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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2021
Expro Meters, Inc., Wallingford, CT (US);
Daniel L. Gysling, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Gabriel Dragnea, Denver, CO (US);
Expro Meters, Inc., Wallingford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method for sensing a process fluid is provided. The method includes: a) using a Coriolis meter (CM) having a flow tube to determine a CM mass flow value, a CM density value, and a drive gain signal; b) using a sensor array having a plurality of sensors configured to sense a characteristic of the process fluid that convects with the process fluid through the flow tube, and produce sensor signals representative of the process fluid characteristic convecting with the process fluid, and a sensor array processing unit in communication with the sensor array to determine a convective velocity of the process fluid; and c) reporting a first mass flow rate of the process fluid as measured by the CM or a second mass flow rate using the convective velocity and the CM density value based on the drive gain signal relative to a predetermined drive gain threshold.