Sick Engineering Gmbh

Toralf Dietz

John Lansing

Gerry Schröter

Ekkehard Riedel

Henri Kirmse

Arnd Schlicke

Andreas Gurr

Lars Oehmichen

A measurement apparatus () and to a method provide for the determination of a flow rate (v) and/or of a throughflow (Q) of a fluid () flowing in a conduit (). At least one first ultrasonic transducer () and one second ultrasonic transducer () permit a flow rate determination via the time of flight of an ultrasound signal. To further improve the determination of a flow rate of a fluid using ultrasonic transducers, in particular at very high flow rates, and to enable the measurement of very high flow rates, a noise-measuring ultrasonic transducer () is provided that measures the noise generated in on the flowing past of the fluid () in the ultrasonic transducer, and a control and evaluation device () is configured to determine the flow rate (v) using the noise measurements.

Flow measurement using ultrasound to detect a time of flight difference using noise measurements

An ultrasound measuring apparatus for measuring the flow rate of a fluid in a conduit having two measurement systems is provided that each have at least one pair of ultrasound transducers that span a measurement path between them and that each have a control unit to determine transit times from ultrasound transmitted and received with and against the flow. In this respect, the control units are each configured to fix measurement times for a transit time determination on a measurement path autonomously and independently of one another in accordance with a rule that produces a respective different sequence of the measurement times in both measurement systems.

Ultrasound measuring apparatus and method for measuring the flow rate of a fluid

An ultrasonic measurement apparatus () for measuring the flow velocity of a fluid is provided which flows in a pipeline in a main flow direction, wherein the ultrasonic measurement apparatus () has an ultrasonic measurement zone () with at least a pair of ultrasonic transducers (), an evaluation unit for determining the flow velocity from a propagation time difference of ultrasound transmitted and received with and against the flow, as well as a deflection unit, by means of which the fluid from the main flow direction is deflectable and suppliable to the ultrasonic measurement zone (). In this respect the deflection unit () forms a loop.

Ultrasonic measurement apparatus having a deflection unit forming a loop

The invention relates to an ultrasonic gas flow meter and corresponding method of verification, where the ultrasonic gas flow meter comprises at least one signal evaluation unit, memory, piping through which gas can flow, and ultrasonic transducers disposed on opposite sides of the piping; the ultrasonic gas flow meter is adapted to detect a flow velocity of the gas flowing through the piping. The method comprises a test procedure for verifying the operation of electronics associated with the ultrasonic gas flow meter wherein, when the test procedure is activated, test signals are triggered which replace the propagation times measured with predefined propagation times associated with an assumed gas flow velocity and the output of the evaluation unit is detected to see how the calculated gas flow velocity compares to the assumed gas flow velocity.

Ultrasonic flow meter and method including a test procedure to verify the operation of the electronic

An ultrasonic measurement device () for determining a flow velocity of a fluid in a conduit comprises The distance from the paths (-) to the horizontal reference plane () is greater than half the radius (R).

Ultrasonic measurement of flow velocity

The invention relates to a method of measuring a gas flow velocity using an ultrasonic gas flow meter, wherein said ultrasonic gas flow meter includes a horizontal piping through which gas can flow in a flow direction and which has a central axis, at least one pair of measurement paths of equal length spaced apart, extending parallel to one another in separate horizontal planes and inclined to said flow direction, wherein each horizontal plane of a pair of measurement paths is vertically offset by an equal predefined distance from said central axis, wherein an ultrasonic transducer is arranged at each end of said measurement path and each ultrasonic transducer is adapted to selectively act as an ultrasonic transmitter and an ultrasonic receiver, the method comprising the steps of measuring a flow velocity of said gas in a measurement path arranged in an upper region of said piping, measuring a flow velocity of said gas in a measurement path arranged in a lower region of said piping and using the results of these two measurements to predict if a liquid is present in said piping during said measurement.

Method and apparatus for measuring a gas flow velocity

An ultrasound measurement apparatus () is set forth for measuring the flow speed of a fluid in a conduit () having a plurality of ultrasonic transducers () pairs of which span between them a plurality of main measurement paths and at least one diagnosis measurement path, and having an evaluation unit () which is made to determine a respective individual measured value for the flow speed from transit times of ultrasound transmitted and received with and against the flow on each measurement path (), to calculate individual measured values of the main measurement paths as a main measured value for the flow speed, to determine a measured diagnosis value from the at least one individual measured value of the diagnosis measured path and to compare the main measured value and the measured diagnosis value with one another. In this respect at least some of the ultrasonic transducers () have widened transmission and reception lobes so that a plurality of ultrasonic transducers () are arranged in their transmission and reception lobes so that, in addition to the primary measurement paths () spanned between two mutually aligned ultrasonic transducers, at least one additional secondary measurement path () is opened as a main measurement path or as a diagnosis measurement path.

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Dresden, Germany

Toralf Dietz