Abstract: Proposed is a flow sensor (10), in particular for single use, having at least three measurement chambers (11, 15, 19), which are arranged one behind the other and are interconnected in each case by a flow resistance. At least two of the flow resistances have a different coefficient of pressure loss. A pressure measuring means (12, 16, 20) is provided for each measurement chamber, which pressure measuring means (12, 16, 20) is suitable for measuring the pressure in the measurement chamber. An electromagnetically actuatable valve arrangement (50) can be connected downstream of the flow sensor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 21, 2012
Publication date:
July 31, 2014
Inventors:
Stefan Berger, Simon Zumbrunnen, Philip Marmet, Philipp Haslebacher, Manfred Schär
Abstract: A powered capture hood assembly to measure volumetric airflow in heating and cooling systems and for ventilation fans. The capture hood assembly has a hood for capturing or providing airflow, a formed nozzle structure attached thereto for conditioning the airflow and a blower apparatus with an adjustable fan attached to the opposite end of the nozzle structure. Subsequent the positioning of the hood over a supply duct, for example, a fan speed controller is utilized to adjust the fan in the tubular blower member to provide a zero or null pressure reading between the venturi portion of the nozzle structure and the local ambient room pressure. A pressure gauge is utilized to measure the pressure differential between a pressure reference tap of the formed nozzle structure and the pressure tap of the blower apparatus to determine volumetric airflow.
Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a steam desuperheater which is integrated into a steam line. The steam desuperheater comprises a segment of steam pipe having one or more spring loaded spray nozzles attached thereto. Installed within the interior of the steam pipe of the desuperheater is a liner. The desuperheater is also provided with a steam flow measurement sub-assembly comprising a differential pressure transmitter including a pair of pressure gauges which are operatively connected to respective ones of a first pressure tapping which is formed in the steam pipe before the liner, and a second pressure tapping which is formed in the liner. The measurement of the differential pressure allows for a determination of steam flow through the desuperheater.
Abstract: A valve includes a housing, a stern supported by the housing, and a valve member coupled to the stem. The valve member has a first passage defined therein with a metering flow profile, An apparatus includes a well tree having a production bore and a flow metering valve coupled to the well tree and communicating with the production bore. The flow metering valve Includes a valve member having a first passage defined therein with a metering flow profile and a second passage defined therein with an unrestricted flow profile. The second passage having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the production bore.
Abstract: A fluid flow tool includes an airfoil structure and a support arm. The airfoil structure's high-pressure side and low-pressure side are positioned in a conduit by the support arm coupled to the conduit. The high-pressure and low-pressure sides substantially face opposing walls of the conduit. At least one measurement port is formed in the airfoil structure at each of its high-pressure side and low-pressure side. A first manifold, formed in the airfoil structure and in fluid communication with each measurement port so-formed at the high-pressure side, extends through the airfoil structure and support arm to terminate and be accessible at the exterior wall of the conduit. A second manifold, formed in the airfoil structure and in fluid communication with each measurement port so-formed at the low-pressure side, extends through the airfoil structure and support arm to terminate and be accessible at the exterior wall of the conduit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 22, 2011
Date of Patent:
May 27, 2014
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventors:
John Dwight England, Anthony R. Kelley, Raymond J. Cronise
Abstract: An air pressure drop detecting device for detecting air flow volume of a cooling fan includes a first pressure sensor, a second pressure sensor, and a display unit. The cooling fan has an air inlet and an air outlet opposite to the air inlet. The first pressure sensor is positioned in the air inlet and detects a plurality of first pressure values. The second pressure sensor is positioned in the air outlet and detects a plurality of second pressure values. The display unit is connected to the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor to display the first pressure values and the second pressure values, and a position of the cooling fan in the computer case is determined by the pressure difference between the first pressure values and the second pressure values.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 2, 2012
Date of Patent:
May 13, 2014
Assignees:
Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
Abstract: A fueling control system for providing fuel from a vehicle to an aircraft, and a method of providing fuel from a fuel vehicle to an aircraft are disclosed herein. The fueling control system includes a pressure transducer for sensing back pressure in a fluid path to a fuel tank of an aircraft, and a digital controller coupled to the pressure transducer for receiving the back pressure in the fluid path and controlling fuel flow in the fluid path to the aircraft. The method includes the steps of sensing back pressure in a fluid path from the aircraft; receiving the sensed back pressure by a digital controller; and controlling fuel flow to the aircraft in the fluid path based on the sensed back pressure.
Abstract: In an operation method of a multi-flow passage device, and a multi-flow passage of the present invention, blockage detection of a reaction flow passage can be readily performed and cleaning of the reaction passage can be easily performed. The operation method of the multi-flow passage device of the present invention is an operation method of a multi-flow passage device 1 formed with a reaction flow passage 20 for producing a reaction product S by allowing raw material fluids Q, R to flow and making chemical reaction, the method including steps of: partitioning the reaction flow passage 20 into a plurality of sections; and allowing the raw material fluids Q, R to flow in the reaction flow passage 20 and measuring pressure of the raw material fluids Q, R or the reaction product S flowing through the respective sections to determine blockage of the sections based on the pressure loss of the respective sections.
Abstract: An aspect provides a method of metering flow through a fluid conduit having an obstruction therein, including: placing an obstruction body within the conduit; generating at least two differential pressure measurement signals using at least three different pressure ports, said at least three different pressure ports comprising: an upstream pressure port; a downstream pressure port; and an auxiliary pressure port; wherein at least one of the upstream pressure port, the downstream pressure port, and the auxiliary pressure port is positioned at an angle between 0 and 90 degrees with respect to a conduit wall; establishing a baseline relationship between the at least two differential pressure measurement signals; and determining if the baseline relationship between the at least two differential pressure measurement signals differs by a predetermined amount. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 7, 2012
Publication date:
March 13, 2014
Applicant:
McCrometer, Inc.
Inventors:
Jared Steven Ayers, Gerald E. Davis, Clinton Paul Hobbs, Eric Dahl Mikkelsen
Abstract: An aspect provides a flow metering apparatus, comprising: a fluid conduit having a differential pressure producer therein; at least one pressure port angled between 0 and 90 degrees in a wall of the fluid conduit; and at least one other pressure port; wherein the at least one pressure port and the at least one other pressure port provide pressure signals. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 7, 2012
Publication date:
March 13, 2014
Applicant:
McCrometer, Inc.
Inventors:
Jared Steven Ayers, Gerald E. Davis, Clinton Paul Hobbs, Eric Dahl Mikkelsen
Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic seepage meter for measuring groundwater-surface water exchange in a mixed zone of stream. The present invention includes: the chamber installed in streambed sediment; the device for measuring amount of groundwater recharge through a change in water level accompanied by discharging water in the water in case of losing stream; and the device for measuring amount of groundwater discharge through a change in water level according to an increased water from the chamber to the water bath for measuring discharge in case of gaining stream.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 8, 2011
Date of Patent:
February 18, 2014
Assignee:
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
Abstract: An abrasive jet cutting system may include a differential pressure measurement apparatus configured to measure a differential pressure between points in an abrasive supply system. The differential pressure may be used to determine one or more conditions of the jet and the abrasive delivery. The measured differential pressure may be used in a feedback control system, feed forward control system, and/or an alarm or safety system.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 5, 2012
Publication date:
February 13, 2014
Applicant:
OMAX CORPORATION
Inventors:
Shijin Zhang, Scott Veenhuizen, Axel Henning
Abstract: A vehicle cooling system includes: a channel allowing a liquid medium cooling a drive device of the vehicle to circulate; a flow rate detection unit detecting a flow rate of the liquid medium flowing in the channel; a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the liquid medium; a pump provided on the channel for circulating the liquid medium; a rotational speed sensor detecting a rotational speed of the pump; and a control device controlling drive of the pump. The control device identifies a malfunctioning part of the cooling system based on the flow rate and the temperature of the liquid medium and the rotational speed of the pump. Thus, since abnormalities of the cooling mechanism can be detected with higher precision so that the abnormalities are distinguished from each other, it is a limited part that should be checked when repairs are made and the work efficiency is improved.
Abstract: A method of monitoring a differential pressure sensor of an exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes sensing a learned value (n?1, n, n+1, n+2, etc.) of the differential pressure sensor for each after-run occurrence of the vehicle, and calculating an absolute value of a rate of change between a current (n) learned value of the differential pressure sensor and a previous (n?1) learned value of the differential pressure sensor. The absolute value of the rate of change is compared to a threshold pressure value to determine if the absolute value of the rate of change is greater than the threshold pressure value or is less than the threshold pressure value. A fault in the differential pressure sensor is signaled when the absolute value of the rate of change of the learned values is greater than the threshold pressure value.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 2012
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2014
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventors:
Vincent J. Tylutki, Benjamin Radke, Janean E. Kowalkowski
Abstract: A measuring device of air flow rate for an air conditioning system which accurately measures the flow rate of cooling air blowing out of the openings of some rectangular units and in which the locations of the openings can be changed according to the location of equipment. The measuring system includes a plurality of panels constituting a floor surface, ceiling surface, or wall surface, a rectangular vent unit with openings located in place of a given one of the panels, a space with a given height formed by pillars on the back sides of the rectangular vent unit and the panels, and an air conditioner for supplying cooking air to the space. The cooling air from the space passes through the openings. A measuring means for measuring the flow rate of cooling air passing through the openings is located in a rib which forms the openings.
Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic test device for head loss of a strainer and a test method thereof, wherein the hydraulic test device comprises a circulation pipe; an inflow container; a container; a debris interceptor; sensors; a circulation pump; a flow meter; a circulation heating heater; and a data acquisition part which stores data sensed by each sensor, flow rate data.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 13, 2012
Publication date:
December 19, 2013
Inventors:
Byung-Chul LEE, Chan-Kook MOON, Hyeong-Taek KIM, Sang-Won LEE, Yu-Jung CHOI, Tae-Hyub HONG
Abstract: A process fluid pressure measurement system is provided. The system includes a process fluid pressure transmitter having a pair of process fluid ports disposed coplanar with one another on a bottom surface thereof. The process fluid pressure transmitter is configured to measure a differential pressure between the pair of process fluid ports and provide an indication of the measured differential pressure over a process communication loop. A process fluid flange has a first surface configured to mount to the surface of the process fluid pressure transmitter, a second surface opposed to the first surface, and at least one lateral sidewall extending between the first and second surface. A plurality of fins are disposed proximate the lateral surface.
Abstract: The volumetric rate of flow out of a flow line (4) of a bell nipple (2) is a function of the pressure of the head of liquid (7) above the threshold of the intersection of the vertical pipe (3) and the flow line (4). A pressure which is related to that pressure is measured by a pressure transducer (10) which is mounted below the threshold. Density of the fluid (7) is inferred by using the measured pressure as an input to a trained neural network.
Abstract: A continuous atmospheric horizontal dustfall flux measurement apparatus includes: a dust sampling port that includes a ceiling plate, a side wall, and four or more partition plates; a suction pipe; a continuous dust amount measurement device that continuously measures a dust amount per unit time; a blower or a compressor; an exhaust port, wherein the side wall is a plate that has a vertical center axis and has a side surface with a substantially circular or polygonal truncated cone shape widened upward, and wherein the side wall includes a suction port which is formed at the lower end thereof so as to be connected to the suction pipe and an external air inlet which has four or more openings disposed at the same interval in the circumferential direction of the side wall at a constant height near the upper end thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 1, 2010
Date of Patent:
November 12, 2013
Assignee:
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
Abstract: A system is provided that employs a programmable computer on which a graphical user interface provides parametric design and analysis of pressure sensor arrays used in aero- or hydroacoustic investigations. Use of the system allows for scientific and parametric investigations of turbulent boundary layer physics, as well as iterative array design optimization. Additionally, the system including the graphical user interface facilitates comparison of the results of current models for wall pressure with past theoretical or experimental wall pressure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 6, 2011
Date of Patent:
November 5, 2013
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
Abstract: A sensor probe comprises a tube, a sensor element and an absorber mass. The tube is for placement in a process fluid flow within a fluid conduit and comprises a first end for coupling to the fluid conduit and a second end for insertion into the process fluid flow. The sensor element is in communication with the tube. The absorber mass is coupled to the tube and is configured to dampen vibration of the tube when inserted in the process fluid flow.
Abstract: A fluidic cartridge (110) with passively driven fluid flow is disclosed. The disclosed device and method solve problems associated with passive-flow fluidics by using a wicking pad (510) and/or a tilting means to prevent channel draining and backflow. The disclosure further provides means for adding liquid to the cartridge in multiple steps, without requiring liquid aspiration or removal.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 11, 2011
Publication date:
October 31, 2013
Applicant:
MBio Diagnostics, Inc.
Inventors:
Michael J. Lochhead, Kurt R. Vogel, Keagan B. Rowley
Abstract: A pressure sensor venting system for efficiently and accurately measuring a liquid level. The pressure sensor venting system generally includes a housing, a pressure transducer within the housing, a diaphragm, a pressure passage fluidly connecting the pressure transducer and a pressurized liquid from the diaphragm, and a first vent tube that is fluidly connected to the pressure transducer opposite of the pressure passage. The distal end of the first vent tube extends outwardly from the housing and extends a distance into a second vent tube. The second vent tube is fluidly connected to liquid resistant vent that is positioned within the interior space of the liquid container and above the liquid level.
Abstract: An erosion-resistant insert is provided for a flow measurement device having a fluid displacement member. The insert includes a flange and a sleeve extending axially from the flange. The sleeve may be inserted into a recess machined into a fluid conduit of the fluid measurement device to protect the inner wall of the conduit. The insert maintains a property of the flow measurement device.
Abstract: A device used in making differential measurements of a flow includes an open-ended tubular flow obstruction and a support arm. The flow obstruction has an outer annular wall and an inner annular wall. The support arm has a first end coupled to an exterior wall of a conduit and a second end coupled to the flow obstruction. The support arm positions the flow obstruction in the conduit such that a first flow region is defined around the flow obstruction's outer annular wall and a second flow region is defined by the flow obstruction's inner annular wall. The support arm's first end and second end are separated from one another with respect to a length dimension of the conduit. Measurement ports provided in the flow obstruction are coupled to points at the exterior wall of the conduit by manifolds extending through the flow obstruction and support arm.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 22, 2011
Date of Patent:
October 15, 2013
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Inventors:
John Dwight England, Anthony R. Kelley, Raymond J. Cronise
Abstract: To provide accurate determinations of volumetric flow rate and thus of total liquid volume transported over a given time period, two pressure transducers are disposed a predetermined distance apart along a conduit. Precise pressure measurement readings are generated from which volumetric flow rate can be derived with accuracy. Integration of the volumetric flow rate over time yields an improved measure of the total liquid volume that has flowed through the conduit during the respective temporal interval. The two pressure transducers are disposed along the conduit a predetermined distance apart with no obstruction or restriction in the conduit between the transducers. A controller can be used to determine the volumetric flow rate using the Hagen-Poiseuille Equation.
Abstract: A flow measurement unit for measuring a rate of airflow for a ventilation system. The flow measurement unit includes a flow measurement device installed in a housing. A first and a second pressure gauge are provided anteriorly and posteriorly, respectively, to the flow measurement device. The first and the second pressure gauge are configured to provide a first pressure reading, corresponding to the first pressure, and a second pressure reading, corresponding to the second pressure of airflow. Further, the flow measurement unit includes a fan to adjust airflow, such that the second pressure approaches the first pressure of airflow.
Abstract: A method and system is provided for measuring a flow rate of a gas/liquid flow. The method and system for measuring the flow rate include flowing a swirling gas/liquid flow separated into a gas core and a liquid outer layer through a conduit containing a constriction having a reduced conduit cross-section, measuring the differential gas core static pressure between a position upstream of the constriction and a position at the constriction, measuring a further quantity which provides the flow rate of the gas, the flow rate of the liquid, or a correlation between the flow rate of the gas and the flow rate of the liquid, and determining the flow rates of the gas and the liquid from the differential gas core static pressure and said measured further quantity.
Abstract: A method for operating a fuel quantity gauging system is described. The method includes utilizing redundant sensor sets at separate locations within a fuel tank to measure properties of the fuel mixture within the fuel tank, inputting the measured properties into a fuel regression equation, a separate fuel regression equation for each sensor set location, solving the multiple fuel regression equations to determine a slope and intercept and define a fuel regression curve for the fuel mixture, and utilizing the defined fuel regression curve to calculate at least a quantity of fuel in the fuel tank.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 9, 2009
Date of Patent:
August 20, 2013
Assignees:
The Boeing Company, Parker-Hannifan Corporation
Abstract: A sensor arrangement for monitoring an infusion process in a flow channel and a method for monitoring an infusion process in a flow channel are described. The sensor arrangement includes a pressure sensor with a sensor interface and a plug. The plug has an inner cavity with an inlet and an outlet. The inlet of the plug is in flow connection with the flow channel and the outlet of the plug is located at the sensor interface.
Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a method of monitoring a fluid in a fluid carrying conduit comprising the steps of: monitoring a fluid characteristic at a first point and second point along the conduit substantially continuously, determining first and second quantities, being related to a differential with respect to time of the value of the fluid characteristic at the first and second points respectively, combining the first and second quantities to produce a two dimensional intensity function of time and a position variable and analysing the magnitude of the intensity function to derive information relating to the fluid. The intensity function may represent a substantially continuous probability function, wherein its absolute value is related to the probability of a leak or theft having occurred in the conduit.
Abstract: In a pressure sensor that detects the pressure of liquid flowing in a main fluid flow path, a pressure measuring unit is installed by providing a pressure measuring space at a position branching from a straight-pipe portion of the main fluid flow path, and, in addition, the main fluid flow path and the pressure measuring space are connected with an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe whose pipe diameters are smaller than the main fluid flow path.
Abstract: A differential pressure transmitting device detects, through two pressure guiding tubes, a differential pressure that is generated when that which is to be measured, such as a liquid, a slurry, or a gas, that has fluctuation in the pressure thereof, passes through a differential pressure generating mechanism. A pressure guiding tube blockage diagnosing device comprises: a rising/falling frequency detecting portion for segmenting the differential pressure values detected by the differential pressure transmitting device into a plurality of intervals, and for detecting, for each interval, the rising/falling frequency of the fluctuation of the differential pressure; and an evaluating portion for comparing the rising/falling frequency of the fluctuation to a specific threshold value to evaluate the state of blockage of the pressure guiding tubes.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining the point at which the distal end of the bluff body sensor of an averaging pitot tube makes anchoring contact with the inside wall of a fluid conducting conduit during insertion of the bluff body into the conduit, which method includes monitoring the amplitude of vibrations generated in the bluff body in response to the fluid flowing in the conduit by the use of an accelerometer carried by the bluff body and an associated readout instrument connected to the output of the accelerometer for displaying data responsive to the output of the accelerometer and specifically indicating a change in the sensed amplitude values which change advises that the support mode of a bluff body inserted into the conduit has altered.
Abstract: A compressor for compressing refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit includes a housing defining a compression chamber. A screw rotor is mounted within the housing and configured to form a pocket of high pressure refrigerant and a pocket of low pressure refrigerant within the compression chamber. The screw rotor has a rotor shaft rotating about an axis. A bearing cavity includes at least one bearing rotatably supporting the rotor shaft. A partition through which the rotor shaft extends separates the bearing cavity from the compression chamber. A contacting seal is sealingly engaged with the rotor shaft and disposed in the bearing cavity proximate the partition. A passage has an opening adjacent the rotor shaft between the contacting seal and the compression chamber and in fluid communication with the pocket of low pressure refrigerant.
Abstract: The flow rate control device is provided with: a fluid resistor provided on the flow channel; a pressure sensor provided in any one of an upstream side or a downstream side of the fluid resistor; a pressure calculating part configured to calculate a pressure in a side with respect to the fluid resistor where the pressure sensor is not provided; a flow rate calculating part configured to calculate a flow rate based on the measurement pressure value and a calculation pressure value calculated by the pressure calculating part; and an abnormality diagnosing part configured to diagnose an abnormality of the measurement flow rate value based on the measurement flow rate value and a calculation flow rate value.
Abstract: The flow rate control device is provided with: a fluid resistor provided on the flow channel; a pressure sensor provided in any one of an upstream side or a downstream side of the fluid resistor; a stable state judging part configured to judge, based on the measurement flow rate value or a measurement pressure value measured by the pressure sensor, whether or not a state of the fluid flowing through the flow channel is in a stable state; and an abnormality diagnosing part configured to diagnose an abnormality of the measurement flow rate value based on a variation amount of the measurement pressure value in the case where the stable state judging part judges that the state of the fluid is in a stable state.
Abstract: In order to be able to diagnose an abnormality occurring in a flow rate control valve with high reliability, and for example, if an abnormality occurs in the flow rate control valve, quickly perform appropriate maintenance or the like, a first measured flow rate diagnostic part that, on the basis of a second measured flow rate value or a measured pressure value, diagnoses an abnormality of a first measured flow rate value, and a valve diagnostic part that, when the first measured flow rate diagnostic part diagnoses that the first measured flow rate value has no abnormality, diagnoses an abnormality of the flow rate control valve are provided.
Abstract: A boiler steam amount measuring method for continuously measuring a temporal change in an amount of steam from a steam boiler, includes: first measuring a differential pressure between a pressure at a first detection position that is a predetermined position in a can body of the steam boiler or a steam outflow path, and a pressure at a second detection position in the steam outflow path separated from the first detection position toward a downstream side; first calculating a pressure loss coefficient based on the differential pressure measured by flowing a predetermined flow rate of steam or fluid instead of steam into the steam outflow path, and the predetermined flow rate; and second calculating continuously the amount of steam based on the differential pressure measured in the first measuring and the pressure loss coefficient calculated in the first calculating, and outputting the calculated amount of steam as a measurement value.
Abstract: There is provided a substrate processing method of supplying a processing solution to a substrate through a supply nozzle connected with a supply path via a differential pressure flowmeter provided on the supply path for supplying the processing solution and performing a process on the substrate by the processing solution. The substrate processing method includes measuring a pressure value in the supply path by a pressure measurement unit included in the differential pressure flowmeter when the processing solution is not supplied to the substrate; determining whether the pressure measurement unit is operated normally by comparing the pressure value measured in the measuring process with a predetermined pressure value; and supplying the processing solution to a substrate if it is determined that the pressure measurement unit is operated normally in the determining process.
Abstract: A gas flow-rate verification system includes: process gas lines each being arranged to supply gas from a process gas supply source to a process chamber through a first line cutoff valve, a second line a cutoff valve, and flow control device; and a shared gas line connected in a branch form to the process gas lines to discharge gas from a shared gas supply source through the second line cutoff valve and the flow control device. The shared gas line includes a shared cutoff valve, a measuring tank, a first pressure sensor, and a pressure regulating valve. When the first line cutoff valve and the shared cutoff valve are closed, the first pressure sensor measures a pressure drop of gas in the tank to verify a flow rate of the flow control device. The pressure regulating valve feedback-controls secondary side pressure of the pressure regulating valve.
Abstract: A device for collecting and separating particles and microorganisms present in ambient air, the device comprising suction means for sucking air into a removable centrifuging chamber (10) having an air inlet and outlet and forming a receptacle for transporting a liquid sample containing the collected particles and microorganisms, said enclosure (10) being selected from a set of enclosures having different diameters and suitable for enabling the same suction means to take samples at suction rates lying in the range about 100 liters per minute to about 2000 liters per minute.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 30, 2007
Date of Patent:
January 22, 2013
Assignee:
Bertin Technologies
Inventors:
Amandine Verdier, Emmanuelle Sorel, Bruno Vallayer, Denis Rebuffat
Abstract: A vessel is attached to a pressure guiding tube near the point of connection between a process pipe and a pressure transmitter. Doing so increases the rate of deformation, relative to a change in pressure, of a fluid when the fluid is a compressible fluid, making the change in the pressure fluctuation more easily detected, thereby increasing the sensitivity of detection of blockages in the pressure guiding tube. If the fluid is a non-compressible fluid, then a part that has a diaphragm (a pressure bearing surface that deforms easily through pressure) is connected instead of the vessel.
Abstract: Disclosed is a flowrate sensor having a flowrate detection means built into a surface mounted package. The flowrate sensor includes a fluid flow path (70) formed in a package (12) to guide a fluid from an inflow port (30) provided in the lower surface of the package (12) to an outflow port (32) provided in the lower surface of the package (12) through the flowrate detection means; and an external terminal (40) provided in the outer surface of the package (12) to guide an electric output of the flowrate detection means therethrough. The flowrate sensor can be used for any of a liquid and a gas. The flowrate sensor is suitable for miniaturization, can be surface-mounted on an electronic circuit board or the like, and has a high reliability.
Abstract: A pressure sensor for measuring a pressure of a fluid in fluid flow path of a fuel cell system is disclosed. The pressure sensor includes a housing provided with a communication path formed between the fluid flow path and an interior of the housing, the communication path having a hydrophobic feature to militate against a formation and an accumulation of an undesired material within the pressure sensor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 10, 2011
Date of Patent:
January 8, 2013
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Inventors:
Jon P. Owejan, Mark T. Schluentz, Steven L. Piedmont
Abstract: A method of monitoring operation of a fuel system includes urging a fuel flow from a fuel source toward a pressure regulating valve via a fuel pump. A pressure of the fuel flow is detected at the pressure regulating valve, and a pump speed required to produce a selected pressure at the pressure regulating valve is detected. The pump speed is compared to a range of acceptable pump speeds, and an operational status of the fuel pump is determined based on a result of the comparison.
Abstract: An air pressure drop detecting device for detecting air flow volume of a cooling fan includes a first pressure sensor, a second pressure sensor, and a display unit. The cooling fan has an air inlet and an air outlet opposite to the air inlet. The first pressure sensor is positioned in the air inlet and detects a plurality of first pressure values. The second pressure sensor is positioned in the air outlet and detects a plurality of second pressure values. The display unit is connected to the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor to display the first pressure values and the second pressure values, and a position of the cooling fan in the computer case is determined by the pressure difference between the first pressure values and the second pressure values.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 2, 2012
Publication date:
December 27, 2012
Applicants:
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
Abstract: For testing metered-dose-ejection devices, whether the ejected dose accords with a rated dose, the device (1) is sealingly applied (26) to a test compartment (24) and upon machine manipulation on the device (M, 5) a dose is ejected into the test compartment (24). Pressure difference established by such injection and with respect to a pre-established reference pressure (30) in the test compartment (24) is monitored by a pressure sensor (32). The output signal (o) of this sensor (32) is indicative of the extent of the addressed dose.
Abstract: Method and device for checking on the delivery performance of at least one first and/or second delivery means of a device for extracorporeal blood treatment by measuring the pressure in a closed container filled at least partially with air by a first pressure measurement, delivering a first liquid volume into the container with the first delivery means, measuring the pressure in the container by a second pressure measurement after delivering the first liquid volume, delivering a second liquid volume out of the container with the second delivery means, measuring the pressure in the container by a third pressure measurement after delivering the second liquid volume out of the container, and evaluating at least the measured values of the first pressure measurement and the third pressure measurement as a criterion for the deviation in the delivery performance.
Abstract: A sampling system includes a collection module including a gas handler, and a flow controller in communication with the gas handler of the collection module. The flow controller controls the gas handler to move a selected volume of gas through the collection module.