a steady state; and determining the mass flow rate measurement value when a difference between the measurement value of the state variable and a reference value of a reference variable lies below an upper limit value and exceeds a lower limit value.
Method for signaling a standard frequency of a density meter which has at least one vibratable measurement tube for conducting a medium
The method of the present disclosure for signaling a standard frequency of a density meter comprises: exciting bending vibrations of a measurement tube at an excitation mode working frequency, the working frequency depending on the density of a medium conducted in the measurement tube and on a disturbance variable; determining a characteristic value of the working frequency; determining a value representing the disturbance variable; calculating a corrected density value of the medium as a function of the characteristic value of the working frequency and of the value representing the disturbance variable; calculating a characteristic value of the standard frequency as a function of the corrected density value, the standard frequency being the frequency which produces the corrected density value in a calculation of the density using a frequency-dependent standard function which is not dependent on the disturbance variable; and providing a signal representing the standard frequency.
DETECTING AN ORIENTATION OF A VIBRATORY METER AND COMPENSATING A MEASUREMENT BASED ON THE DETECTED ORIENTATION
A meter electronics (20) for detecting an orientation and compensating a measurement based on the detected orientation is provided. The meter electronics (20) comprises an interface (401) configured to communicatively couple to a sensor assembly (10) and a processing system (402). The processing system (402) is configured to detect an orientation of the sensor assembly (10) based on one or more sensor signals provided by the sensor assembly (10).
Polymer-based Coriolis mass flow sensor fabricated through casting
A flow sensor includes a flow tube in a form of a tube and a support cast around the flow tube. The support clamps the flow tube and the flow tube extends through the support. The flow sensor is formed by placing the flow tube in a tube cavity of a casting mold and pouring or injecting a liquid resin into a support cavity of the casting mold. The support is formed around the flow tube from solidifying the liquid resin in the support cavity of the casting mold. A temperature of the casting mold during formation of the support does not exceed a threshold temperature to avoid deformation of the flow tube. The flow sensor can also include at least one memory chip that stores calibration information associated with the flow sensor and connectors that allows a controller to read the calibration information from the memory chip.
Correcting a measured flow rate for viscosity effects
A system (600, 700) for correcting a measured flow rate for viscosity effects of a fluid in a vibratory meter (5) is provided. The system (600, 700) includes a sensor assembly (10) and a meter electronics (20) communicatively coupled to the sensor assembly (10). The meter electronics (20) is configured to receive sensor signals from the sensor assembly (10), determine a non-viscosity correlation parameter based on the sensor signals, and correlate the non-viscosity correlation parameter to a viscosity of a fluid in the sensor assembly (10).
METHOD FOR CALCULATING A QUALITY OF A MEASURING TUBE OF A CORIOLIS MEASURING DEVICE AND SUCH A MEASURING DEVICE
The present disclosure relates to a method for calculating a quality pertaining to at least one measuring tube of a Coriolis measuring device for measuring a density or a mass flow of a medium flowing through the measuring tube, wherein a determination regarding a state of the measuring tube can be made by determining various vibration properties.
COMPACT VIBRATING TYPE FLOWMETER
A flowmeter (200) is provided. A first conduit (208A) having an inlet leg (212A) is fluidly coupled to a central conduit portion (212C) being fluidly coupled to an outlet leg (212′A). A second conduit (208B) having an inlet leg (212B) is fluidly coupled to a central conduit portion (212′C) fluidly coupled to an outlet leg (212′B). The flow inlet (210) is fluidly coupled to first ends of the first and second conduit (208A, 208B), and the flow outlet (210′) is fluidly coupled to second ends of the first and second conduits (208A, 208B). The inlet legs (212A, 212B) and the outlet legs (212′A, 212′B) comprise central conduit portions (212C, 212′C) disposed therebetween on the respective first and second conduits (208A and 208B). A manifold (206) is fluidly coupled to the inlet legs (212A, 212B) via a first fluid passage defined by the manifold, and the manifold (206) is fluidly coupled to the outlet legs (212′A, 212′B) via a second fluid passage defined by the manifold (206). A vibrable driver (214) is coupled to the manifold.
METHOD FOR MONITORING A FLOW OF A MEDIUM BY MEANS OF A CORIOLIS MASS FLOWMETER AND A DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE
A method for monitoring flow of a medium by means of a pressure difference measuring device and a Coriolis mass flowmeter having two oscillators, which comprise, in each case, a bent measuring tube pair, which are arranged on top of one another and connected for parallel flow between the two pressure measuring points of the pressure difference measuring device, comprising steps as follows: Registering a pressure difference between the first pressure measuring point and the second pressure measuring point; registering a first density measured value based on at least a first oscillation frequency of the first oscillator; registering a second density measured value based on at least a second oscillation frequency of the second oscillator; ascertaining a flow measured value based on the pressure difference, when a difference between the first density measured value and the second density measured value is less than a density difference limit value.