Abstract:
When measuring the velocity of fluid flow by measuring the voltage produced by magnetic induction applied to the fluid, measurement is affected by the electrochemical potential developed at the electrodes. This may be compensated by storing the total signal produced with a first value of the induction and subtracting this stored signal from the total signal produced at a second value of the induction so that the electrochemical potential cancels out.
Abstract:
An electromagnetic flowmeter in which a fluid whose flow rate is to be measured is conducted through a flow tube and intersects a magnetic field established by an electromagnet coil to induce a signal voltage across electrodes mounted in the tube. The coil is energized from an A-C power line through a current limiter which functions to maintain the amplitude of the alternating field constant during an extended period of time.
Abstract:
A measuring system for comparing the relative magnitudes of a first and a second D.C. input signal by symmetrically integrating the first input signal between time period intervals proportional to its magnitude relative to the magnitude of the second input signal so that pulses are generated at a frequency which is a multiple of the integrating cycle. The variable frequency pulses are either counted directly or are converted to a frequency variable train of voltage pulses, each of the pulse cycles of the train of pulses having the corresponding periodicity of the variable input frequency and each voltage pulse having a substantially constant pulse width; the train of pulses are used to modulate a voltage source output signal which, when subsequently averaged, provides an output signal that is proportional to the product of the modulated output signal of the voltage source and the input frequency. A flow measuring apparatus operating on the Faraday principle of electromagnetic induction wherein an indication of fluid flow is provided by ratioing a first D.C. signal, proportionally converted from a flow signal induced in the fluid, with a variable D.C. reference signal to produce a frequency variable train of pulses. Each of the pulses in the pulse train has a constant width, and each of the pulse cycles in the pulse train has a time period that varies inversely proportional to the ratio of the D.C. signals to produce an output signal which provides a measurement at a constant value so that the output signal is proportional to the velocity of flow or it is varied proportional to the density of flow so that the output signal is proportional to mass flow.
Abstract:
Method and device for metering a vector particularly applicable to the metering of a fluid velocity in which the method comprises the use of a first apparatus giving the components of the vector according to two perpendicular directions, a second apparatus giving the components of a known field according to said directions and electric means to process the components coming from said first and second apparatus and give at the output thereof an information of the vector in relation to the known field.
Abstract:
A METHOD AND AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT TO COMPENSATE FOR VARIATIONS IN THE ENERGIZING CURRENT IN THE FIELD COILS OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOWMETER. THE CIRCUIT COMPRISES A COMPENSATING FEEDBACK LOOP WITH AN ERROR DEVICE AND A PULSE GENERATOR WHICH ACTS TO SUPPLY A REPETITIVE OUTPUT SIGNAL WITH THE RATIO OF THE PULSE DURATION TO THE TOTAL PERIODIC TIME PROPORTIONAL TO THE RATIO OF TWO SIGNALS WHICH ARE INJECTED INTO THE FEEDBACK LOOP AND WHICH ARE RESPECTIVELY PROPORTIONAL TO A STABILIZED REFERENCE SIGNAL AND THE ENERGIZING CURRENT IN THE FIELD COILS. THE CIRCUIT INCLUDES A MEASURING CIRCUIT WITH A MODULATOR WHICH ACTS TO MODULATE A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO THE SIGNAL DETECTED BY THE ELECTRODES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RATIO OF THE PULSE DURATION TO THE TOTAL PERIODIC TIME TO PROVIDE A FINAL OUTPUT SIGNAL WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE RATIO OF THE ELECTRODE SIGNAL TO THE ENERGIZING CURRENT AND HENCE PROPORTIONAL TO THE TRUE FLOW RATE.
Abstract:
A system for and methods of monitoring and reporting water consumption is provided. The system includes a sensor for detecting field fluctuations associated with a water meter of a water system. The system detects, tracks, and analyzes fluctuations so as to correlate one or more water event with its source(s), such as by determining a start time, end time, volume, and/or cadence associated with the water event. Information associated with the field fluctuations is parsed out to identify fingerprints associated with a variety of water events. The system includes a “decisioning engine” for determining one or more course of action following identification of one or more water event. Courses of action include triggering or invoking a variety of system functions, including: providing an alert or other notification; flagging or otherwise reporting information, including budget and/or consumption information; updating a budget; aggregating information; or the like.
Abstract:
An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring section configure to permit flow of fluid through the electromagnetic flowmeter, a plurality of pairs of coils installed on the circumference of the measuring section, and a transmitter which provides at least one driving current to excite the plurality pairs of coils, wherein the plurality of pairs of coils includes a first pair of coils capable of generating a first magnetic field within the measuring section, and a second pair of coils capable of generating a second magnetic field within the measuring section, where the first and second pairs of coils from the plurality of pairs of coils are installed along a first plane of the measuring section, and where the first plane is perpendicular to the flow of the fluid in the measuring section.