Abstract: A magnetoinductive flowmeter and a method for operating same utilizing a measuring tube through which flows an electrically conductive medium, as well as two measuring electrodes and a magnet with two field coils positioned parallel to each other on mutually opposite sides of the measuring tube. The measuring electrodes are so positioned that their connecting line extends along an essentially perpendicular vector relative to the direction of flow and to the magnetic field as well as through the cross-sectional center of the measuring tube. For normal flow-measuring operation, the two field coils are so energized that an essentially homogeneous magnetic field is generated, permeating the medium flowing through the measuring tube, while for determining the flow rate the voltage present between the two measuring electrodes is collected at one or both measuring electrodes and measured against a reference potential.

Abstract: A magnetoinductive flow measuring method serves to measure the flow rate of a medium traveling through a measuring tube, while with the aid of at least one field coil a magnetic field is generated with a magnetic field component that extends in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the measuring tube. The electrical resistance of the field coil is measured and the temperature of the field coil, constituting a first temperature, is calculated based on the measured resistance of the field coil. A temperature measurement, constituting the second temperature, is taken at a location other than that of the field coil and the temperature of the flowing medium is calculated on the basis of the first and second temperatures. This provides the user of the flow measuring method an added benefit in that it gives the possibility, in simple fashion, to determine the temperature of the flowing medium. A flowmeter for measuring flow according to the method is also disclosed.