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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Invensys Systems, Inc., Foxboro, MA (US);
Wade Mattar, Wrentham, MA (US);
Peter Allstrom, Attleboro, MA (US);
Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc., Foxboro, MA (US);
Abstract
A configuration tool is for a vortex flowmeter having a flowtube, a bluff body positioned in the flowtube for shedding vortices in the fluid, and a pressure sensor configured to obtain a signal indicative of a time-varying fluid pressure having an oscillation associated with the vortices. The configuration tool includes a processor that determines a type of fluid flowing through the flowtube based on the amplitude of the oscillation. The processor sets a fluid-type setting of the vortex meter to match the determined type of fluid. An alarming system for a control system including such a flowmeter includes a processor that assesses a density of a fluid flowing through the flowtube based on the amplitude and compares the assessed density to a fluid density configuration setting. The processor activates an alarm if the difference between the assessed density and the fluid density configuration setting exceeds a threshold.