Vortex flowmeter including pressure pulsation amplitude analysis

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10788344
APP PUB NO 20160123782A1
SERIAL NO

14532542

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A configuration tool is for a vortex flowmeter having a flowtube, a bluff body positioned in the flowtube for shedding vortices in the fluid, and a pressure sensor configured to obtain a signal indicative of a time-varying fluid pressure having an oscillation associated with the vortices. The configuration tool includes a processor that determines a type of fluid flowing through the flowtube based on the amplitude of the oscillation. The processor sets a fluid-type setting of the vortex meter to match the determined type of fluid. An alarming system for a control system including such a flowmeter includes a processor that assesses a density of a fluid flowing through the flowtube based on the amplitude and compares the assessed density to a fluid density configuration setting. The processor activates an alarm if the difference between the assessed density and the fluid density configuration setting exceeds a threshold.

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SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS USA INC70 MECHANIC STREET FOXBORO MA 02035

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Allstrom, Peter Attleboro, US 7 13
Mattar, Wade Wrentham, US 5 22

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