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Thermal flowmeter

US11480456B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

ENDRESS+HAUSER WETZER GMBH+CO. KG · DE
Innovator Sensor Technology IST AG · CH

Inventors

Alfred Umkehrer · Hopferau, DE
Florian Krogmann · Kreuzlingen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 20, 2018
Grant date	Oct 25, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 20, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01F15/00
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring the mass flow and/or flow velocity of a flowable medium through a pipeline, comprising at least one heating element, which is at least partially and/or at times in thermal contact with the medium and is operable at least at times by means of a heating signal. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a method for producing an apparatus of the disclosure. According to the disclosure, the heating element is at least partially surrounded in a region facing the medium by a unit comprising a material with an anisotropic thermal conductivity.

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