High temperature coriolis mass flow rate meter
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A Coriolis mass flow meter, electrically connectable to processing means including means for providing a driver signal to said meter and to means for processing a deflection signal produced in said meter to provide an output representative of the mass flow rate of the fluid flow, said flow meter being capable of operating in a temperature range having a lower boundary in excess of 260 degrees C., comprising:
- means for hermetically enclosing said flow meter;
an inert gas situated within said enclosing means;
flow conduit means, substantially insusceptible to carbide precipitation occurring in said temperature range, for receiving fluid therethrough whose mass flow rate is to be measured;
means for mounting said flow conduit;
high temperature driver means, responsive to said driver signal, for vibrating said flow conduit with respect to said mounting means;
high temperature sensor means for sensing the deflection of said flow conduit means caused by fluid flow through said flow conduit means and for producing said deflection signal representative of said deflection, said driver and said sensor means comprising;
a high temperature magnet means; and
a high temperature coil means;
terminal block means, having multiple conductors, mounted adjacent to said high temperature coil means and in a stationary relationship with respect to said enclosing means; and
high temperature flexure means, having one or more uninsulated electrical conductors, for electrically interconnecting said coil means of said driver means and said sensor means with said adjacent terminal block means, said flexure means dimensioned so as to form a U-shape when electrically interconnecting said coils with said conductors of said adjacent terminal block means;
feed-through means having multiple conductors therethrough for providing an hermetically sealed passage for routing signals through said enclosing means, said signals including said driver signals and said deflection signals from said driver means and said sensor means;
multiple internal insulated wiring leads for electrically interconnecting individual ones of said conductors of said terminal block means with corresponding internal ends of said individual conductors of said feedthrough means; and
multiple external insulated wiring leads for providing at least a portion of the electrical interconnection between individual ones of said conductors of said external ends of said individual conductors of said feed-through means and said processing means.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Apparatus is disclosed for a Coriolis mass flow rate meter and specifically such a meter that is suited for operation at relatively high temperatures, such as in excess of approximately 500° F. (approximately 260° C.) and preferbly as high as 800° F. (approximately 427° C.), and that does not utilize a cooling purge.
-
Citations
10 Claims
-
1. A Coriolis mass flow meter, electrically connectable to processing means including means for providing a driver signal to said meter and to means for processing a deflection signal produced in said meter to provide an output representative of the mass flow rate of the fluid flow, said flow meter being capable of operating in a temperature range having a lower boundary in excess of 260 degrees C., comprising:
-
means for hermetically enclosing said flow meter; an inert gas situated within said enclosing means; flow conduit means, substantially insusceptible to carbide precipitation occurring in said temperature range, for receiving fluid therethrough whose mass flow rate is to be measured; means for mounting said flow conduit; high temperature driver means, responsive to said driver signal, for vibrating said flow conduit with respect to said mounting means; high temperature sensor means for sensing the deflection of said flow conduit means caused by fluid flow through said flow conduit means and for producing said deflection signal representative of said deflection, said driver and said sensor means comprising; a high temperature magnet means; and a high temperature coil means; terminal block means, having multiple conductors, mounted adjacent to said high temperature coil means and in a stationary relationship with respect to said enclosing means; and high temperature flexure means, having one or more uninsulated electrical conductors, for electrically interconnecting said coil means of said driver means and said sensor means with said adjacent terminal block means, said flexure means dimensioned so as to form a U-shape when electrically interconnecting said coils with said conductors of said adjacent terminal block means; feed-through means having multiple conductors therethrough for providing an hermetically sealed passage for routing signals through said enclosing means, said signals including said driver signals and said deflection signals from said driver means and said sensor means; multiple internal insulated wiring leads for electrically interconnecting individual ones of said conductors of said terminal block means with corresponding internal ends of said individual conductors of said feedthrough means; and multiple external insulated wiring leads for providing at least a portion of the electrical interconnection between individual ones of said conductors of said external ends of said individual conductors of said feed-through means and said processing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
Specification