Ultrasonic flowmeter with vibration-resistant operating mode

    公开(公告)号:US11448537B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US17025877

    申请日:2020-09-18

    Abstract: An ultrasonic flowmeter (USM) includes a meter body including a pipe section for flowing a fluid therethrough including a first and second ultrasonic transducer, top-works including a housing and a PCB, a controller coupled to the ultrasonic transducers through a transmitter and/or receiver, and an accelerometer and/or an acoustic sensor for sensing a vibration on the pipe section and for providing an output signal coupled to the controller. The electronics are communicatively coupled to the meter body and the housing is mechanically coupled to the meter body. The controller analyzes the output signal to identify ≥1 vibration frequency and compares the vibration frequency to a predetermined sensitive frequency range for the USM. When the vibration frequency is determined to be within the predetermined frequency range, the controller implements an anti-vibration operating mode by increasing a measurement time when measuring the fluid flow and/or adding additional data processing task(s).

    ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER WITH VIBRATION-RESISTANT OPERATING MODE

    公开(公告)号:US20220090949A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-24

    申请号:US17025877

    申请日:2020-09-18

    Abstract: An ultrasonic flowmeter (USM) includes a meter body including a pipe section for flowing a fluid therethrough including a first and second ultrasonic transducer, top-works including a housing and a PCB, a controller coupled to the ultrasonic transducers through a transmitter and/or receiver, and an accelerometer and/or an acoustic sensor for sensing a vibration on the pipe section and for providing an output signal coupled to the controller. The electronics are communicatively coupled to the meter body and the housing is mechanically coupled to the meter body. The controller analyzes the output signal to identify ≥1 vibration frequency and compares the vibration frequency to a predetermined sensitive frequency range for the USM. When the vibration frequency is determined to be within the predetermined frequency range, the controller implements an anti-vibration operating mode by increasing a measurement time when measuring the fluid flow and/or adding additional data processing task(s).

    Bluetooth low energy based emergency backup and recovery solution in an industrial controller

    公开(公告)号:US10219134B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-26

    申请号:US15279376

    申请日:2016-09-28

    Abstract: An apparatus includes a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) based emergency backup and recovery tool. The tool includes a backup power source that stores electric energy and outputs electric energy when a main power source is off. The tool includes a shared memory accessible by a processor and a BLE module. The shared memory stores information written by the processor, and operates using at least some of the electric energy output from the backup power source when the main power source is off. The tool includes the BLE module coupled to the backup power source. The BLE module operates using at least some of the electric energy output from the backup power source when the main power source is off, reads the information stored in the shared memory, and transmits the information to an external device through a wireless communication channel using a BLUETOOTH communication protocol.

Patent Agency Ranking