Device for determining and/or monitoring at least one predetermined fill level

    公开(公告)号:US09989398B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-05

    申请号:US13817729

    申请日:2011-07-11

    IPC分类号: G01F23/22 G01F23/296

    摘要: A device for determining a predetermined fill level of a liquid in a container, with a sensor unit, comprising a unit capable of oscillating mechanically, a transmitter unit, and a receiver unit, which is electrically and mechanically coupled to the transmitter unit, and which transduces the oscillation of the unit capable of oscillating into an electrical receiving signal. An electronic unit, comprising a regulating unit, which regulates a phase difference that exists between the electrical transmission signal and electrical receiving signal to a determined value at which the unit capable of oscillating conducts oscillations at a resonant frequency, and which forms an oscillation circuit with the transmitter unit, receiving unit and the unit capable of oscillating. The electronic unit comprises a compensation path with a compensation unit, which for compensating additional signal components in the receiving signal, which results from the mechanical and/or electrical coupling between transmitter unit and receiver unit, at least intermittently produces a compensation signal from the transmission signal and supplies this compensation signal to the receiving signal. The compensation unit produces the compensation signal in a way such that the compensation signal is opposite to the additional signal components in the receiving signal.

    Device for Determining and/or Monitoring at least one Predetermined Fill Level
    2.
    发明申请
    Device for Determining and/or Monitoring at least one Predetermined Fill Level 有权
    用于确定和/或监测至少一个预定填充水平的装置

    公开(公告)号:US20130139585A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-06-06

    申请号:US13817729

    申请日:2011-07-11

    IPC分类号: G01F23/22

    摘要: A device for determining a predetermined fill level of a liquid in a container, with a sensor unit, comprising a unit capable of oscillating mechanically, a transmitter unit, and a receiver unit, which is electrically and mechanically coupled to the transmitter unit, and which transduces the oscillation of the unit capable of oscillating into an electrical receiving signal. An electronic unit, comprising a regulating unit, which regulates a phase difference that exists between the electrical transmission signal and electrical receiving signal to a determined value at which the unit capable of oscillating conducts oscillations at a resonant frequency, and which forms an oscillation circuit with the transmitter unit, receiving unit and the unit capable of oscillating. The electronic unit comprises a compensation path with a compensation unit, which for compensating additional signal components in the receiving signal, which results from the mechanical and/or electrical coupling between transmitter unit and receiver unit, at least intermittently produces a compensation signal from the transmission signal and supplies this compensation signal to the receiving signal. The compensation unit produces the compensation signal in a way such that the compensation signal is opposite to the additional signal components in the receiving signal.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于确定容器中的液体的预定填充水平的装置,其具有传感器单元,其包括能够机械振荡的单元,发送器单元和接收器单元,所述发射器单元和接收器单元电气和机械耦合到所述发射器单元,以及哪个 将能够振荡的单元的振荡转换成电接收信号。 一种电子单元,包括调节单元,其将电传输信号和电接收信号之间存在的相位差调节到能够振荡的单元以谐振频率进行振荡的确定值,并且形成具有 发射机单元,接收单元和能够振荡的单元。 电子单元包括具有补偿单元的补偿路径,用于补偿由发射机单元和接收机单元之间的机械和/或电耦合导致的接收信号中的附加信号分量,至少间歇地产生来自传输的补偿信号 信号并将该补偿信号提供给接收信号。 补偿单元以使得补偿信号与接收信号中的附加信号分量相反的方式产生补偿信号。

    Protection against the effects of condensate bridges
    3.
    发明授权
    Protection against the effects of condensate bridges 有权
    防止冷凝桥的影响

    公开(公告)号:US07513151B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-07

    申请号:US10546763

    申请日:2004-02-12

    IPC分类号: G01F23/00

    CPC分类号: G01F23/2966 G01F23/2968

    摘要: Apparatus for measuring and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium. The apparatus includes: an oscillatable unit; a driver/receiver unit, which excites the oscillatable unit to oscillate, and/or which receives its oscillations; a control/evaluation unit, which controls the driver/receiver unit, and/or which evaluates the oscillations of the oscillatable unit; and at least one transmitting line and one receiving line between the control/evaluation unit and the driver/receiver unit. At least a third line is provided, which is embodied and arranged in a manner such that it is located between the transmitting line and the receiving line, and is connected with a voltage source, which has an output impedance, which is smaller than the impedance of a condensate bridge.

    摘要翻译: 用于测量和/或监测介质的过程变量的装置。 该装置包括:可振荡单元; 激励可振荡单元振荡的驱动器/接收器单元和/或接收其振荡的驱动器/接收器单元; 控制/评估单元,其控制驱动器/接收器单元和/或评估可振荡单元的振荡; 以及控制/评估单元和驱动器/接收器单元之间的至少一个传输线和一个接收线。 提供至少第三条线,其以使得它位于传输线路和接收线路之间的方式被实施和布置,并且与具有小于阻抗的输出阻抗的电压源连接 的冷凝桥。

    Method and apparatus for establishing and/or monitoring the filling level of a medium in a container
    4.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for establishing and/or monitoring the filling level of a medium in a container 有权
    用于建立和/或监测容器中的介质的填充水平的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06389891B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-05-21

    申请号:US09577100

    申请日:2000-05-24

    IPC分类号: G01F2300

    摘要: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for establishing and/or monitoring the filling level of a medium in a container and to the determination of the density of a medium in a container. It is the object of the invention to propose a method and an apparatus which permit reliable determination and/or monitoring of the filling level or the density of a medium. With reference to the apparatus according to the invention, the object is achieved by virtue of the fact that at least a first mode and a second mode of the oscillations of the oscillable unit (2) are evaluated, and the evaluated modes are used to detect a change in mass at the oscillable unit (2).

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于建立和/或监测容器中的介质的填充水平以及确定容器中的介质的密度的方法和装置。本发明的目的是提出一种方法和 允许可靠地确定和/或监测介质的填充水平或密度的装置。参考根据本发明的装置,该目的是通过以下事实实现的:至少第一模式和第二模式 评估可振动单元(2)的振荡,并且使用评估模式来检测可振荡单元(2)处的质量变化。

    Apparatus for ascertaining and/or monitoring a process variable of a meduim
    5.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for ascertaining and/or monitoring a process variable of a meduim 有权
    用于确定和/或监视药物的过程变量的装置

    公开(公告)号:US08220313B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-17

    申请号:US12309474

    申请日:2007-06-14

    IPC分类号: G01N9/00

    摘要: An apparatus for ascertaining and/or monitoring a process variable, especially density of a medium. The apparatus includes: an exciting/receiving unit, which excites a mechanically oscillatable unit to execute mechanical oscillations and which receives the mechanical oscillations; an electronics unit, which applies to the exciting/receiving unit an electrical, exciter signal, and which obtains from the exciting/receiving unit an electrical, received signal. The electronics unit produces the exciter signal in such a manner, that, between the received signal and the exciter signal, a phase difference equal to a desired value of phase difference results, at which effects of changes of viscosity on mechanical oscillations of the mechanically oscillatable unit are negligible, and that the desired value of phase difference is predetermined as a function of the ratio of impedance of the exciting/receiving unit to the input impedance of the electronics unit.

    摘要翻译: 用于确定和/或监测过程变量,特别是介质密度的装置。 该装置包括:激励/接收单元,其激励机械振荡单元执行机械振荡并且接收机械振荡; 电子单元,其向激励/接收单元施加电,激励器信号,并从激励/接收单元获得电接收信号。 电子单元以这样的方式产生激励器信号,即在接收信号和激励器信号之间,相位差等于相位差的期望值,其中粘度变化对机械振荡的机械振荡的影响 单位是可忽略的,并且相位差的期望值是预定的,作为激励/接收单元的阻抗与电子单元的输入阻抗的比率的函数。

    Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium
    6.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium 有权
    用于确定和/或监视介质的过程变量的装置

    公开(公告)号:US08261615B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-11

    申请号:US12448948

    申请日:2007-12-20

    IPC分类号: G01N29/00

    摘要: An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium, including: at least one mechanically oscillatable membrane, which has a plurality of natural eigenmodes; and at least one driving/receiving unit, which excites the membrane to execute mechanical oscillations and/or which receives mechanical oscillations from the membrane. The driving/receiving unit and the membrane are embodied and matched to one another in such a manner, that the membrane executes only mechanical oscillations, which correspond to modes, which lie above the fundamental mode of the membrane.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于确定和/或监测介质的至少一个过程变量的装置,包括:至少一个机械振荡的膜,其具有多个天然本征模; 以及至少一个驱动/接收单元,其激发膜以执行机械振荡和/或从膜接收机械振荡。 驱动/接收单元和膜以这样的方式相互实现和匹配,膜仅执行机械振荡,其对应于位于膜的基本模式之上的模式。

    Method for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium, and corresponding apparatus
    7.
    发明授权
    Method for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium, and corresponding apparatus 有权
    用于确定和/或监视介质的过程变量的方法以及相应的装置

    公开(公告)号:US08442782B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-14

    申请号:US12449308

    申请日:2008-02-13

    摘要: A method for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium, wherein a mechanically oscillatable unit is supplied with an exciter signal wherein a received signal coming from the mechanically oscillatable unit is received, and wherein the exciter signal is produced in such a manner, that a phase difference between the exciter signal and the received signal equals a predeterminable phase value. A criterion for judging the determining of the phase difference between the exciter signal and the received signal, or a signal dependent on the exciter signal or on the received signal, is established; in the case, in which the criterion for judging the determining of the phase difference is fulfilled, tuning of the phase difference is closed-loop controlled; and, in the alternative case, tuning of the phase difference is open-loop controlled. An apparatus associated with the method is also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于确定和/或监测介质的过程变量的方法,其中向机械振荡单元提供激励器信号,其中接收到来自机械振荡单元的接收信号,并且其中以这种方式产生激励器信号 激励器信号和接收信号之间的相位差等于可预定的相位值。 建立用于判断激励器信号和接收信号之间的相位差的确定的标准,或者取决于激励器信号或接收信号的信号。 在满足判断相位差判定基准的情况下,相位差的调谐是闭环控制的, 并且在替代情况下,相位差的调谐是开环控制的。 还公开了与该方法相关联的装置。

    METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING A PROCESS VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM, AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS
    8.
    发明申请
    METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING A PROCESS VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM, AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS 有权
    用于确定和/或监测中等变化的过程的方法和相关装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100161251A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-24

    申请号:US12449308

    申请日:2008-02-13

    IPC分类号: G01N11/00

    摘要: Method for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium, wherein a mechanically oscillatable unit is supplied with an exciter signal wherein a received signal coming from the mechanically oscillatable unit is received, and wherein the exciter signal is produced in such a manner, that a phase difference between the exciter signal and the received signal equals a predeterminable phase value. A criterion for judging the determining of the phase difference between the exciter signal and the received signal, or a signal dependent on the exciter signal or on the received signal, is established; in the case, in which the criterion for judging the determining of the phase difference is fulfilled, tuning of the phase difference is closed-loop controlled; and, in the alternative case, tuning of the phase difference is open-loop controlled. An apparatus associated with the method is also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 用于确定和/或监视介质的过程变量的方法,其中向机械振荡单元提供激励器信号,其中接收到来自机械振荡单元的接收信号,并且其中以这种方式产生激励器信号, 激励器信号和接收信号之间的相位差等于可预定的相位值。 确定用于判断激励器信号和接收信号之间的相位差的判定标准,或者依赖于激励器信号或接收信号的信号。 在满足判断相位差判定基准的情况下,相位差的调谐是闭环控制的, 并且在替代情况下,相位差的调谐是开环控制的。 还公开了与该方法相关联的装置。

    Apparatus for ascertaining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium
    9.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for ascertaining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium 有权
    用于确定和/或监测介质的过程变量的装置

    公开(公告)号:US08322194B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-04

    申请号:US12309471

    申请日:2007-06-14

    IPC分类号: G01N11/10 G01N9/00 G01F23/00

    摘要: An apparatus for ascertaining and/or monitoring of a process variable of a medium. The apparatus includes: A mechanically oscillatable unit; an exciting/receiving unit, which excites the mechanically oscillatable unit to execute mechanical oscillations and which receives the mechanical oscillations; and an electronics unit, which supplies the exciting/receiving unit with an electrical, output signal, and which receives from the exciting/receiving unit an electrical, input signal. In the electronics unit there is provided an amplifier unit, which amplifies the electrical, input signal to an amplified signal (SA). An adjustable phase shifter is provided, which changes the phase of the amplified signal, and a control unit is also provided, which controls the phase shifter, wherein the control unit measures the frequency of the amplified signal and controls the phase shifter starting from stored data concerning the frequency-phase dependence of the amplifier unit.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于确定和/或监测介质的过程变量的装置。 该装置包括:机械振荡单元; 激励/接收单元,其激励机械振荡单元执行机械振荡并且接收机械振荡; 以及电子单元,其向激励/接收单元提供电输出信号,并从激励/接收单元接收电输入信号。 在电子单元中,提供放大器单元,其将电输入信号放大到放大信号(SA)。 提供了可调移相器,其改变放大信号的相位,并且还提供控制单元,控制单元控制移相器,其中控制单元测量放大信号的频率,并从存储的数据开始控制移相器 关于放大器单元的频率相位依赖性。

    APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING AND/OR MONITORING A PROCESS VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM
    10.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING AND/OR MONITORING A PROCESS VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM 有权
    用于调节和/或监测中等变化的过程的装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100083750A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-08

    申请号:US12309471

    申请日:2007-06-14

    IPC分类号: G01F23/296

    摘要: An apparatus for ascertaining and/or monitoring of a process variable of a medium. The apparatus includes: A mechanically oscillatable unit; an exciting/receiving unit, which excites the mechanically oscillatable unit to execute mechanical oscillations and which receives the mechanical oscillations; and an electronics unit, which supplies the exciting/receiving unit with an electrical, output signal, and which receives from the exciting/receiving unit an electrical, input signal. In the electronics unit there is provided an amplifier unit, which amplifies the electrical, input signal to an amplified signal (SA). An adjustable phase shifter is provided, which changes the phase of the amplified signal, and a control unit is also provided, which controls the phase shifter, wherein the control unit measures the frequency of the amplified signal and controls the phase shifter starting from stored data concerning the frequency-phase dependence of the amplifier unit.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于确定和/或监测介质的过程变量的装置。 该装置包括:机械振荡单元; 激励/接收单元,其激励机械振荡单元执行机械振荡并且接收机械振荡; 以及电子单元,其向激励/接收单元提供电输出信号,并从激励/接收单元接收电输入信号。 在电子单元中,提供放大器单元,其将电输入信号放大到放大信号(SA)。 提供了可调移相器,其改变放大信号的相位,并且还提供控制单元,控制单元控制移相器,其中控制单元测量放大信号的频率,并从存储的数据开始控制移相器 关于放大器单元的频率相位依赖性。