Flow rate detector

Details Flow rate detector Flow rate detector

1996-09-19

1998-09-29

Biegel, Ronald L.

Measuring and testing

Volume or rate of flow

By measuring vibrations or acoustic energy

G01F 132

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058147357

ABSTRACT:
A threshold value is stored in a CPU using setting switches. When a fluid is introduced into a flow passage, a rod disposed in the flow passage sheds Karman vortexes downstream thereof in the fluid as it flows through the flow passage. A piezoelectric device generates an electric signal depending on pressure fluctuations of the Karman vortexes, and the electric signal is applied through a comparator to the CPU. The CPU refers to a data table stored in a memory to determine a flow rate of the fluid based on the period of the electric signal. When the determined flow rate is greater than the threshold value, the CPU turns on transistors to energize loads as external devices. When the determined flow rate is smaller than the threshold value, the CPU turns off transistors to de-energize loads.

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"The Flow and Level" Handbook by Omega, pp. G-15 and G-16. Copyright 1995.
"The Temperature" Handbok by Omega, pp. P-20 and P-30. Copyright 1995.

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