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US 8,997,580 B2Granted
Angled insert magnetic flow meter
AssigneeMcCrometer, Inc.
InventorsJared Steven Ayers, Gerald E. Davis, Clinton Paul Hobbs, Eric Dahl Mikkelsen
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Abstract
A flow metering apparatus, includes: a sensor insert body configured to enter a fluid conduit at an angle with respect to a wall of the fluid conduit; at least one electrode mounted on the sensor insert body; and a coil assembly including at least one magnetic coil in the sensor insert body.
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A flow metering apparatus, comprising:
- a slanted sensor insert body configured to enter a fluid conduit at an angle with respect to a wall of said fluid conduit;
- at least two electrodes mounted on said slanted sensor insert body;
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- at least two coil assemblies, each of which include at least one magnetic coil in said slanted sensor insert body, wherein the at least two coil assemblies are aligned along a slanted axis according to the slanted sensor insert body;
- said at least two electrodes and at least two coil assemblies positioned on said slanted sensor inert body such that at least two measurement points downstream in multiple cross-sectional planes are obtained.
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A flow metering apparatus, comprising:
- a slanted sensor insert body configured to enter a fluid conduit at an angle with respect to a wall of said fluid conduit;
- meter circuitry including a processor and a memory in communication with the slanted sensor insert body;
- at least two electrodes mounted on said slanted sensor insert body;
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- at least two coil assemblies, each of which include at least one magnetic coil in said slanted sensor insert body, wherein the at least two coil assemblies are aligned along a slanted axis according to the slanted sensor insert body;
- said at least two electrodes and at least two coil assemblies positioned on said slanted sensor inert body such that at least two measurement points downstream in multiple cross-sectional planes are obtained.
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A method of flow metering, comprising:
- providing a flow metering apparatus about a fluid conduit such that a slanted sensor insert body of the flow metering apparatus enters the fluid conduit at an angle with respect to a wall of said fluid conduit;
- said slanted sensor insert body including at least two electrodes positioned on said slanted sensor inert body and at least two coil assemblies aligned along a slanted axis according to the slanted sensor insert body such that at least two measurement points downstream in multiple cross-sectional planes are obtained;
- producing signals with at least two electrodes mounted on said slanted sensor insert body responsive to fluid flow within the fluid conduit;
- receiving the signals at meter electronics including a processor and a memory of the flow metering apparatus;
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- producing a fluid flow estimate using the meter electronics.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.