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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1993
Other;
Abstract
A turbine flowmeter employs a capacitive rotary speed sensor comprising an electrically conductive member with a sizable surface area kinematically coupled to the rotating motion of the turbine, and a pair of stationary electrically conductive members with a sizable area disposed in a side-by-side electrically nonconducting relationship therebetween on a plane closely adjacent to a plane defined by the sizable surface area of the electrically conductive member kinematically coupled to the rotating motion of the turbine, wherein a first alternating electrical signal is supplied to one of the pair of stationary electrically conductive members and a second alternating electrical signal is taken off from the other of the pair of stationary electrically conductive members, and the flow rate of fluid is determined as a function of the frequency of fluctuation of an envelope of the second alternating electrical signal.