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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
William T. Anderson, Chanhassen, MN (US);
William T. Anderson, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Rosemount Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A transmitter senses flow or pressure of a process fluid in a process pipe. The process pipe may include a flow restrictor positioned therein that carries a primary flow of a process fluid. Impulse piping is configured to carry a secondary flow of the process fluid from an upstream side of the flow restrictor to a downstream side. An electro-kinetic element is positioned within the impulse piping and is configured to generate an electro-kinetic potential related to the primary flow. Measurement circuitry in the transmitter is configured to measure the electro-kinetic potential across the electro-kinetic element and relate the electro-kinetic potential to the flow of process fluid through the process pipe.