METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ULTRASONIC FLUID METER, AND ULTRASONIC FLUID METER

    公开(公告)号:US20240255329A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18632359

    申请日:2024-04-11

    IPC分类号: G01F1/667 E03B7/07

    CPC分类号: G01F1/667 E03B7/072

    摘要: A method for operating an ultrasonic fluid meter, preferably an ultrasonic water meter, in a fluid line network, at a measuring rate with one measuring interval, includes generating an ultrasonic signal at specific time points by an ultrasonic converter, the ultrasonic signal passing through a measuring section, and the fluid flow volume being ascertained by an electronic analysis unit based on propagation time and/or a propagation time difference of the ultrasonic signal. The hydraulic force exerted onto the ultrasonic converter by a flow event via the fluid or a change in the hydraulic force is detected by the ultrasonic converter and evaluated in the electronic analysis unit. As a result, the measuring rate is adaptively modified to ascertain the flow volume of fluid and/or the flow volume ascertained over a measuring interval is corrected based on the temporal position of the flow event relative to the measuring interval.

    Flow measuring device for detecting a volume quantity relating to a fluid volume flowed through a measuring volume since a start of a measurement

    公开(公告)号:US11624638B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US17026940

    申请日:2020-09-21

    IPC分类号: G01F1/66 G01F1/667

    摘要: A flow measuring device detecting a fluid volume quantity since a start of a measurement includes a processing device determining a current flow rate parameter at measurement times using measurement data of a sensor, to increase a volume quantity based on a current flow rate parameter when operating in a first operating mode, and to keep the volume quantity constant when operating in a second mode. The processing device stores the current flow rate parameter for each measurement time in a data memory, resulting after several measuring times in storing previous flow rate parameters determined at these measuring times. Upon satisfying a switchover condition, depending on the current flow rate parameter, during operation in the second mode, the processing unit switches over to the first mode, and the volume quantity increases as a function of the current flow rate parameter and a predefined number of previous flow rate parameters.

    Ultrasound flow measurement device with signal quality monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US11635317B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US17063790

    申请日:2020-10-06

    IPC分类号: G01F1/66 G01F1/667

    摘要: An ultrasound flow measurement device has a vessel through which a fluid to be measured flows. An ultrasound measurement configuration with an ultrasound transducer is provided for measuring a propagation time of an ultrasound signal containing a plurality of periods along a measurement section that runs partly in a direction of flow. A controller determines a fluid flow on a basis of a propagation time measurement. The controller contains a memory, a first evaluator for determining a period duration of at least one of the periods of an ultrasound signal received after passing through the measurement section, a second evaluator for determining a spread value of a predetermined number of last received ultrasound signals, a comparator for comparing the spread value with a threshold value, and an actioning device for initiating a control action, assigned to the threshold value that has been exceeded, for the ultrasound flow measurement device.