EP2205946A1 - Dispositif et procédé de traitement de signaux pour signaux de tension d'électrodes d'un débitmètre à induction magnétique - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de traitement de signaux pour signaux de tension d'électrodes d'un débitmètre à induction magnétique

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EP2205946A1
EP2205946A1 EP08846924A EP08846924A EP2205946A1 EP 2205946 A1 EP2205946 A1 EP 2205946A1 EP 08846924 A EP08846924 A EP 08846924A EP 08846924 A EP08846924 A EP 08846924A EP 2205946 A1 EP2205946 A1 EP 2205946A1
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Thomas Bier
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Endress and Hauser Flowtec AG
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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
    • G01F1/56—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 using electric or magnetic effects
    • G01F1/58—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 using electric or magnetic effects by electromagnetic flowmeters
    • G01F1/60—Circuits therefor

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  • the present invention relates to a signal processing circuit for voltage signals from electrodes of a magnetic inductive flowmeter.
  • Electromagnetic flowmeters make use of the principle of electrodynamic induction for volumetric flow measurement.
  • Charge carriers of the medium moved perpendicular to a magnetic field induce a measurement voltage in substantially perpendicular to the flow direction of the medium and perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field arranged measuring electrodes.
  • the measuring voltage induced in the measuring electrodes is proportional to the flow velocity of the medium, averaged over the cross section of the measuring tube, ie proportional to the volume flow. If the density of the medium is known, the mass flow in the pipeline or in the measuring tube can be determined.
  • the measuring voltage is usually tapped via a pair of measuring electrodes, which is arranged with respect to the coordinate along the measuring tube axis in the region of maximum magnetic field strength and where consequently the maximum measuring voltage is to be expected.
  • the measuring electrodes are usually galvanically coupled to the medium.
  • magnetically inductive flowmeters with capacitively coupling measuring electrodes have also become known.
  • the magnetic field is usually reversed periodically, so that successive measuring voltages with opposite signs occur at the measuring electrodes.
  • a magneto-inductive flowmeter may also have measuring medium monitoring electrodes for detecting partially filled or empty measuring tubes and / or reference or grounding electrodes for the electrical reference potential between the measuring device and the measuring medium.
  • the voltage signals of the electrodes of a magneto-inductive flowmeter are called a differentially operating amplifier, called differential amplifier for short.
  • differential amplifier This amplifies the difference of the two voltage signals of the electrodes with a gain G.
  • the output of the differential amplifier is additionally raised by an amplifier-related offset signal and is a downstream analog to digital converter, hereinafter referred to as A / D converter, fed.
  • the voltages refer to a certain, fixed reference potential, such as ground or a reference electrode of the electromagnetic flowmeter, with which both differential amplifier and A / D converter work.
  • DE19716151C1 describes the production of a reference potential.
  • the differential amplifier is connected to a reference electrode or a measuring electrode.
  • the useful signals of the two electrodes in comparison to superimposed interference signals which e.g. Common-mode signals are, are very small
  • the useful signals are conventionally in the range of a few microvolts, while the noise can reach up to a few V, either a high quality of the A / D converter, in particular with respect to its noise and / or its resolution, necessary in order to be able to process the useful signals as well as possible, or a suppression or filtering of the interference signals and subsequent amplification of the remaining useful signals.
  • High resolution A / D converters are comparatively expensive components.
  • a suppression or filtering out of a common-mode signal is indicated by suppression of low-frequency components in the differential signal.
  • a preamplifier is a high-pass, but its practical implementation leads to an asymmetry between the signal paths.
  • a resistor network is described. By suppressing the low-frequency components in the differential signal using the high-pass filter, a high gain is then possible.
  • the amplified signals are then fed to a differential input A / D converter.
  • the object of the invention is a simple and inexpensive signal processing circuit of a magneto-inductive Suggest flow meter, which has a large ratio between useful signals and noise.
  • the object is achieved in that a signal processing circuit for voltage signals of electrodes of a magneto-inductive flowmeter is proposed, wherein in each case two measuring electrodes are connected to a fully differential amplifier, which amplifier has two inputs and two outputs. In this case, no suppression or filtering of the low-frequency interference signals is required and thus do not arise the problems of the asymmetry of the signal paths described in the prior art.
  • Such an amplifier has both differential inputs and differential outputs or an inverting and a non-inverting input and an inverting and a non-inverting output. It is therefore a "fully differential amplifier" known in English, which expression can be translated into German as a fully differential amplifier or full differential amplifier two outputs with antiphase amplified difference of the input signals and nominally equal amplitude. At the output of a differential amplifier is only the amplified by a gain G difference of the input signals.
  • the essential idea of the invention is to increase the signal amplitude through the use of a fully differential amplifier to increase the signal-to-noise ratio. Instead of a fixed reference voltage and a differential voltage between two measuring electrodes, the full differential amplifier outputs a respective voltage signal in phase and one in opposite phase to the differential voltage. As a result, a double-ended useful signal can be fed to a downstream A / D converter.
  • the device According to an advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention it is proposed that at a first output of the fully differential amplifier one with a gain + G amplified difference of the two voltage signals of the measuring electrodes is applied and that at a second output of the fully differential amplifier one with a gain factor -G increased difference of the two voltage signals of the measuring electrodes is applied.
  • the two outputs provide signals of nominally equal amplitude, but in antiphase, that is, inverted signals.
  • Input signals is formed, is in opposite phase. Since no high pass is realized with this circuit, ie low-frequency components are retained, interfering signals significantly limit the amplification factor, ie. The gain can not be increased arbitrarily. The symmetry and thus the common-mode rejection on the other hand is very good. The signal-to-noise ratio of a thus only slightly amplified differential signal is increased by the fact that twice the signal amplitude is generated in the full differential amplifier and is applied to a downstream A / D converter. The inherent noise of the A / D converter is thus less significant. Thus, that is, by the fully differential control of the A / D converter, the problem of asymmetry described in the prior art does not occur.
  • the high demands on the downstream A / D converter are hereby lower.
  • a cheaper A / D converter can be used in comparison with the prior art, which leads to a similar performance of the circuit, or a standard A / D converter is used, which leads to an increase in performance.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention suggests that applied to the outputs of the amplifier unipolar signals, ie raised by a voltage u OffSet - If the input signals in the full differential amplifier bipolar, ie they move, for example, between -2.5V and + 2.5V, they must be raised to a unipolar range, eg OV ... 5V, as a downstream A / D Converter usually has a unipolar input area. This makes according to the invention the fully differential amplifier with two inputs and two outputs and an offset input.
  • the amplifier outputs are connected to a downstream A / D converter with differential inputs.
  • the double signal amplitude is further processed.
  • an amplifier-related offset is filtered out. Equal parts of the amplifier offset subtract out. Due to the larger signal amplitude, the noise generated by the A / D converter is less significant as a disturbance.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention is that the amplifier connected downstream of the A / D converter is an integrated A / D converter.
  • the amplifier connected downstream of the A / D converter is an integrated A / D converter.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the invention Device provides that the amplifier connected downstream of the A / D converter has at least a resolution of 16 bits. Particularly advantageous is a higher resolution, for example, 24 bits.
  • the invention further consists in a
  • Method for processing voltage signals from electrodes of a magneto-inductive flowmeter wherein a voltage signal U 1 of a first measuring electrode of a magneto-inductive flowmeter is applied to a first input of a fully differential amplifier and that to a second input of the fully differential amplifier, a voltage signal U 2 of a second Measuring electrode of a magnetic inductive flowmeter is applied and at a first output of the fully differential amplifier amplified with a gain + G differential voltage U 1 -U 2 of the input voltage signals is output and at a second output of the fully differential amplifier amplified with a gain -G differential voltage U 1 -U 2 of the input voltage signals is output. Both outputs can be raised by a voltage u Offset .
  • Fig. 1 is a representation of a signal processing circuit, as in the prior art, without a suppression or filtering the low-frequency interference signals.
  • FIG. 2 shows an illustration of temporal voltage curves associated with FIG. 1, FIG.
  • Fig. 3 is an illustration of an inventive
  • FIG. 4 shows a representation of temporal voltage profiles associated with FIG.
  • Fig. 1 shows a signal processing circuit as in the prior art.
  • Fig. 2 shows the associated voltage waveforms of the measuring electrode voltages and the A / D converter input voltage.
  • a magneto-inductive measuring device is shown schematically. It consists of two opposite field coils 2, which are attached to a measuring tube 1 and generate a magnetic field. Two opposing measuring electrodes 3 and 4 are connected to two inputs of a differential amplifier 5. The measuring electrode voltage signals U 1 and U 2 are based on ground or on the potential of a reference electrode 6.
  • the measuring electrode voltages U 1 and U 2 sit down in turn from interference voltages u A , u B and useful signals u a , u b together. u a and u b are out of phase for symmetry reasons.
  • u OffSet indicates an amplifier offset voltage .
  • the time profiles of the voltages are caused by the periodic reversal of the magnetic field. If the magnetic field is positively polarized, one measuring voltage of one measuring electrode becomes positive and the other negative. Negatively poled magnetic field, the voltages behave reversed.
  • the useful signals are in the range of a few microvolts, while the interference voltages can reach a few volts.
  • the output signal is fed to a first input of an A / D converter 8, at whose second input the signal of the reference electrode is applied.
  • the time profile of the signal to be digitized is again shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 3 shows a signal processing circuit according to the invention and FIG. 4 shows the associated voltage waveforms of the measuring electrode voltages and the A / D converter input voltage.
  • FIG. 4 shows the associated voltage waveforms of the measuring electrode voltages and the A / D converter input voltage.
  • the opposing measuring electrodes 3 and 4 are connected to the inputs of a differential amplifier 7.
  • the amplifier 7, in contrast, is a fully differential amplifier with two outputs.
  • the measuring electrode voltages U 1 and U 2 are equally composed of interference voltages u A , u B and useful signals u a , u b .
  • u OffSet indicates an amplifier offset voltage .
  • the output signals of the amplifier are supplied to the differential inputs of an A / D converter 8.
  • the voltages are in turn related to the reference electrode 6.
  • the time profile of the signal to be digitized is again shown in FIG. It has twice the signal amplitude.

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Abstract

Circuit de traitement de signaux pour signaux de tension d'électrodes d'un débitmètre à induction magnétique, caractérisé en ce que deux électrodes de mesure sont connectées avec un amplificateur à fonctionnement entièrement différentiel, ledit amplificateur présentant deux entrées et deux sorties.
EP08846924A 2007-11-06 2008-11-05 Dispositif et procédé de traitement de signaux pour signaux de tension d'électrodes d'un débitmètre à induction magnétique Withdrawn EP2205946A1 (fr)

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DE102007053222A DE102007053222A1 (de) 2007-11-06 2007-11-06 Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Signalverarbeitung von Spannungssignalen von Elektroden eines magnetisch induktiven Durchflussmessgeräts
PCT/EP2008/065008 WO2009060003A1 (fr) 2007-11-06 2008-11-05 Dispositif et procédé de traitement de signaux pour signaux de tension d'électrodes d'un débitmètre à induction magnétique

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