EP0198879A1 - Debitmetre ultrasonique a plage de mesures etendue - Google Patents

Debitmetre ultrasonique a plage de mesures etendue

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EP0198879A1
EP0198879A1 EP19850905237 EP85905237A EP0198879A1 EP 0198879 A1 EP0198879 A1 EP 0198879A1 EP 19850905237 EP19850905237 EP 19850905237 EP 85905237 A EP85905237 A EP 85905237A EP 0198879 A1 EP0198879 A1 EP 0198879A1
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transducers
burst
signals
measuring
measuring signal
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Tallienco Wieand Harm Fockens
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Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek NEDAP NV
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
    • G01F1/66—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by measuring frequency, phase shift or propagation time of electromagnetic or other waves, e.g. using ultrasonic flowmeters
    • G01F1/667—Arrangements of transducers for ultrasonic flowmeters; Circuits for operating ultrasonic flowmeters
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R25/00—Arrangements for measuring phase angle between a voltage and a current or between voltages or currents

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  • the invention relates to an ultrasonic flow meter adapted to perform measurements throughout a wide measuring range.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example of the sensor section of such a meter.
  • the sensor section consists of a measuring tube of a diameter D through which the liquid flow to be measured passes.
  • Two ultrasonic transducers are mounted in the measuring tube in facing relationship at a distance _1 from each other.
  • the two transducers transmit simulta ⁇ neously, and with the same phase, bursts of a sine wave measuring signal having a carrier frequency of, for example, 1.18 MHz.
  • the difference between the times of arrival of the bursts at the two op ⁇ positely mounted transducers will be proportional to the velocity v of the liquid between the transducers.
  • the length 1 is 0.124 m and the diameter D of the measuring tube is
  • the direct measurement of time differences on this order requires the use of extremely fast electronic circuitry and components. It is an object of the invention to provide an alternative method of measuring the time differences in which use is made of standard elec ⁇ tronic components.
  • the starting point is that the measurements are performed by means of high frequency sine wave measuring signals hav ⁇ ing a carrier frequency of, for example, 1.18 MHz.
  • the measuring signal has to be transmitted in finite bursts, for example with a length of 64 cycles, after which the transducers can be used for reception.
  • Fig. 2 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the electronic circuit arrangement in accordance with the invention.
  • Fig. 3 shows the time sequence diagram pertaining to this circuit arrangement.
  • the crystal oscillator 1 coacts with the divider-by-four 2 to gen ⁇ erate the frequency of the measuring signal (1.18 MHz).
  • the transducers in the measuring tube 17 are driven via the transmit gate 13 and the transducer circuits 15 and 16.
  • the voltage across the transducers are also applied to two sample gates 18 and 20.
  • the two sample gates are concurrently opened 32 times for brief periods by 32 sampling pulses.
  • the hold circuits 19 and 21 are charged by the 32 samples.
  • the sampling pulses are produced in the sampling pulse gate 24.
  • a 1.18 MHz block signal is applied to sampling pulse gate 24 via divider-by-four 12 and needle pulses (pulse width of approximately 100 ns) are formed from 32 1.18 MHz cycles under the control of the samplin control circuit 23. These needle pulses cause sample gates 18 and 20 to open for brief periods.
  • Divider-by-four 12 receives a 4.72 MHz signal from the voltage- controlled crystal oscillator 11. Via the phase locking circuit con ⁇ sisting of the mixer 8, the phase comparator 9 and the loop filter 10, and with the 288 Hz block signal derived via divider circuits 2-7 from crystal oscillator 1 as a reference, voltage-controlled crystal os- cillator 11 is shifted in frequency by 288 Hz relative to the frequency of crystal oscillator 1.
  • sampling pulses then have (during the burst of sampling pulses) a frequency that is 72 Hz higher than the carrier frequency of the measuring signal.
  • the result is that within a period of 1/72 second, a full cycle of the 1.18 MHz measuring signal is scanned by the sample pulses.
  • the divider circuits 2-6 and the AND- gate 14 are operative to control the (transmit) bursts so that each time a burst with a length of 64 cycles (54/us) is transmitted concurrently by the two transducer In Fig. 3, line A represents the control signal for transmit gate 1 while line B represents the transmit signal itself.
  • Fig. 4 shows a detail of Fig. 3, i.e., the interval during which the measuring signal received is being sampled.
  • Line C represents the signal received, while line E' represents the successive sampling pulses.
  • the 32 samples charge hold circuits 18 and 20, respectively.
  • Line F represents the output voltage of the hold circuit. During the 32 samplings within a burst of the measuring signal, the hold circuit gradually adopts the value of the instantaneous voltage of the measuring signal received at the sampling point.
  • the sampling pulse shifts only through 6.6 ns relative to the cycle of the measuring signal (the total duration of one cycle is 847 ns), while the duration of the sampling pulse is approximately 100 ns. It may therefore be said that, practically, the 32 successive sampling pulses sample a single point of the measuring signal.
  • the next transmit burst is transmitted 434/us (512 cycles of the measuring frequency) after the previous transmit burst, and the same sampling procedure is executed.
  • the sampling pulses have now been shifted through 1/32 cycle (26.5 ns) relative to the cycle of the measuring signal. Consequently, in 32 successive bursts an entire cycle of the 1.18 MHz measuring signal is scanned.
  • the hold circuit which during the reception of a burst each- time acquires the voltage of the measuring signal at the instant of sampling, thus produces an AC voltage having a frequency of 72 Hz and a shape identical to that of the measuring signal (normally a sine wave shape).
  • a low-pass filter smoothes out the step-like ripple on the output voltage of the hold circuit.
  • Line C" in Fig. 5 shows each time a cycle of the received measuring signal in each burst.
  • Line E" shows each time a sampling pulse in each burst.
  • Fig. 5 shows that the instant of sampling shifts relative to the sine wave cycles of the received measuring signal.
  • Line F' represents the output voltage of the hold circuit, while line G represents the waveform obtained by smoothing out by means of the low-pass filter. The sampling is executed concurrently in both reception paths connected to the two transducers. However, when there is a phase difference between the two measuring signals, the same phase difference will exist between the two 72 Hz output signals.

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  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Measuring Volume Flow (AREA)

Abstract

Dispositif de mesure de la vitesse d'écoulement d'un liquide dans une conduite, comprenant deux transducteurs ultrasoniques et un circuit électronique. Chacun des deux transducteurs transmet simultanément une rafale à l'autre transducteur et la vitesse d'écoulement du liquide est déterminée à partir de la différence dans les temps d'arrivée aux transducteurs récepteurs respectifs des deux rafales envoyées dans deux directions opposées. Chacun des deux transducteurs est connecté par une porte d'échantillons à un circuit récepteur dans lequel les signaux ultrasonores reçus par les transducteurs sont échantillonnés simultanément.
EP19850905237 1984-10-23 1985-10-23 Debitmetre ultrasonique a plage de mesures etendue Withdrawn EP0198879A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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NL8403221A NL8403221A (nl) 1984-10-23 1984-10-23 Ultrasone doorstromingsmeter met groot meetbereik.
NL8403221 1984-10-23

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EP0198879A1 true EP0198879A1 (fr) 1986-10-29

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