Fluid handling – Line condition change responsive valves – Pilot or servo controlled
Patent
1998-12-01
1999-11-02
Ferensic, Denise L.
Fluid handling
Line condition change responsive valves
Pilot or servo controlled
137486, F16K 3112
Patent
active
059751266
ABSTRACT:
A process mass flow instrument for measuring the mass flow rate of a process fluid including a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a flow passage connecting the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, a fluid flow sensor which provides a raw output signal corresponding to an unknown mass flow rate and a processor which contains an empirically derived conversion routine for converting the raw output signal to an adjusted signal indicating the mass flow rate of the process fluid. A method for determining an unknown mass flow using an empirically derived conversion function, the function being derived by correlating the output signals of a mass flow instrument sensing the flow of a calibration fluid with the output signals of the mass flow instrument sensing the flow of the process fluid.
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Bump Scott S.
Campbell Gary P.
Dille Joseph C.
White William W.
Emerson Electric Co.
Ferensic Denise L.
Kim Joanne Y.
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