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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2018
Micro Motion, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Craig B. McAnally, Thornton, CO (US);
Bert J. Downing, Longmont, CO (US);
MICRO MOTION, INC., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A meter electronics () for determining a decay characteristic of a meter assembly () of a flow meter () is provided. The meter electronics () includes an interface () for receiving a vibrational response from a meter assembly (), the vibrational response comprising a response to an excitation of the meter assembly () at a substantially resonant frequency, and a processing system () in communication with the interface (). The processing system () is configured to receive the vibrational response from the interface (), determine a response voltage (V) of the vibrational response, determine a decay characteristic (ζ) of the meter assembly () based on the response voltage (V), and compensate the decay characteristic (ζ) by using a previously determined decay characteristic-to-response voltage relationship.