Fluid flow sensor system

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1987-12-24

1989-07-04

Goldstein, Herbert

Measuring and testing

Volume or rate of flow

Thermal type

7320415, G01F 168

Patent

active

048438812

ABSTRACT:
A mass flow sensing system in which two heating/sensing coils are disposed about a conduit through which the fluid passes, the coils being located up and down stream along the conduit and close proximity to one another. Each coil forms one leg of a bridge circuit. Each bridge circuit has a regulator amplifier circuit. One input of the amplifier is coupled to one side of the bridge coil which is joined to a first fixed resistor. The other side is coupled to the juncture of the other two of the fixed resistor. The output of the amplifier is fed back to the juncture of the first and second fixed resistor. The fluid is heated to well above its ambient temperature as it enters the conduit. Changes in current necessary to maintain the heater/sensor coils at a constant operating temperature are sensed by a differential amplifier connected to the juncture of the first and second fixed resistors of each bridge.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3683692 (1979-08-01), Lafitte
patent: 3931736 (1976-01-01), Olmstead
patent: 3942378 (1976-03-01), Olmstead
patent: 4083244 (1978-04-01), Agar et al.

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