Patent · US Expired

Flow regulation fitting

US6435207B1 · kind B1 · utility

3Cited by

9References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

KSB Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Frank Mewes · Worms, DE
Torsten Gabelmann · Wiesbaden, DE
Alois Illy · Schifferstadt, DE
Heinz-Juergen Ruckert · Großniedesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 18, 1999
Grant date	Aug 20, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 18, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/8158
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A flow regulation control valve for regulating volume flows in pipelines including valve housing with a flow chamber, a control or shut-off member arranged in the flow chamber for setting a desired flow state through the valve, at least one sensor arranged in the vicinity of the flow chamber of the valve housing for sensing a characteristic value of the flow through the flow chamber, an electronic data store or memory for storing specific characteristic values of the housing of the flow regulation control valve, and an evaluation unit which is connected to the sensor and determines the volume flow from the values measured by the sensor with reference to the characteristic values of the valve stored in the data store.

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