Coriolis measuring transmitter and Coriolis measuring device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12228442-B2
Application number	US-202218057301-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2022
Priority date	Nov 24, 2021
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a Coriolis measuring transmitter of a Coriolis measuring device for measuring a mass flow or a density of a medium flowing through a pipe, which includes: at least one pair of measuring tubes arranged to oscillate relative to each other, wherein each measuring tube includes a centrally arranged bend, at least one driver and at least two vibration sensors; two guiding devices, each including a fluid chamber with a first opening for connection with the pipe and second openings for each measuring tube for connection with the measuring tubes, wherein the guiding devices are each formed from multiple parts, for example, formed from two parts, wherein a first part forms a pipe connecting part, and wherein at least one second part forms a measuring tube connecting part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A Coriolis measuring transmitter of a Coriolis measuring device for measuring a mass flow or a density of a medium flowing through a pipe, the measuring transmitter comprising:
at least one pair of measuring tubes arranged to oscillate relative to each other, wherein each measuring tube includes a central bend, wherein in an equilibrium position, the measuring tubes of the at least one pair of measuring tubes are symmetrical with respect to a symmetry plane extending between both measuring tubes;
at least one driver configured to oscillate the measuring tubes;
at least two sensors configured to measure the oscillations of the measuring tubes; and
two guiding devices configured and arranged to guide the medium, wherein one guiding device is configured and arranged to guide the medium from the pipe into each measuring tube, and wherein the other guiding device is configured and arranged to guide the medium from each measuring tube into a continuation of the pipe,
wherein each guiding device comprises a fluid chamber with a first opening configured to connect to the pipe and with second openings for each measuring tube, the second openings each configured to connect to a measuring tube of the at least one pair of measuring tubes,
wherein each guiding device comprises multiple parts, wherein a first part is configured to connect to the pipe and wherein at least one second part is configured to connect to the measuring tubes of the at least one pair of measuring tubes,
wherein in a projection of the fluid chamber onto the symmetry plane, the fluid chamber follows a chamber bend connecting a measuring tube volume with a pipe volume, and
wherein the first part and the at least two second parts are connected together leak-tightly by a corresponding interface, wherein each interface comprises a protrusion and a recess at least partially complementary to the projection.

2. The measuring transmitter of claim 1 , wherein each guiding device comprises two parts, the first part and a second part of the at least one second part.

3. The measuring transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the connection of the interface is secured by one of screwing, locking, clicking, gluing, welding, bonding, sintering and brazing.

4. The measuring transmitter of claim 1 , wherein the fluid chamber comprises a bifurcation including a first bifurcated part and a second bifurcated part, wherein within the first bifurcated part each cross-section of the fluid chamber defines a single coherent area having a single center of area,
wherein within the second bifurcated part each cross-section of the fluid chamber defines two disconnected areas, each corresponding to an associated measuring tube of the at least one measuring tube pair and each with a separate center of area,
wherein a center line is defined by a projection of the centers of area of the cross-sections of the second bifurcated part onto the symmetry plane,
wherein a section of the center line, which coincides with the chamber bend, confines an angle, Θ, and defines a length, R CL , at Θ=0° from a center of the angle to the center line,
wherein a start of the chamber bend where Θ=0° is adjacent the pipe, and wherein an end of the chamber bend is adjacent a corresponding measuring tube,
wherein a shape of each cross-section is characterized by two circles each having a center and a same radius, wherein a separation (S(Θ)) of the centers of the circles perpendicular to the symmetry plane is a monotonically non-decreasing function with a minimum at Θ=0° that depends on the angle, and
wherein the radius depends on the angle as defined by:
R (Θ)= R P *F R (Θ),

wherein R(Θ) is a radial length measured from a center of area, R P is a scalar constant representing a pipe radius, and F R (Θ) is a monotonically non-increasing function with a maximum at Θ=0 20 , and
wherein cross-section planes defined by the cross-sections comprise the center of the angle.

5. The measuring transmitter of claim 4 , wherein a ratio of the length to the pipe radius is 1.8<R CL /R P <2.4.

6. The measuring transmitter of claim 5 , wherein the ratio of the length to the pipe radius is 2<R CL /R P <2.2.

7. The measuring transmitter of claim 4 , wherein the length is 16.5 mm<R CL <20.5 mm, and/or the pipe radius is 8.5 mm<R P <9 mm.

8. The measuring transmitter of claim 7 , wherein the length is 18 mm<R CL <19 mm, and/or the pipe radius is 8.7 mm<R P <8.8 mm.

9. The measuring transmitter of claim 4 , wherein the bifurcation occurs at a bifurcation angle greater than 45° and less than 75°.

10. The measuring transmitter of claim 9 , wherein the bifurcation angle is greater than 55° and less than 65°.

11. The measuring transmitter of claim 4 , wherein the monotonically non-increasing function is defined by:
F R (Θ)= −a*Θ+ 1,

wherein 0.0031<a<0.0051.

12. The measuring transmitter of claim 11 , wherein 0.0039<a<0.0043.

13. The measuring transmitter of claim 4 , wherein a ratio of the monotonically non-decreasing function to the pipe radius is defined by:
S (Θ)/ R P =b*Θ,

wherein 0.0109<|b|<0.0169.

14. The measuring transmitter of claim 13 , wherein 0.0134<|b|<0.0144.

15. The measuring transmitter of claim 4 , wherein the length defines an arc of a circle confining the angle with a radius of the length,
wherein within cross-sectional planes, projections of individual centers of area onto the symmetry plane deviate from the arc of a circle towards the center of the angle by a deviation,
wherein for angles less than a critical angle, an absolute value of a ratio of the deviation to the pipe radius is less than 0.01,
wherein for angles greater than the critical angle, the ratio of the deviation to the pipe radius is:
y/R P =| c 1*Θ∧2 −c 2 *Θ+c 3|,

wherein 0.000024<c1<0.000064, wherein 0.00577<c2<0.00977, wherein 0.053<c3 <0.093 and wherein 6°<Θ C <15°.

16. The measuring transmitter of claim 15 , wherein 0.000039<c1<0.000049, wherein 0.00727<c2<0.00827, wherein 0.068<c3<0.078 and wherein 9°<Θ C <11°.

17. A measuring device for measuring a mass flow or a density of a medium flowing through a pipe, the measuring device comprising:
the measuring transmitter according to claim 1 ; and
an electronic circuit configured to operate the at least one driver and the at least two sensors and to generate measuring values for the mass flow and/or the density of the medium.

Assignees

• Flowtec Ag

Inventors

• Schwenter Benjamin
• Werner Marc
• Schütz Markus
• Kumar Vivek
• Alioli Mattia

Classifications

• G01N9/32

  by using flow properties of fluids, e.g. flow through tubes or apertures · CPC title

• G01F1/8427

  detectors · CPC title

• G01F15/18

  Supports or connecting means for meters · CPC title

• G01F1/8495

  with multiple measuring conduits · CPC title

• G01F1/8486

  with multiple measuring conduits · CPC title