Electromagnetic flow meter and miswiring detection method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10557745-B2
Application number	US-201715609551-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2017
Priority date	Jun 1, 2016
Publication date	Feb 11, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

An electromagnetic flow meter includes a flowtube including a coil disposed in the vicinity of a measurement tube, and electrodes disposed on the measurement tube, a converter including an excitation unit configured to generate an excitation signal and output the excitation signal to the coil through an excitation cable, and a detection signal receiving unit configured to receive a detection signal from the electrodes through a signal cable, and generate a flow rate signal, and a miswiring detection unit configured to perform miswiring diagnosis on the excitation cable or the signal cable on the basis of a difference between a change amount of the flow rate signal when the excitation signal is being output and a change amount of the flow rate signal when the excitation signal is not being output.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electromagnetic flow meter comprising:
a flowtube including a coil disposed in the vicinity of a measurement tube, and electrodes disposed on the measurement tube;
a converter including an excitation unit configured to generate an excitation signal and output the excitation signal to the coil through an excitation cable, and a detection signal receiving unit configured to receive a detection signal from the electrodes through a signal cable, and generate a flow rate signal; and
a miswiring detection unit configured to calculate a first change amount between a maximum value and a minimum value of the flow rate signal in a predetermined period when the excitation signal is being output and a second change amount between a maximum value and a minimum value of the flow rate signal in the predetermined period when the excitation signal is not being output, and calculate a difference between the first change amount and the second change amount, and perform miswiring diagnosis on the excitation cable or the signal cable based on the calculated difference
wherein the predetermined period is a period equal to or longer than one cycle of the excitation signal.

2. The electromagnetic flow meter according to claim 1 , wherein:
in a case where difference between the first change amount and the second change amount does not exceed a predetermined reference value, the miswiring detection unit determines that miswiring occurs in the excitation cable or the signal cable.

3. The electromagnetic flow meter according to claim 1 , wherein:
the change amount of the flow rate signal is a value directly or indirectly representing a magnitude of differential noise included in the flow rate signal.

4. A miswiring detection method of an electromagnetic flow meter which includes a flowtube including a coil disposed in the vicinity of a measurement tube, and electrodes disposed on the measurement tube, and a converter including an excitation unit configured to generate an excitation signal and output the excitation signal to the coil through an excitation cable, and a detection signal receiving unit configured to receive a detection signal from the electrodes through a signal cable, and generate a flow rate signal, the method comprising:
calculating a first change amount between a maximum value and a minimum value of the flow rate signal in a predetermined period when the excitation signal is being output and a second change amount between a maximum value and a minimum value of the flow rate signal in the predetermined period when the excitation signal is not being output;
calculating a difference between the first change amount and the second change amount; and
performing miswiring diagnosis on the excitation cable or the signal cable based on the calculated difference,
wherein
the predetermined period is a period equal to or longer than one cycle of the excitation signal.

5. An electromagnetic flow meter comprising:
a flowtube;
a converter configured to output an excitation signal to the flowtube through an excitation cable, and receive a detection signal from the flowtube through a signal cable, and generate a flow rate signal based on the detection signal; and
a miswiring detection unit configured to, in response to the excitation signal being output calculate a first change amount of the flow rate signal as a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the flow rate signal in a predetermined period, and in response to the excitation signal being stopped calculate a second change amount of the flow rate signal as a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the flow rate signal in the predetermined period, and calculate a difference between the first change amount and the second change amount, and determine a miswiring of the electromagnetic flow meter based on the calculated difference between the first change amount and the second change amount,
wherein
the predetermined period is greater than or equal to one cycle of the excitation signal.

6. The electromagnetic flow meter according to claim 5 , wherein in response to the difference between the first change amount and the second change amount being equal to or less than a reference value, the miswiring detection unit determines that the miswiring occurs.

7. The electromagnetic flow meter according to claim 5 , wherein each of the first change amount and the second change amount represents a magnitude of differential noise included in the flow rate signal.

Assignees

• Yokogawa Electric Corp

Inventors

• Shimura Toru

Classifications

• G01F1/58 Primary

  by electromagnetic flowmeters · CPC title

• G01F1/586

  constructions of coils, magnetic circuits, accessories therefor (G01F1/582 takes precedence; magnet; inductances; transformers; selection of materials for their magnetic properties per se H01F) · CPC title

• G01F1/60

  Circuits therefor · CPC title

• G01F25/0007 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01F25/10 Primary

  of flowmeters · CPC title