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 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.
Claims19
A magnetic insertion meter comprising:
- a sensor head tube having a back surface and a front surface along a longitudinal axis of the sensor head tube, wherein the front surface includes a texture and is adapted to face a direction of an oncoming fluid and to direct the oncoming fluid around an outside circumferential surface of the sensor head tube;
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- at least two electrodes exposed to the outside circumferential surface at different longitudinal heights along the sensor head tube from each other, wherein the at least two electrodes are located along a circumference of the sensor head tube and orthogonal to the direction of the oncoming fluid.
A magnetic insertion meter comprising:
- a sensor head tube having a back surface and a front surface, wherein the front surface includes a texture and is adapted to face a direction of an oncoming fluid;
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- at least two electrodes at different longitudinal heights along the sensor head tube from each other, wherein the at least two electrodes are located along a circumference of the sensor head tube and orthogonal to the direction of the oncoming fluid, wherein the textured front surface includes at least one groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.