WO2001086234A2 - Durchflussmessgerät für temperaturabhängigen fluiden - Google Patents
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- WO2001086234A2 WO2001086234A2 PCT/EP2001/004980 EP0104980W WO0186234A2 WO 2001086234 A2 WO2001086234 A2 WO 2001086234A2 EP 0104980 W EP0104980 W EP 0104980W WO 0186234 A2 WO0186234 A2 WO 0186234A2
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- G01F15/00—Details of, or accessories for, apparatus of groups G01F1/00 - G01F13/00 insofar as such details or appliances are not adapted to particular types of such apparatus
- G01F15/02—Compensating or correcting for variations in pressure, density or temperature
- G01F15/022—Compensating or correcting for variations in pressure, density or temperature using electrical means
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- the invention relates to a device for measuring a flow rate of a fluid and a method for performing the measurement.
- the invention is based on the problem of developing a possibility for a flow measuring device and its electronic sensor in order to obtain an exact measured value of the actual flow in flow measurements of different flowable fluids.
- the solution to this problem provides that temperature-dependent material values of one or more fluids are stored in at least one data memory, that the temperature-dependent material values are related to the sensor used, that a computing unit determines the flow rate as a function of the material values of a fluid to be measured and a current one Sensor signal determined, and that the computing unit is connected to the data memory and the sensor.
- a sensor for measuring the flow of different fluids of different densities, viscosities, thermal conductivity or other material values.
- a measuring device can be used for the different fluids or fluids with changing material properties.
- Embodiments of the invention provide for those cases in which measurements of fluids with material values changing under the influence of temperature take place that the material values stored in the data memory are updated with a signal from the temperature sensor, and that the computing unit determines the flow rate with such updated material values , The current temperatures and their effects on a fluid are therefore taken into account. It is also provided that the associated characteristic values of a defined fluid are stored in at least one data memory for the sensor used, that the computing unit corrects the characteristic values of the defined fluid using similarity laws corresponding to the sensor measurement principle, and that the computing unit determines the flow rate using the corrected characteristic values , This covers the use cases in which the evaluation is carried out with the aid of data based on calibration curves or corresponding reference values.
- a sensor characteristic curve for a calibration fluid at a predetermined temperature is stored in the data memory.
- the physical properties of the different fluids can be stored in the factory or by the user, which are subject to change depending on the different temperatures.
- one or more calculation formulas for dimensionless key figures are stored in the data memory, the computing unit using the dimensionless key figures when determining the function value, or one or more correction options for compensating geometric design influences are stored in the data memory.
- a housing cross section or other geometric variables influencing the flow can be appropriately taken into account for determining the flow rate. Because the dimensions or configurations of a housing that forms the device exert an influence on the flow.
- Corresponding corrections are to be made in order to prevent the information content of a measurement signal from being adversely affected thereby.
- Such corrective measures acting on the sensor output values can be carried out using formula values, table values or curve values. These values are stored in the corresponding memory elements.
- the device is provided with internals for influencing the flow rate.
- the internals can be the closure element of a fitting, internals in the form of an impeller of a fluid-flow machine, or correspondingly others
- the flow meter can thus be integrated directly into the housing of work or power machines. Effects of internals, e.g. B. in the form of a throttling process, are detected directly.
- the computing unit in the evaluation unit and / or to fully or partially integrate the evaluation unit into the device and / or into at least one sensor.
- the required space is thus significantly reduced and the manufacturing costs are reduced.
- dimensionless key figures such as the Prandti number, the Reynolds number, the Nusselt number and / or similar key figures of fluids, which the arithmetic unit forms from their known equations, offer advantageous information for the physical effect used in the measurement process.
- a dimensionless key figure can also be formed from the current sensor signal and its reference to a reference value of the sensor signal.
- the calculation formulas for the dimensionless key figures can also be stored in the data memory. So z. B. when using a thermal sensor for detecting a flow rate, the Prandti number and the Reynolds number as significant quantities for determining a correction factor for converting the sensor signal.
- a method for performing the measurement provides that a second sensor detects the temperature of the fluid and supplies this temperature signal to the computing unit that the computing unit with material values, with the
- Temperature signal corrected material values with a flow rate calculated from the material values or with dimensionless key figures formed from the temperature-compensated material values, that the computing unit calculates the flow rate as a function of the material values or key figures retrieved from one or more data memories, and that the function used is based on that used for the Measuring principle of the sensor valid similarity laws is formed.
- the housing 1 shows a housing 1 through which a fluid shown as an arrow flows.
- An electronic sensor 2 is arranged in the housing.
- the housing can be a piece of pipe in a pipeline, a housing of a valve, a pump housing or other housings integrated in line systems.
- electronic sensor 2 supplies one or more measurement signals Q which, depending on the measurement principle used, represent a measurement signal proportional to the flow rate.
- the measurement signal is usually in the form of a voltage or a current.
- a temperature sensor 2.1 is integrated, which delivers a temperature signal T.
- a temperature signal T can also be detected by a separately arranged temperature sensor.
- the values of substances which flow as fluid A, B, C or D through the housing 1 are stored in an evaluation unit 3 in a plurality of data memories 4.1-4.4.
- the physical properties of these fluids AD depend on the prevailing temperature at the time of the measurement. In systems in which compliance with a constant temperature is guaranteed, only the material values relevant for this constant temperature are stored in one or more data memories 4. In such a case, a change in temperature does not have to be compensated for.
- the fluid family C with a fluid concentration C2 is affected by the measurement of the flow rate represented by progress arrows.
- the corresponding material values are retrieved from the memory 4.3.
- the calculation of the actual flow rate Q ⁇ st takes place in the arithmetic unit 5 as a function of the material value and the measurement signal Q supplied by the sensor.
- the arithmetic unit 5 therefore supplies an output signal Q ⁇ st which is directly related to the fluid and its composition or its concentration, based on the temperature-compensated material values .
- the temperature T detected by the sensor 2.1 is looped through by the evaluation unit 3 and / or the computing unit 5 and is additionally provided.
- customary interfaces 6, 7 for keyboards 8 or other known input devices are used. This allows a selection or change of a stored or the entry of a new fluid family to be stored with their corresponding material values.
- FIG. 2 An exemplary embodiment is shown in FIG. 2, wherein the correction of a sensor signal Q takes place with the aid of a calibration curve.
- a temperature signal T supplied by the sensor 2 is fed to the evaluation unit 3 and processed there accordingly in a converter 10.
- This can be an analog / digital converter, amplifier or another suitable unit with the aid of which the signal can be influenced in terms of its size and strength and processed further.
- the corresponding material values for the fluids to be measured with the sensor 2 are stored in a data memory 4.
- the various fluids can be selected for the measurement via an input device 11.
- the letters A - X stand for the names of the different fluids to be measured.
- the associated fluid concentration of the fluids stored in the database 4 can be selected with a further input device 12.
- the values from 0 - 90% by volume were selected as the possible concentration range. The value 100% was not used, since this value would correspond to the fluid itself.
- the stored material values can be the information for the kinematic toughness, the thermal conductivity quotient, the density, the specific heat capacity at constant pressure and similar values. It is also possible to save further constants or fluid constants that may be necessary for the calculation.
- the material values relevant for the fluid to be measured flow into the computing unit 5 from the data memory 4.
- the measured temperature signal T is also fed from the converter 10 into the memory 4 in order to be able to use it to calculate the relevant material values relating to the prevailing temperature from the data memory 4.
- the quantity signal Q supplied by the sensor 2 flows into a data memory 13, within which a reference is made to reference values stored there, which are shown in the exemplary embodiment as a calibration curve.
- a sensor signal converted in this data memory then flows into the computing unit 5 together with the measured sensor signal.
- the actual flow rate Q ⁇ st can be determined with the aid of one or more calculation steps using the temperature T present in the flow measurement, the associated kinematic viscosity v, the density p, the thermal conductivity ⁇ , the specific heat capacity cp or other material values of a fluid , Since these material values are a function of the existing temperature and the given fluid concentration, their knowledge is of particular importance.
- the computing unit 5 uses this to calculate a correction factor K, which as a dimensionless number establishes a relationship between the measured sensor signal Q and a corresponding reference signal.
- This correction factor is therefore a function of the material values of the measured fluid, the sensor signal and its reference basis.
- the computing unit calculates the flow rate Q ⁇ st from the correction factor K and information DN about the geometric dimensions in the associated computing unit 5.1.
- a relationship can be determined with the help of dimensionless key figures, such as the Prandti number, the Reynolds number, the Nusselt number or others.
- the value calculated from this flows into the computing unit 5, 5.1, in which the correction principle for the sensor used and the fluid to be measured is stored.
- a flow measurement signal can thus be calculated in a simple manner, which has been corrected with respect to the measured fluid and the existing temperature and thus has a very high degree of accuracy.
- Such a measurement signal can then be used for further processing.
- This can be a display on the measuring device itself, further processing within a measuring system, remote data query or influences on process control devices.
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