Insertion magnetic meters and methods
AssigneeOnicon, Inc.
InventorsWilliam S. Valentine, Michael Upham, Kevin Holler, Adam Sheppard
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Abstract
A magnetic insertion meter is disclosed herein. Disclosed insertion meters include in some examples, a sensor head tube cylinder having a textured front surface and at least two electrodes. Disclosed insertion meters include a textured front surface adapted to move the separation point of a fluid flowing over the sensor head tube towards the upstream surface as compared to the same sensor head tube without the textured front surface. Methods of measuring flow are also disclosed herein using example magnetic insertion meters.
Claims35
A magnetic insertion meter comprising:
- a sensor head cylinder having a textured front surface, wherein the textured front surface has a higher roughness than a material forming the sensor head cylinder and wherein the textured front surface includes at least one groove;
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- at least two electrodes.
A magnetic insertion meter comprising:
- a sensor head cylinder having a textured front surface, wherein the textured front surface has a higher roughness than a material forming the sensor head cylinder, wherein the textured front surface includes a plurality of dimples equally spaced apart from each other and the plurality of dimples form a pattern in which three of the plurality of dimples form an equilateral triangle;
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- at least two electrodes.
A magnetic insertion meter comprising:
- a sensor head cylinder having a textured front surface, wherein the textured front surface has a higher roughness than a material forming the sensor head cylinder and wherein the textured front surface includes from 3 to 7 columns of a plurality of dimples;
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- at least two electrodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.