Method and apparatus for modulating a flowpath
AssigneeMicro Motion, Inc.
InventorsMiles Keeney-Ritchie, Asher James Clinger, Nicole M. Brush, Martin Andrew Schlosser, Robert Ferris
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Abstract
A flowmeter (5) is provided having a sensor assembly (10) connected to meter electronics (20), wherein the sensor assembly (10) comprises at least one driver (104) and at least one pickoff (105) and a variably modulated conduit (300) configured to change a flow area (304) therein.
Claims30
A flowmeter (5) having a sensor assembly (10) connected to meter electronics (20), wherein the sensor assembly (10) comprises at least one driver (104) and at least one pickoff (105), comprising:
- a variably modulated conduit (300) wherein a majority of a length of the variably modulated conduit within the flowmeter is configured to uniformly change a flow area (304) therein.
A method of adjusting flow through a flowmeter conduit comprising the steps of:
- providing a sensor assembly;
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- providing a variably modulated conduit in the sensor assembly wherein a majority of a length of the variably modulated conduit is configured to uniformly change a flow area therein and being adjustable to maintain a desired fluid velocity of fluid flowing therein;
- maintaining a fluid velocity at a rate that maintains a desired delta time delay between pickoffs on the conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.