Detecting fluid properties of a multiphase flow in a condensate drain

US10184611B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GESTRA AG · DE

Inventors

• Sergej Janzen · Seelze, DE
• Holger Schroter · Osterwieck, DE
• Jurgen Klattenhoff · Delmenhorst, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 7, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 22, 2019
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F28F2265/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Flow sensors for, and a method of monitoring, a condensate drain. The method includes a) providing a flow sensor for detecting flow properties in a pipe and/or fitting carrying a medium, b) detecting a vibration behavior by means of a vibration converter at a measurement location provided on the flow sensor, and c) electronically evaluating the vibration behavior of a vibration body, wherein at the measurement location vibrations of a first region of the vibration body and a second region of the vibration body are recorded. The first region of the vibration body is provided at least partially in or adjacent to the flow of the medium, and the second region of the vibration body is outside the flow.