Ageing and dust detection in a meter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12332102-B2
Application number	US-202418631013-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2024
Priority date	Nov 11, 2020
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

An ageing and dust detection system, comprising: a data collection unit configured to collect a plurality of parameters of a gas meter; and a processing unit, configured to: receive the plurality of the parameters of the gas meter; calculate a numerical value of the plurality of the parameters; compare the calculated numerical value of the plurality of the parameters with a corresponding predefined higher range of values and a predefined lower range of values for the plurality of parameters; determine a reason of a fault in the gas meter based on the compared values, wherein the reason of the fault in the gas meter is at least one of, a presence of a dust, an ageing of the gas meter, or a combination thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dust detection system, comprising:
a data collection unit connected to a gas meter and configured to collect a set of parameters of the gas meter;
a memory device storing executable instructions; and
a processing unit in communication with the memory device and connected to the data collection unit that is configured to:
receive data associated with at least one parameter in the set of parameters of the gas meter, wherein the at least one parameter includes a resonance frequency;
calculate a numerical value of the resonance frequency;
compare the calculated numerical value of the resonance frequency with a standard resonance frequency to determine a shift;
in response to determining a shift in the calculated resonance frequency from the standard resonance frequency, determine a fault in the gas meter due to a presence of dust; and
generate at least one of an alert or a report based on the fault.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of parameters of the gas meter further includes at least one of, a temperature inside the gas meter, a time of the gas meter in a field, an accumulated volume of a flow, an amplitude of a signal, a gain amplification from an automatic-gain-control, a shape of the signal, a capacity of a filter mat of a multifunctional dust trap, a resistance of the filter mat of the multifunctional dust trap.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing unit is configured to calculate the resonance frequency based on the received data representing a wave package received at a second transducer from a first transducer of a flow tube of the dust detection system by using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT).

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the first transducer and the second transducer are connected in the flow tube of the gas meter such that the first transducer and the second transducer face each other.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the processing unit is configured to generate a graph of the FFT for the wave package upstream received at the second transducer from the first transducer to calculate the resonance frequency and an amplitude drop.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the processing unit is configured to generate a graph of the FFT for the wave package upstream received at the second transducer with the presence of the dust to calculate the resonance frequency.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gas meter comprises a display connected to the processing unit which is configured to display the generated report.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing unit comprises an input module configured to receive the data associated with the parameters of the gas meter, a data processing module configured to process the data received from the input module, a report generation module configured to generate the report based on the processed data from the data processing module, an output module configured to display the generated report, and a notification module configured to transmit a generated notification to a user device.

9. A dust detection system, comprising:
a data collection unit connected to a gas meter, configured to collect a set of parameters of the gas meter, wherein the set of parameters of the gas meter are at least one of, a temperature inside the gas meter, a time of the gas meter in a field, a volume of a flow, an amplitude of a signal, a gain amplification from an automatic-gain-control, a shape of the signal, a resonance frequency, a capacity of a filter mat of a multifunctional dust trap, a resistance of the filter mat of the multifunctional dust trap;
a memory device storing executable instructions; and
a processing unit, in communication with the memory device and connected to the data collection unit, and an upper conductive grid and a lower conductive grid that is configured to:
receive data associated with at least one parameter in the set of parameters of the gas meter, wherein the at least one parameter includes the resonance frequency;
calculate a numerical value of the resonance frequency;
compare the calculated numerical value of the resonance frequency with a standard resonance frequency to determine a shift;
in response to determining a shift in the calculated resonance frequency from the standard resonance frequency, determine fault in the gas meter due to a presence of dust; and
generate at least one of an alert or a report based on the fault.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processing unit is configured to calculate the resonance frequency based on the received data representing a wave package received at a second transducer from a first transducer of a flow tube of the dust detection system by using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT).

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first transducer and the second transducer are connected in the flow tube of the gas meter such that the first transducer and the second transducer face each other.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processing unit is configured to generate a graph of a FFT for the wave package upstream received at the second transducer from the first transducer to calculate the resonance frequency and an amplitude drop.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processing unit is configured to generate a graph of a FFT for the wave package upstream received at the second transducer with the presence of the dust to calculate the resonance frequency.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processing unit comprises an input module configured to receive the data associated with the parameters of the gas meter, a data processing module configured to process the data received from the input module, a report generation module configured to generate the report based on the processed data from the data processing module, an output module configured to display the generated report, and a notification module configured to transmit a generated notification to a user device.

15. A method comprising steps of:
receiving data associated with a set of parameters of a gas meter from a data collection unit connected to the gas meter, and a plurality of conductive grids of a multifunctional dust trap, wherein the set of parameters of the gas meter are selected from one of, a temperature inside the gas meter, a time of the gas meter in a field, an accumulated volume of a flow, an amplitude of a signal, a shape of the signal, a gain amplification from an automatic-gain-control, a capacity of a filter mat of a multifunctional dust trap, a resistance of the filter mat of the multifunctional dust trap, a resonance frequency;
calculating a numerical value of at least one parameter in the set of parameters based on the received data wherein the at least one parameter is resonance frequency;
comparing the calculated numerical value of the resonance frequency with a standard resonance frequency to determine a shift;
in response to determining a shift in the calculated resonance frequency from the standard resonance frequency, determining a fault in the gas meter due to the presence of dust; and
generating at least one of an alert or a report based on the fault.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
displaying the generated report on the display connected to the gas meter.

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• Meimberg Tobias
• Flerlage Norbert
• Lampe-Juergens Christian
• Wuchrer Andreas
• Berghegger Ralf Schroeder Genannt

Classifications

• G01F1/662

  Constructional details · CPC title

• G01F15/005

  Valves (valves in general F16K) · CPC title

• B01D45/08

  by impingement against baffle separators · CPC title

• G01F25/15

  specially adapted for gas meters (G01F25/11 - G01F25/14, G01F25/17 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01F15/125 Primary

  Filters · CPC title