Method and apparatus for determining a temperature of a vibrating sensor component of a vibrating meter
AssigneeMicro Motion, Inc.
InventorWilliam M Mansfield
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Abstract
A method for determining a temperature of a vibrating sensor component (204A, 205A, 205′A) coupled to a conduit (203A, 203B) of a vibrating meter (200) is provided. The method comprises a step of supplying the vibrating sensor component (204A, 205A, 205′A) with a temperature determination signal (313). The method also comprises a step of measuring a resulting signal (314). The method further comprises a step of determining a temperature of the sensor component (204A, 205A, 205′A) based on the temperature determination signal (313) and the resulting signal (314).
Claims24
A method for determining a temperature of a sensor component coupled to a conduit of a vibrating meter, comprising steps of:
- supplying the sensor component coupled to the conduit of the vibrating meter with a temperature determination signal;
- measuring a resulting signal;
- and
- determining a temperature of the sensor component based on the temperature determination signal and the resulting signal.
A method for generating a correlation between a voltage-to-current ratio and temperature of a sensor component coupled to a conduit of a vibrating sensor, comprising steps of:
- supplying the sensor component coupled to the conduit of the vibrating sensor with a test signal;
- measuring a first resulting signal;
- determining a first voltage-to-current ratio based on the test signal and the resulting signal;
- measuring a first temperature of the sensor component;
- and
- storing the first determined voltage-to-current ratio with the first measured temperature.
A meter electronics (220) for a vibrating meter (200) including one or more conduits (203A, 203B) and one or more sensor components (204A, 205A, 205′A) coupled to the one or more conduits (203A, 203B), and including a processing system (303) configured to:
- supply a sensor component (204A, 205A, 205′A) of the one or more sensor components (204A, 205A, 205′A) coupled to the one or more conduits (203A, 203B) of the vibrating meter with a temperature determination signal;
- measure a resulting signal;
- and
- determine a temperature of the sensor component based on the temperature determination signal and the resulting signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.