Abstract:
A magnetic flowmeter 10 includes circuitry 46, 48 for sensing coil current, coil voltage, or coil resistance. Based on the sensed coil current, voltage, or resistance, a digital processor 22 determines whether a power limit or a coil current limit is exceeded and either halts operation until it receives a new configuration with a new coil current setpoint, or determines a new coil current setpoint itself and adjusts the magnetic flowmeter 10 to that new coil current setpoint.
Abstract:
A magnetic flowmeter (10) includes a flowtube (10A) with electrodes (16A, 16B) and field coil (18A, 18B) and a transmitter (10B) that automatically determines an operating setpoint for the magnetic flowmeter (10) based upon sensed coil inductance, sensed coil resistance, a power rating for the transmitter (10B), the flowtube (10A), or both, and selected performance criteria.
Abstract:
A magnetic flowmeter 10 comprises a pipe section 12 for process flow, a coil 18A, 18B for generating a magnetic field across the pipe section 12, a current source 24 for energizing the coil to generate the magnetic field at a coil drive frequency, and electrodes 16A, 16B for sensing voltage induced across the process flow by the magnetic field. A processor 22 calculates a function of the sensed voltage and generates a flow output based on the function. The processor 22 adjusts an operating parameter of the flowmeter 10, such as electrode voltage sampling period, the coil drive frequency, or a phase shift, as a function of a sensed electrode-to-electrode or electrode-to-ground complex impedance.