Sensor assembly for a sensor, sensor, and measurement system formed therewith

    公开(公告)号:US10948322B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-16

    申请号:US16082584

    申请日:2017-02-13

    Abstract: In a sensor assembly, a deformation body has two oppositely lying surfaces, an outer edge segment and a sensor blade extending from a surface outward. A protective apparatus protects the deformation body from pressure surges or abrupt changes of temperature on its surface. The protective apparatus includes at least one plate, extending radially inwardly so that a cavity is formed, which accommodates a region of the sensor blade adjoining the deformation body and remote from the distal end of the sensor blade, forming a gap between the plate and sensor blade. A sensor formed by the sensor assembly and a transducer element coupled therewith can be used for registering pressure fluctuations in a flowing fluid, such as steam having a temperature of 400 C and/or, a pressure of greater than 140 bar in order to measure flow parameters of the fluid.

    Field device in measurement and automation technology comprising a galvanic isolation device

    公开(公告)号:US10944413B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-09

    申请号:US16644087

    申请日:2018-08-16

    Abstract: Disclosed is a field device of automation technology, comprising: a housing having a wall; a data transmission means arranged on an outside of the housing wall; and an electronic operating circuit arranged in a housing chamber and is adapted to operate the data transmission means, wherein the data transmission means and the electronic operating circuit are connected via an electrical signal line having a plurality of electrical conductors, wherein a first electrical conductor is adapted to lead a data signal and wherein at least a second electrical conductor is adapted to shield the first electrical conductor, wherein the signal line has an isolation device adapted to isolate a first signal line section galvanically from a second signal line section, wherein the isolation device includes an electromagnetically transparent plate having a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface parallel to the first lateral surface.

    Vibronic measuring system for measuring a mass flow rate

    公开(公告)号:US10928233B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US16474732

    申请日:2017-11-22

    Abstract: A measuring system comprises a measuring and operation electronic unit (ME) and a transducer device electrically coupled thereto. The transducer device has two tubes through which a fluid flows and causes to vibrate, a vibration exciter, two vibration sensors on the inlet and outlet sides, respectively, for generating vibration signals, and an inlet-side temperature sensor coupled to a wall of the tube for thermal conduction and an outlet-side temperature sensor coupled to a wall of the tube for generating temperature measurement signals. The measuring and operation electronic unit feeds electrical power into the vibration exciter in order to effect mechanical vibrations of the tube. Furthermore, the ME generates a mass flow sequence, by means of each of the vibration signals and each of the temperature measurement signals in such a way that mass flow measurement values are independent of the temperature difference.

    Sensor for measuring the mass flow rate of a flowable medium

    公开(公告)号:US10801870B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-13

    申请号:US16618707

    申请日:2018-05-08

    Abstract: A mass flow sensor includes: a vibratory measurement tube bent in a tube plane; a vibration exciter for exciting bending vibrations in a bending vibration use-mode; two vibration sensors for sensing vibrations; a support system having a support plate, bearing bodies on the inlet and sides; and a sensor housing, wherein: the support system has support system vibration modes which include elastic deformations of the support plate; the measurement tube is connected fixedly to the support plate by the bearing body on the inlet side and by the bearing body on the outlet side; and the support plate has a number of spring-loaded bearings exposed through cut-outs in the support plate by which the support plate is mounted on the sensor housing with degrees of vibrational freedom, the natural frequencies of which are lower than a use-mode natural frequency of the bending vibration use-mode.

    Method for determining properties of a hydrocarbon containing gas mixture and apparatus therefor

    公开(公告)号:US10788475B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-29

    申请号:US15768013

    申请日:2016-09-08

    Abstract: A method for determining properties of a hydrocarbon containing gas mixture, especially natural gas or biogas, comprising: allowing the gas mixture to flow through a measuring arrangement; determining a pressure- and temperature dependent viscosity measured value, an associated measured value of temperature and an associated pressure measured value of the flowing gas mixture; ascertaining a first value of a first variable, which characterizes the energy content of the flowing gas mixture, based on viscosity measured value, the associated measured value of temperature, and the associated pressure measured value, wherein the first variable characterizing the energy content is the Wobbe index or the calorific value of the flowing gas mixture, wherein the Wobbe index is preferable.

    Field device with compensation circuit for eliminating environmental influences

    公开(公告)号:US10746581B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US15579985

    申请日:2016-06-14

    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring at least one physical or chemical process variable, comprising at least one measurement branch and a compensation branch connected in parallel therewith for compensating the influence of at least one environmental parameter on the process variable and/or on the measuring of the process variable. The measurement branch includes at least one primary sensor unit and a primary electronics unit for signal registration, evaluation, and/or feeding. The compensation branch includes at least a secondary sensor unit and a secondary electronics unit. The secondary sensor unit is so embodied that it registers a physical or chemical variable characteristic for the at least one environmental parameter, wherein the secondary electronics unit is so embodied that it draws the required energy from the measurement branch, and that it produces from the characteristic physical or chemical variable a compensation signal, which it transmits to the primary electronics unit of the measuring branch.

    Method for operating a measuring transducer of vibration-type

    公开(公告)号:US10712189B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US16312137

    申请日:2017-05-18

    Abstract: A method serves for operating a measuring transducer of vibration-type having at least two oscillators, each of which is formed by a pair of measuring tubes, wherein the pairs of measuring tubes are arranged for parallel flow, wherein the two oscillators have mutually independent oscillator oscillations with mutually differing eigenfrequencies for corresponding oscillation modes. The method includes steps of determining a first value of a primary measurement variable, or of a variable derived therefrom, using the first oscillator, determining a second value of the primary measurement variable, or of a variable derived therefrom, using the second oscillator, checking an actual ratio between the first value and the second value by comparison with an expected ratio between the first value and the second value, and outputting a signal when the actual ratio does not correspond to the expected ratio.

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