Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer arrangement for a clamp-on ultrasonic, flow measuring point includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, each adapted to radiate ultrasonic signals into the measuring tube and/or to receive ultrasonic signals emerging from the measuring tube, wherein a first group of first ultrasonic transducers is arranged on a first side of the measuring tube, and a second group of second ultrasonic transducer is arranged on a second side of the measuring tube opposite the first side, wherein at least one first/second ultrasonic transducer is adapted to receive ultrasonic signals of at least one second/first ultrasonic transducer, respectively, wherein adjoining ultrasonic transducers of the first group have, in each case, first separations from one another, and wherein adjoining ultrasonic transducers of the second group have, in each case, second separations from one another.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic transducer arrangement of a clamp-on ultrasonic, flow measuring point having a plurality of clamp-on ultrasonic transducers, wherein the arrangement is configured to be applied on measuring tubes of various diameters, without necessitating new orienting of the ultrasonic transducers of the ultrasonic transducer arrangement.

Abstract: A clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter includes a measuring tube, a pair of ultrasonic contact transducers, and an electronic measuring/operating circuit for operating the transducers. Each transducer includes a transducer element for generating and detecting ultrasonic signals and a coupling element. The transducer element is located on one side of the coupling element facing away from the measuring tube, and is designed to be acoustically coupled to the measuring tube via another side of the coupling element facing the measuring tube, and designed to transmit ultrasonic signals between the transducer element and measuring tube. The ultrasonic flowmeter comprises an adjusting device for at least one transducer for adjusting the transducer. The adjusting device is arranged and configured to modify at least one angle of the signal path with respect to the coupling face or a signal path length, wherein the adjusting device has at least two degrees of freedom.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ultrasound transducer having at least one transducer element for sending or receiving ultrasound signals. The ultrasound transducer includes a matching element acoustically coupled to the transducer element that is designed to ensure acoustic matching between the transducer element and a medium that acts on the matching element. In a first subregion of the axial extent, the matching element partially fills each cross section of the matching element, and a filling component in the first subregion along the first longitudinal axis monotonically increases in the direction of the first side. The matching element has a plurality of ring elements in the first subregion arranged concentrically around the first longitudinal axis. Each ring element partially fills each cross section in the first subregion, wherein the first subregion comprises at least 80% of an axial extent of the matching element along the first longitudinal axis.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic transducer arrangement of a clamp-on ultrasonic, flow measuring point having a plurality of clamp-on ultrasonic transducers, wherein the arrangement is configured to be applied on measuring tubes of various diameters, without necessitating new orienting of the ultrasonic transducers of the ultrasonic transducer arrangement.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer arrangement for a clamp-on ultrasonic, flow measuring point includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, each adapted to radiate ultrasonic signals into the measuring tube and/or to receive ultrasonic signals emerging from the measuring tube, wherein a first group of first ultrasonic transducers is arranged on a first side of the measuring tube, and a second group of second ultrasonic transducer is arranged on a second side of the measuring tube opposite the first side, wherein at least one first/second ultrasonic transducer is adapted to receive ultrasonic signals of at least one second/first ultrasonic transducer, respectively, wherein adjoining ultrasonic transducers of the first group have, in each case, first separations from one another, and wherein adjoining ultrasonic transducers of the second group have, in each case, second separations from one another.

Abstract: A method of the disclosure relates to detecting a measuring error during a measurement of a media property of a medium using a field device, wherein in a first step a measurement of a first media property is taken using the field device, wherein an electronic measuring/operating circuit provides a measured value of the first media property, wherein in a second step a second media property is measured using a sensor provided therefor, wherein the electronic measuring/operating circuit provides a sensor measured value, wherein in a third step a known relationship between the first media property and the second media property is used to calculate a second media property from the first media property, wherein in a fourth method step a statement about the functional capability of the corresponding sensor or measuring device is derived by comparing the sensor measured value with a calculation value.

Abstract: A clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter includes a measuring tube, a pair of ultrasonic contact transducers, and an electronic measuring/operating circuit for operating the transducers. Each transducer includes a transducer element for generating and detecting ultrasonic signals and a coupling element. The transducer element is located on one side of the coupling element facing away from the measuring tube, and is designed to be acoustically coupled to the measuring tube via another side of the coupling element facing the measuring tube, and designed to transmit ultrasonic signals between the transducer element and measuring tube. The ultrasonic flowmeter comprises an adjusting device for at least one transducer for adjusting the transducer. The adjusting device is arranged and configured to modify at least one angle of the signal path with respect to the coupling face or a signal path length, wherein the adjusting device has at least two degrees of freedom.

Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring at least one physical or chemical process variable, comprising at least one measurement branch and a compensation branch connected in parallel therewith for compensating the influence of at least one environmental parameter on the process variable and/or on the measuring of the process variable. The measurement branch includes at least one primary sensor unit and a primary electronics unit for signal registration, evaluation, and/or feeding. The compensation branch includes at least a secondary sensor unit and a secondary electronics unit. The secondary sensor unit is so embodied that it registers a physical or chemical variable characteristic for the at least one environmental parameter, wherein the secondary electronics unit is so embodied that it draws the required energy from the measurement branch, and that it produces from the characteristic physical or chemical variable a compensation signal, which it transmits to the primary electronics unit of the measuring branch.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ultrasound transducer having at least one transducer element for sending or receiving ultrasound signals. The ultrasound transducer includes a matching element acoustically coupled to the transducer element that is designed to ensure acoustic matching between the transducer element and a medium that acts on the matching element. In a first subregion of the axial extent, the matching element partially fills each cross section of the matching element, and a filling component in the first subregion along the first longitudinal axis monotonically increases in the direction of the first side. The matching element has a plurality of ring elements in the first subregion arranged concentrically around the first longitudinal axis. Each ring element partially fills each cross section in the first subregion, wherein the first subregion comprises at least 80% of an axial extent of the matching element along the first longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring at least one physical or chemical process variable, comprising at least one sensor unit and an electronics unit for signal registration, evaluation and/or feeding, wherein the sensor unit is operated with alternating electrical current and/or communication between the electronics unit and the sensor unit occurs with alternating electrical current and/or alternating voltage. An explosion protection circuit with intrinsic safety, which includes a safety barrier, which has at least one unit for electrical current- and/or voltage limiting, is provided within the explosion protection circuit a unit for impedance matching, which unit for impedance matching includes at least one transformer.

Abstract: A flow measuring device for ascertaining a corrected measured value of a flow velocity and/or a corrected mass flow of a medium, especially a gas, in a measuring tube, including: an apparatus for ascertaining a first measured value of flow velocity and/or mass flow of the medium by thermal, mass flow measurement; an apparatus for ascertaining velocity of sound and/or frequency dependent damping of an acoustic signal, especially an ultrasonic signal, in the medium and/or an apparatus for ascertaining an optical, wavelength dependent absorption of an optical and/or excited fluorescence of the medium, and an evaluation unit for correcting the ascertained first measured value of mass flow or flow velocity based on the ascertained sound velocity values and/or the frequency dependent, ascertained damping values of the acoustic signal and/or the ascertained absorption values of the optical signal and/or the florescence values of the medium, and method for ascertaining a corrected measured value of flow velocity and/

Abstract: A field device, especially an ultrasonic, flow measuring device, comprising: a transmitter for producing an alternating exciter signal; and at least one transducer, especially first and second ultrasonic transducers. The transmitter additionally has a generator for producing the alternating exciter signal and a transmitting stage, wherein the generator is connected via the transmitting stage with at least the first ultrasonic transducer. An output of the transmitting stage is connected with the transducer, especially the first ultrasonic transducer, via a first signal path, wherein the first signal path has a first resistance element, wherein a second signal path branches from the first signal path, wherein the second signal path has a second resistance element connected on one side to ground for lessening impedance related fluctuations of the exciter signal, wherein the second signal path branches from the first signal path between the output of the transmitting stage and the first resistance element.

Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring at least one physical or chemical process variable, comprising at least one measurement branch and a compensation branch connected in parallel therewith for compensating the influence of at least one environmental parameter on the process variable and/or on the measuring of the process variable. The measurement branch includes at least one primary sensor unit and a primary electronics unit for signal registration, —evaluation, and/or —feeding. The compensation branch includes at least a secondary sensor unit and a secondary electronics unit. The secondary sensor unit is so embodied that it registers a physical or chemical variable characteristic for the at least one environmental parameter, wherein the secondary electronics unit is so embodied that it draws the required energy from the measurement branch, and that it produces from the characteristic physical or chemical variable a compensation signal, which it transmits to the primary electronics unit of the measuring branch.

Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring at least one physical or chemical process variable, comprising at least one sensor unit and an electronics unit for signal registration, evaluation and/or feeding, wherein the sensor unit is operated with alternating electrical current and/or communication between the electronics unit and the sensor unit occurs with alternating electrical current and/or alternating voltage. An explosion protection circuit with intrinsic safety, which includes a safety barrier, which has at least one unit for electrical current- and/or voltage limiting, is provided within the explosion protection circuit a unit for impedance matching, which unit for impedance matching includes at least one transformer.

Abstract: An ultrasonic, flow measuring device, comprising a measuring tube having a straight measuring tube axis, a transmitter for sending an acoustic signal on a first signal path, a receiver for receiving the acoustic signal on the first signal path and a number of reflection surfaces, on which the acoustic signal is reflected at least once on the first signal path, wherein minimum separations of at least three subsections from the measuring tube axis lie in the range 0.4-0.6 r, wherein r is the inner radius of the measuring tube.

Abstract: An ultrasonic flow measurement device for ascertaining flow velocity, respectively volume flow, of a fluid, especially a gas or a liquid, using a travel-time difference method, comprising: a measuring tube having a straight measuring tube axis; at least one transmitter for transmitting an acoustic signal; at least one receiver for receiving the acoustic signal; and at least one reflection surface for reflecting the acoustic signal. The transmitter and the receiver are arranged on the tube wall of the measuring tube in such a manner that they can transmit the acoustic signal inclined or perpendicularly to the flow direction of the fluid, wherein at least one reflection surface is embodied concavely in a preferential direction; and a method for ascertaining flow velocity, respectively volume flow, of a fluid.

Abstract: A flow measuring device for ascertaining a corrected measured value of a flow velocity and/or a corrected mass flow of a medium, especially a gas, in a measuring tube, including: an apparatus for ascertaining a first measured value of flow velocity and/or mass flow of the medium by thermal, mass flow measurement; an apparatus for ascertaining velocity of sound and/or frequency dependent damping of an acoustic signal, especially an ultrasonic signal, in the medium and/or an apparatus for ascertaining an optical, wavelength dependent absorption of an optical and/or excited fluorescence of the medium, and an evaluation unit for correcting the ascertained first measured value of mass flow or flow velocity based on the ascertained sound velocity values and/or the frequency dependent, ascertained damping values of the acoustic signal and/or the ascertained absorption values of the optical signal and/or the florescence values of the medium, and method for ascertaining a corrected measured value of flow velocity and/

Abstract: An ultrasonic, flow measuring device including a measuring tube and at least two ultrasonic transducers having, in each case, two electrical connections. The ultrasonic transducers are arranged in or on the measuring tube for determining the flow velocity and/or the volume flow of a medium flowing through the measuring tube based on the travel-time difference method. The flow measuring device has an electrical circuit for operating the ultrasonic transducer.

Abstract: A field device, especially an ultrasonic, flow measuring device, comprising: a transmitter for producing an alternating exciter signal; and at least one transducer, especially first and second ultrasonic transducers. The transmitter additionally has a generator for producing the alternating exciter signal and a transmitting stage, wherein the generator is connected via the transmitting stage with at least the first ultrasonic transducer. An output of the transmitting stage is connected with the transducer, especially the first ultrasonic transducer, via a first signal path, wherein the first signal path has a first resistance element, wherein a second signal path branches from the first signal path, wherein the second signal path has a second resistance element connected on one side to ground for lessening impedance related fluctuations of the exciter signal, wherein the second signal path branches from the first signal path between the output of the transmitting stage and the first resistance element.