Abstract: A sensor device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium in a container includes: a crystal body having at least one defect; and a magnetic field device for generating a magnetic field, the magnetic field device arranged such that a magnetic field can be generated in the region of the crystal body and in the region of the medium located within the container, so that a change of the magnetic field in the region of the crystal body is amplified, wherein the crystal body and the magnetic field device are arranged from the outside on a wall of the container. A method for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium in a container using the sensor device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A device for determining a flow-rate-dependent variable of a flowable and conductive medium in a guide body for guiding the medium includes a magnetic-field-generating device for generating a first magnetic field that separates mobile charge carriers in the medium and a magnetic-field-sensitive measuring arrangement for determining a second magnetic field that is generated by the mobile charge carriers. The magnetic-field-sensitive measuring arrangement includes a first magnetic-field-sensitive measuring device having a magnetic-field-sensitive and optically excitable material, an optical excitation unit for the optical excitation of the first magnetic-field-sensitive measuring device, and an optical detection unit for detecting a measurement signal that correlates with a change and/or a strength of the second magnetic field.

Abstract: A detection device for a magnetic sensor for detecting a magnetic field by means of a crystal body having at least one defect comprises a light source for exciting the defect; an excitation unit for producing a first excitation signal having a first specifiable frequency and a second excitation signal having a second specifiable frequency; a detector of a magnetic-field-dependent fluorescence signal of the crystal body; and an evaluation unit designed to determine the first excitation frequency and the second excitation frequency of the first and second excitation signals on the basis of the fluorescence signal such that the fluorescence signal as a function of the frequency has a minimum at the first excitation frequency and/or at the second excitation frequency Also disclosed is a magnetic sensor, a sensor device, and a method for detecting a magnetic field.

Abstract: A method for distinguishing between the presence of a foreign body and a gas bubble in a flowable medium in a pipeline or a container includes evaluating received microwave signals, wherein mechanical vibrations are introduced into the medium by means of which a gas bubble present in the medium is set into vibration. A gas bubble is detected only in the event that when mechanical vibrations are introduced and the received microwave signals or the value derived therefrom is/are modulated; otherwise, a foreign body is detected. Also disclosed is a system which is suitable for carrying out the method according to the present disclosure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic field sensor for detecting a magnetic field, comprising: a magnetoelectric sensor element which can mechanically oscillate, the sensor element having at least one first layer made of a magneto-restrictive material, a second layer made of a piezoelectric material, and at least one electrode made of an electrically conductive material, more particularly metal; and electronics. The magnetic field sensor, more particularly the electronics, is designed to induce mechanical oscillations of the sensor element by means of an excitation signal, to receive the mechanical oscillations of the sensor element and to convert said mechanical oscillations into a reception signal, to produce the excitation signal from the reception signal, and to determine a variable related to the magnetic field on the basis of the reception signal.

Abstract: A sensor apparatus for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium in a containment includes: a crystal body including at least one defect; a magnetic field system for producing a magnetic field in the region of the crystal body and in the region of the medium within the containment, wherein the crystal body and the magnetic field system are arrangeable from the outside at a wall of the containment; a detection unit for detecting a magnetic field-dependent, fluorescent signal from the crystal body, wherein the detection unit has an excitation unit for optical exciting of the defect and a detector for detecting the fluorescent signal; and an evaluation unit for ascertaining at least one piece of information concerning the process variable based on the fluorescent signal.

Abstract: A device and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium include a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, at least a first piezoelectric element, a conductivity/capacitance detecting unit for determining and/or monitoring a conductivity and/or capacitance of the medium and an electronics unit. The device is embodied to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit by means of an excitation signal such that mechanical oscillations are executed, to receive the mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit, to convert them into a first received signal, to transmit a transmitted signal, and to receive a second received signal. The electronics unit is embodied, based on the first and/or second received signal, to determine the at least one process variable of the medium.

Abstract: A device for determining a flow-rate-dependent variable of a flowable and conductive medium in a guide body for guiding the medium includes a magnetic-field-generating device for generating a first magnetic field that separates mobile charge carriers in the medium and a magnetic-field-sensitive measuring arrangement for determining a second magnetic field that is generated by the mobile charge carriers. The magnetic-field-sensitive measuring arrangement includes a first magnetic-field-sensitive measuring device having a magnetic-field-sensitive and optically excitable material, an optical excitation unit for the optical excitation of the first magnetic-field-sensitive measuring device, and an optical detection unit for detecting a measurement signal that correlates with a change and/or a strength of the second magnetic field.

Abstract: A microwave measuring device comprises a measuring tube for conducting the medium; a first microwave antenna designed to generate a variable microwave signal and to emit said signal into the medium; and a magnetic-field-sensitive measuring device for determining a magnetic field and comprising a measuring device component having an optically excitable material, the microwave signal acting on the optically excitable material; an optical excitation device designed to optically excite the optically excitable material; and an optical detection device designed to provide a detection signal correlating with a light emitted by the optically excitable material. An evaluation circuit is designed to determine a magnetic field and/or a change in the magnetic field on the basis of the detection signal.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a containment comprises a magnet arrangement having at least one permanent magnet and/or at least one coil for producing at least one magnetic field wherein the magnet arrangement is arranged and/or embodied in such a manner that the magnetic field penetrates, at least partially, through the medium in the containment and is influenced by at least one property of the medium; at least one magnetic field sensor for detecting the magnetic field; and an electronics for determining and/or monitoring the at least one process variable and/or characteristic variable based on the magnetic field. According to the invention, the magnet arrangement and the magnetic field sensor are arranged outside of the containment and secured on a wall of the containment.

Abstract: A method for distinguishing between the presence of a foreign body and a gas bubble in a flowable medium in a pipeline or a container includes evaluating received microwave signals, wherein mechanical vibrations are introduced into the medium by means of which a gas bubble present in the medium is set into vibration. A gas bubble is detected only in the event that when mechanical vibrations are introduced and the received microwave signals or the value derived therefrom is/are modulated; otherwise, a foreign body is detected. Also disclosed is a system which is suitable for carrying out the method according to the present disclosure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for identifying the presence of a foreign body in a flowable medium in a pipeline. The system comprises a pipeline having a line inlet section and a choke section and also comprises a first transmitting/receiving unit for the line inlet section and a second transmitting/receiving unit for the line outlet section and a superordinate unit, which system is designed to ascertain the presence of a foreign body in the medium on the basis of at least one comparison between the mean permittivity (epsilon_m,3) in the choke section and the mean permittivity (epsilon_m,1) in the line inlet section.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for determining a flow-velocity-dependent variable of a medium in a guide body, where the guide body includes a magnetic-field-generating device generating a first magnetic field separating movable charge carriers in the medium, and a magnetic-field-sensitive measuring assembly designed to provide a measurement signal and which correlates with a change in and/or a strength of a second magnetic field generated by the movable charge carriers. The magnetic field-sensitive measuring assembly comprises a magnetic-field-sensitive measuring device that comprises an optically excitable material. The magnetic-field-sensitive measuring assembly has an optical excitation unit for optically exciting the magnetic-field-sensitive measuring device and an optical detection unit for detecting the measurement signal.

Abstract: A device and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium include a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, at least a first piezoelectric element, a temperature detection unit for determining and/or monitoring a temperature of the medium and an electronics unit. The device is embodied to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit by means of an excitation signal such that mechanical oscillations are executed, to receive mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit and convert them into a first received signal, to transmit a transmitted signal and to receive a second received signal. The electronics unit is embodied, based on the first and/or second received signal, to determine the at least one process variable and, based on a third received signal received from the temperature detection unit, to determine the temperature of the medium.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the condition of a coil, wherein the coil is part of a device for determining at least one process variable of a medium in a container, includes applying an electrical excitation signal to the coil and receiving an electrical reception signal from the coil, determining a first value for the reception signal at a first predefinable measurement time, comparing the first value for the reception signal at the first measurement time with a reference value, and determining a condition indicator for the coil on the basis of the comparison. Disclosed also is a device that is designed for carrying out the disclosed method.

Abstract: A detection device for a magnetic sensor for detecting a magnetic field by means of a crystal body having at least one defect comprises a light source for exciting the defect; an excitation unit for producing a first excitation signal having a first specifiable frequency and a second excitation signal having a second specifiable frequency; a detector of a magnetic-field-dependent fluorescence signal of the crystal body; and an evaluation unit designed to determine the first excitation frequency and the second excitation frequency of the first and second excitation signals on the basis of the fluorescence signal such that the fluorescence signal as a function of the frequency has a minimum at the first excitation frequency and/or at the second excitation frequency Also disclosed is a magnetic sensor, a sensor device, and a method for detecting a magnetic field.

Abstract: A device and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium include a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, at least a first piezoelectric element, a temperature detection unit for determining and/or monitoring a temperature of the medium and an electronics unit. The device is embodied to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit by means of an excitation signal such that mechanical oscillations are executed, to receive mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit and convert them into a first received signal, to transmit a transmitted signal and to receive a second received signal. The electronics unit is embodied, based on the first and/or second received signal, to determine the at least one process variable and, based on a third received signal received from the temperature detection unit, to determine the temperature of the medium.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement for determining a process variable of a medium in a containment comprises a sensor apparatus, a magnetic field apparatus, and a detection apparatus. The magnetic field apparat produces a magnetic field that penetrates the sensor apparatus, the detection apparatus and partially the medium. The sensor apparatus is embodied such that a magnetic property of a component of the sensor apparatus depends on the process variable, and the magnetic field of the magnetic field apparatus is influenceable by the sensor apparatus as a function of process variable. The detection apparatus is embodied to register a variable related with the magnetic field, especially the magnetic flux density, the magnetic susceptibility or the magnetic permeability, and, based on that variable, to determine the process variable. The sensor apparatus is arranged within an internal volume of the containment and the detection apparatus is arranged outside of the containment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic field sensor for detecting a magnetic field, comprising: a magnetoelectric sensor element which can mechanically oscillate, the sensor element having at least one first layer made of a magneto-restrictive material, a second layer made of a piezoelectric material, and at least one electrode made of an electrically conductive material, more particularly metal; and electronics. The magnetic field sensor, more particularly the electronics, is designed to induce mechanical oscillations of the sensor element by means of an excitation signal, to receive the mechanical oscillations of the sensor element and to convert said mechanical oscillations into a reception signal, to produce the excitation signal from the reception signal, and to determine a variable related to the magnetic field on the basis of the reception signal.

Abstract: A device and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium include a sensor unit having a mechanically oscillatable unit, at least a first piezoelectric element, a pressure detection unit for determining and/or monitoring a pressure, and an electronics unit. The device is embodied to excite the mechanically oscillatable unit using an excitation signal such that mechanical oscillations are executed, to receive mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit, to convert them into a first received signal, to transmit a transmitted signal and to receive a second received signal. The electronics unit is embodied, based on the first and/or second received signal, to determine the at least one process variable of the medium.