L'air Liquide

Guy Bourdon

Dominique Lampin

Daniel Leclerc

The valve comprises a movable closure member and a seat in which the closure member is displaced relative to the seat for varying the gas flow through the valve. According to the invention, the process comprises causing the displacement of the movable closure member by means of a step-by-step motor as a function of the variation of the flow produced by each step according to the geometry of the valve, the type of flow employed and the pressure of the gas on the upstream and/or downstream side of the valve, and then producing a corresponding control signal for displacing in the desired direction the motor through the number of steps corresponding to the calculated flow, the displacement of the motor causing the correlative displacement of the movable closure member.

Process for controlling the flow of a gas in a valve and flow generator

The flowmeter comprises a variable gain amplifier (1) whose input is connected to ground through a resistor (4) of constant resistance of low value relative to the input impedance of the amplifier, the thermoresistant element (3) being connected between the input and the output of the variable gain amplifier (1) and means (2) being provided for adjusting the value of the gain of the amplifier in such manner as to obtain the desired value of the current in the thermoresistant element (3) corresponding to the constant temperature it is desired to obtain.

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Le Chesnay, France

Guy Bourdon