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Electromagnetic flow meter

US4773274A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 1987
Grant dateSep 27, 1988
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F1/60
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electromagnetic flow meter for measuring the flow rate of a fluid by applying to the fluid a magnetic field generated with an exciting current and measuring the resulting signal voltage generated at a pair of electrodes; wherein the exciting current comprises two frequency components which are lower and higher than the usual commercial frequency and the signal voltage comprises two frequencies which are discriminated so that a higher frequency is extracted as a first output and a lower frequency is extracted as a second output, through a low pass filter having a large time constant. A predetermined operation, such as addition, zero correction, response correction, etc, is carried out on the first and second outputs to produce a flow rate output. The invention has quick response, stable zero point and reduced susceptibility to noises.

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