System and method for spatially resolved determination of at least one physical or chemical process variable

US11359944B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Marc Baret · Kembs, FR
• Holger Eberhard · Stuttgart, DE
• Heiko Oehme · Jena, DE
• Nicolas Wimmer · Maulburg, DE
• Emilio Schiavi · Oberwil, CH
• Detlev Wittmer · Maulbronn, DE
• Hege Bjonnes · Arlesheim, CH
• Ulrich Kaiser · Warstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08C17/02
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for spatially resolved determination of at least one physical or chemical process variable of a flowable medium arranged in a container in an automation system, at least one sensor being provided, which is movable in the medium and/or in the container and which ascertains information about the at least one process variable, a position determination unit being provided which supplies the information about the respective current position of the sensor relative to the medium and/or to the container, and a data transmission unit being provided which collects information about the respective current position of the sensor and the corresponding information supplied by the sensor about the at least one process variable and/or communicates the information to an external control unit and/or display unit.