WO2015089594A1 - Dispositif de mesure télémétrique de débit de liquides sans parties mobiles - Google Patents

Dispositif de mesure télémétrique de débit de liquides sans parties mobiles Download PDF

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WO2015089594A1
WO2015089594A1 PCT/BR2013/000571 BR2013000571W WO2015089594A1 WO 2015089594 A1 WO2015089594 A1 WO 2015089594A1 BR 2013000571 W BR2013000571 W BR 2013000571W WO 2015089594 A1 WO2015089594 A1 WO 2015089594A1
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Giovani José FERNANDEZ
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MANGANELLI, Laurindo
NACIF, Alfeu Moisés,
PENNA, Jose Arthur
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q9/00—Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G01F15/06—Indicating or recording devices
    • G01F15/061—Indicating or recording devices for remote indication
    • G01F15/063—Indicating or recording devices for remote indication using electrical means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G01F15/07—Integration to give total flow, e.g. using mechanically-operated integrating mechanism
    • G01F15/075—Integration to give total flow, e.g. using mechanically-operated integrating mechanism using electrically-operated integrating means
    • G01F15/0755—Integration to give total flow, e.g. using mechanically-operated integrating mechanism using electrically-operated integrating means involving digital counting
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01D—MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01D4/00—Tariff metering apparatus
    • G01D4/002—Remote reading of utility meters
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04Q—SELECTING
    • H04Q2209/00—Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems
    • H04Q2209/40—Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems using a wireless architecture
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B90/00—Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02B90/20—Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
    • Y04S20/00—Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof
    • Y04S20/30—Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

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  • This application relates to a Telemetric Fluid Flowmeter with no moving parts, ie it does not use any component or part capable of moving internally within the meter body and which is capable of measuring the flow of passing fluids in a medium.
  • conduction in particular cold water, also aiming to measure the flow of other fluids, in order to process and total this flow, later transmitting it by means of a wireless connection, through a wireless connection, to another post-processing device, allowing indirectly achieve command and directly supervise and control the supply system of this fluid, thus ensuring the correct flow information, its operation and operation in favor of the service provider that manages that meter.
  • a flow meter is a device used to measure the flow of fluids in a conduction medium, for example the flow of water in a supply pipe.
  • a flowmeter especially a hydrometer, utilizes water flow to displace a turbine that drives a gear assembly.
  • the axis of said turbine is coupled to a gear assembly which has the sole purpose of processing and displaying the totality of that flow. This totalization is displayed as numbers printed on axial disks that will be read by the agent designated by the service provider that manages that meter.
  • gauges where there is, in the gear set as described above, the inclusion of one more specific gear to accommodate a magnet.
  • the rotation of this magnet is detected by an accessory electronic circuit, aiming to process the totalization of this flow and transmit it for further data processing.
  • the present patent application contemplates a precision metered fluid flow meter and protection against fraud and tampering.
  • the measurement results and the occurrence of fraud and violations are reported to the service provider who administers the equipment, and the consumption measurements provided to the consumer.
  • an estimated level of measurement error of 3% (three per cent) is therefore lower than current values in the range of 15% ( fifteen percent) to twenty percent (20%) for conventional mechanical gauges.
  • the direction of flow can be determined, thus enabling the increase or decrease of the totalization coherently to the direction of fluid flow.
  • the meter in question innovates in its ability to measure reduced flows because the measurement of values is made in an appropriate chamber which is capable of adjusting the fluid velocity to a more accurate measurement by narrowing the tube in such a chamber. that conducts the fluid at a different speed, making it larger if there is a narrowing in the passage tube.
  • This narrowing of the measuring chamber is calculated in such a way that the pressure drop on the meter caused by the area reduction itself is within the limits set by the standards used by the drinking water utilities.
  • the equipment has an electromagnetic shield to prevent possible attempts at fraud when approaching or placing an external magnetic field, immediately issuing a warning to the service provider, not interfering or stopping the flow measurement process while maintaining its accuracy.
  • the equipment has a display where items such as total read processing, instantaneous or momentary flow and battery status can be checked. This information can be obtained through an external access button, which allows you to choose which items to display on the display for a sufficient reading time only to save battery power.
  • the meter In order to use the minimum power supplied by the battery, when the meter does not detect the presence of fluid movement, it may go into hibernation, returning to full operation as soon as the presence of fluid movement is detected and the consequent need for it. measured by the sensors in the equipment. Hibernation also occurs at long time intervals between the actuation of the sensors as well as at small fluid flows.
  • the equipment will transmit the totalization of the obtained fluid flow measurement, associated with the meter identification code, allowing its capture by the service provider that administers the equipment.
  • the equipment alarm is triggered generating information for the service provider that manages the equipment, allowing the necessary steps to be taken to remedy the event. thus ensuring the functionality of supervision and indirect control of the equipment.
  • Figure 1 shows the Telemetric Fluid Flow Meter. No Mounted Moving Parts, where it is presented with the lid.- -prQtetpcr. ⁇ » ⁇ displayj-inft position; i open.
  • Figure 2 presents the exploded view of the equipment where its main components placed near its connection points can be observed.
  • Figure 3 shows the flow measurement chamber, designed to condition the velocity of the passing fluid and to measure its flow rate.
  • Figure 4 presents the block diagram of the electronics that make up the measurement system.
  • the meter is shown assembled in figure 1, being composed of an upper housing (5) with opening for the display (6) and hinged lid (7) for its closing.
  • the hinged lid has an opening angle greater than 90 degrees allowing for a wide view of the measurement.
  • Figure 2 shows the meter in exploded view, where you can see, in addition to the items already shown in figure 1, the various components of the equipment. For clarity of design, complementary and ordinary parts such as screws and washers have been deleted.
  • the function button (8) is placed in the upper housing (14), next to the display (6), the function button (8) is placed to provide information on the measurement obtained.
  • the upper housing (14) also comprises the data transmission system antenna (9), the battery (11), the magnetic field sensor (12) and the housing opening sensor (13).
  • the meter body (5) is mounted in series with the water flow.
  • the magnetic material (15) is mounted with its poles aligned with the upper and lower faces of the parallelepiped formed in the center of the meter body (5).
  • the electrodes (16) and (17) are mounted with their faces aligned with the side faces of the parallelepiped formed in the center of the meter body (5).
  • the upper housing (14) and the lower housing (10) are internally coated with a special material layer intended for electromagnetic shielding in order to protect the measuring system against electromagnetic noise or external magnetic fields. All electronics are mounted on the printed circuit board (18). Is- " ⁇ is powered by the battery (11) placed compartment in the housing formed by the bottom (10).
  • Figure 3 shows the flow measurement chamber (23) within the section meter body. It can clearly be seen from this the narrowing (23) designed to increase the water velocity at the measuring point which enables low flow measurement to be made possible.
  • FIG. 4 shows the block diagram of the digital measurement system.
  • the sensor block (20) detects fluid movement, determines its direction and magnitude, informing the microprocessor block (19) the need for totalization.
  • the microprocessor block (19) may go into sleep mode if it does not detect fluid movement within a certain time interval and may hibernate during the intervals between the battery detection. movement when the vacuum is very low. This way, the display (6) will be in the normal operating condition as off, being only turned on for a short time, in response to the requests made by the device activation, by using the function button (8), provided to such an end.
  • Function button (8) is used to display accumulated volume readings, instantaneous flow rate and estimated battery charge percentage.
  • the battery monitor unit (22) monitors the estimated amount of charge still present in the battery (11) and the 'tells the microprocessor unit (19). This in turn, in addition to the other assignments, monitors the state of the housing aperture sensor (13) and the external magnetic field sensor (12).
  • Another hypothesis for data transmission is its transfer upon request from the collecting equipment, when the transceiver block (21) is activated by the data collector, thus activating the microprocessor block (19) ; in order for the data to be transmitted and received.
  • the meter identification number, the current total reading and a coherence check number of the transmitted data are transmitted.
  • the meter As soon as the meter transmits its reading, either upon request or proactively, in the event of fraud or tampering, it waits for confirmation of receipt by the data collection unit. If it does not confirm receipt, the microprocessor block (19) will resend the information until it is needed, or as many times as determined by the service provider that manages that equipment, in which case it is up to the data collection equipment to determine and report. to the supervisory system the inactivity of that meter. However, it will not cease its measurement activities.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de mesure télémétrique électronique de débit de liquides sans parties mobiles, destiné à mesurer le débit de liquides circulant dans un conduit, notamment de l'eau froide, visant en outre à mesurer le débit d'autres liquides, de manière à traiter et totaliser ce débit, le transmettant ultérieurement par voie télémétrique au moyen d'une connexion sans fil à un autre dispositif de post-traitement, permettant d'atteindre, de manière indirecte, la commande et, de manière directe, la supervision et le contrôle du système de fourniture de ce liquide, garantissant ainsi une mise en oeuvre, un fonctionnement et une information correcte sur le débit pour le fournisseur de services qui gère l'équipement et pour le consommateur final, contenant une chambre de mesure de débit (x) avec un ou plusieurs dispositifs magnétiques (a) et des capteurs ou électrodes de mesure (y) destinés à mesurer le débit du liquide selon la différence de potentiel produite par le passage du liquide, en conséquence du volume de liquide déplacé dans la chambre de mesure (19), l'augmentant ou, éventuellement, la réduisant selon la polarité de la différence de potentiel produite lors de l'actionnement des capteurs magnétiques (16) et (17), calculant de manière précise le débit du liquide, le transmettant à un circuit au niveau duquel sa totalisation est traitée.
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