GAS METER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING GRID PRESSURE FROM PRESSURE REGULATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220136875A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US16949517

    申请日:2020-11-02

    摘要: Embodiments relate to a system including a gas meter, regulator, and head end system. The system can include installing a regulator in a gas supply grid. The system may also include installing a gas meter in a gas supply grid, wherein the gas meter is installed to diagnose a grid pressure over flow rate of the regulator. In addition, the system may include determining, by the gas meter, an initial fingerprint of the regulator, wherein the initial fingerprint indicates an initial pressure and flow rate profile over a time period after the gas meter was installed. Further, the system can include comparing, by the gas meter, continuous pressure readings of the regulator with the initial fingerprint, wherein the gas meter determines if the continuous pressure readings correspond to the initial fingerprint. The system may also include notifying, by the gas meter, a head end system of the continuous pressure readings.

    ULTRASOUND AND THERMAL MASSFLOW IN ONE FLOW CHANNEL

    公开(公告)号:US20220291036A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-15

    申请号:US17198615

    申请日:2021-03-11

    摘要: A system includes a flow tube configured to receive a flow measured by an ultrasonic flow measurement, wherein a center region of the flow tube is configured to have a drop in pressure. The system also includes a heat source/hot wire and temperature sensors configured to enable a flow measured by a thermal massflow measurement. In the system, a controller is configured to compare the flow measured by the ultrasonic flow measurement to the flow measured by the thermal massflow measurement. The controller determines a ratio of the flow measured by an ultrasonic flow measurement to the flow measured on by the flow measurement based on thermal massflow. The controller also calculates a density, a thermal conductivity and an energy and/or gas content of the gas.

    AGEING AND DUST DETECTION IN A METER

    公开(公告)号:US20220146298A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US16949706

    申请日:2020-11-11

    摘要: An ageing and dust detection system, comprising: a data collection unit configured to collect a plurality of parameters of a gas meter; and a processing unit, configured to: receive the plurality of the parameters of the gas meter; calculate a numerical value of the plurality of the parameters; compare the calculated numerical value of the plurality of the parameters with a corresponding predefined higher range of values and a predefined lower range of values for the plurality of parameters; determine a reason of a fault in the gas meter based on the compared values, wherein the reason of the fault in the gas meter is at least one of, a presence of a dust, an ageing of the gas meter, or a combination thereof.

    LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220136926A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US16949476

    申请日:2020-10-30

    IPC分类号: G01M3/28 G01D4/00

    摘要: The system can include installing a gas meter in a gas supply net. The system may also include determining, by the gas meter, a level of pressure within the gas meter. The system may also include determining, by the gas meter, a flow rate level within the gas meter. The gas meter determines where a leak exists based on the flow rate level and the level of pressure. The system may also include determining, by the gas meter, a location of the leak, and whether the leak is upstream or downstream from the gas meter. The location of the leak is determined by the level of the pressure and the flow rate level. The system can also include a head end configured at a set position. The gas meter can inform the head end of the location of the leak.

    MULTIFUNCTIONAL DUST TRAP
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220146297A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US16949697

    申请日:2020-11-11

    摘要: A multifunctional dust trap for reducing an acoustic noise and dust filtering comprising: an inlet connected to a gas inlet of a gas meter; a chamber, connected to the inlet, to receive a flow of a gas, comprises: a first wall to deflect the flow of the gas in a first direction, wherein the first wall directs the flow of the gas into a cross sectional area of the chamber, which reduces a velocity of the deflected gas such that a centrifugal force guides a plurality of dust particles towards a base of the chamber; and a second wall to deflect the flow of the gas in a second direction; and an outlet, attached to the chamber, to enable an exit of a clean flow of the gas away from one or more flow inlets of a flow tube installed within the gas meter.

    ULTRASONIC FLOW TUBE
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220136879A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US16949471

    申请日:2020-10-30

    IPC分类号: G01F1/66

    摘要: Disclosed is an ultrasonic flow tube comprising: a flow chamber for accepting an inflow of a gas, comprising a center pipe and a plurality of outer pipes surrounding the center pipe, connected between an inlet wall and an outlet wall of the flow chamber such that a velocity of the gas within the center pipe and the plurality of outer pipes is numerically same; and a first transducer attached near the inlet wall and a second transducer attached near the outlet wall, wherein a first acoustic wave package generated by the first transducer and a second acoustic wave package generated by the second transducer is transmitted into the flow chamber such that the center pipe receives a majority of the first and the second acoustic wave package, and the plurality of outer pipes receives a minority of the first acoustic wave package and the second acoustic wave package.