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US 2016/0169722 A1Published application
Operating a thermal anemometer flow meter
AssigneeLos Robles Advertising, Inc.
InventorsDaniel R. Kurz, Bruce B. Burton
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Abstract
An operating mode for a thermal anemometer flow sensor is provided so the flow sensor is operable in the presence of a high level of liquid mist without a significant error in flow reading from the liquid mist.
Claims18
A method to operate a thermal anemometer flow sensor to measure a property of a stream, comprising:
- heating a heated probe of the sensor to a temperature of 100 to 1,000° C. greater than a temperature of the stream;
- and
- determining the property of the stream by measuring a heat loss from the heated probe.
A flow meter to measure a property of a stream, comprising:
- a thermal anemometer sensor including a heated probe;
- a controller configured to:
- heat the heated probe to a temperature of 100 to 1,000° C. greater than a temperature of the stream;
- and
- determining the property of the stream by measuring a heat loss from the heated probe.
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