Method and apparatus for magneto-inductive flow measurement
US5905206A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 18, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F1/60
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Magneto-inductive flow measurement using a pulsed and/or reversing pulsed constant field wherein the measurement voltage which is induced by the flow, running transversely with respect to the magnetic field, of the measurement medium in the measurement tube of the magneto-inductive flowmeter is sampled in each clock time interval when the coil current is applied, even if the magnetic field has not yet reached its steady-state. Empirically determined correction values are used to correct the samples to the situation when measurements are carried out with a steady-state magnetic field. Calibration measured values can be recorded in a steady-state magnetic field from time to time, in order to check and, if required, to correct the correction factors. The coil current can be switched at frequencies which alternate with one another in time, the number of periods of the mutually alternating period sequences being varied in an irregular manner.
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