Endress + Hauser Flowtec Ag

Sascha Kamber

Alexander Grün

Hanno Schultheis

Andreas Strub

Dominique Wiederkehr

Marc Hollmach

Philipp Loeffel

Natalie Witkowski

Utz Dette

Disclosed is a thermal flowmeter for measuring mass flow of a medium in a measuring tube, comprising: a measuring tube having a tube wall and a tube axis; a sensor with four probes, extending from a sensor base into the measuring tube, wherein the probes are adapted to heat medium, to determine its temperature or to influence a flow of the medium; and an electronic circuit, adapted to operate the probes and to create and to provide flow measured values. Each probe has a probe base and a probe active portion, wherein the probe active portion is adapted to heat the medium, to determine the temperature of the medium, and/or to influence a flow of the medium. The probe bases define a rhombus on a surface of the sensor base, wherein the rhombus is defined by geometric centers of cross sections of the probe bases.

Thermal flowmeter and method for operating a thermal flowmeter

A vortex flow transducer for measuring the flow velocity of a fluid flowing in a measuring tube as well as to a vortex flow sensor for the vortex flow transducer. In such case, the vortex flow sensor includes a housing having a central axis and a connecting section, on which a shoulder is embodied, which has a bearing area. In a plane of the shoulder a membrane is arranged, whose edge is positioned over the bearing area and is axially spaced therefrom. The vortex flow sensor includes, furthermore, a flange shaped support system having a radial edge section and a cylindrical axial section, wherein the radial edge section lies with its surface against the shoulder of the platform and the cylindrical axial section extends parallel to the central axis, so that the membrane is supported against the support system upon application of a predetermined pressure on the membrane.

Vortex flow sensor for a vortex flow transducer having a flange shaped support device for supporting a membrane in a housing

A method for determining mass flow of a two-phase medium flowing through a measuring tube of a vortex, flow measuring device. The measuring tube has in a measuring cross section at least one bluff body for producing vortices. By sensor registering of the produced vortices, a flow velocity of the medium in the region of the measuring cross section is determined. In the method, the density of the medium in the region of the measuring cross section is determined from the specific, total enthalpy of the medium in the region of the measuring cross section, from the flow velocity of the medium in the region of the measuring cross section, from a static pressure of the medium in the region of the measuring cross section and from the static temperature of the medium in the region of the measuring cross section. Additionally, the mass flow is determined from the determined flow velocity, the determined density and a flow cross section of the medium in the region of the measuring cross section.

Method for density correction in a vortex, flow measuring device

A housing cap comprises: a cap basic body having a cap floor having an opening as well as a surrounding cap lateral wall adjoining an edge of the cap floor. A window pane of a transparent material placed on a side of the cap floor facing toward the cap lateral wall in a manner sealing the opening of the cap floor; as well as a contact disk placed on a side of the window pane facing away from the cap floor. The cap lateral wall includes on an inner side facing the window pane a groove, while the contact disk has a contact region bearing against the window pane as well as an outer edge having formed therein a plurality of teeth, which are in engagement with the groove.

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Aesch, Switzerland

Sascha Kamber