The present application is related to and claims the priority benefit of German Patent Application No. 102019119231.5, filed on Jul. 16, 2019, and International Patent Application No. PCT/EP2020/066974, filed Jun. 18, 2020, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The invention relates to a Coriolis sensor having an improved sensor system, and to a Coriolis measuring device having such a Coriolis sensor.
Coriolis measuring devices for measuring a mass flow rate or a density of a medium flowing through a measuring tube of the meter are prior art; DE102015120087A1, for example, shows a two-tube Coriolis measuring device, wherein vibration sensors are based on a magnetic coupling between a coil and a magnet.
Such Coriolis measuring devices can be manipulated by interfering with the magnetic coupling, for example by means of an external magnet. However, operation of a Coriolis measuring device in an external magnetic field also results in disturbances of the magnetic coupling. In vibrating measuring tubes, an external magnetic field causes, on the one hand, an alternating voltage directly in the coils moved with the measuring tube and, on the other hand, eddy currents, for example in walls of the measuring tube, which eddy currents distort a measurement signal detected by means of the coils.
The object of the invention is to propose a Coriolis sensor, and a Coriolis measuring device having such a Coriolis sensor, in which manipulation by means of an external magnet is made more difficult.
The object is achieved by a Coriolis sensor and by a Coriolis measuring device according to the present disclosure.
A Coriolis sensor, according to the invention, of a Coriolis measuring device for measuring a mass flow rate or a density of a medium flowing through measuring tubes of the Coriolis sensor, comprises:
The core of the invention is that magnetic interference fields, which occur at a distance from the sensor in the measuring tube wall due to the vibrations of the measuring tubes in an external magnetic field as a result of eddy currents, are alternating fields and, in a first approximation, induce electrical voltages in coils independently of their movement state, wherein an influence of a relative movement of the coils with respect to the interference fields is negligible when the kinetic boundary conditions for Coriolis sensors are typical. By means of an interconnection according to the invention of the coils, taking into account the winding directions, the electrical voltages induced in the coils are subtracted and thus extinguished in a very good approximation.
In contrast, voltages that are induced by at least one permanent magnet of the sensor in coils of the sensor are directly dependent on a movement of the coils relative to the corresponding permanent magnet, wherein, in the presence of a magnet device, a measurement voltage is induced in at least one coil and is not extinguished in the interconnection according to the invention, and wherein, in the presence of two magnet devices, the measurement voltages induced in the coils are added due to the interconnection and arrangement according to the invention.
By means of an interconnection and embodiment of the coils according to the invention, the effect of the interference fields generated by eddy currents on the coils can thus be greatly reduced, and at the same time the measurement voltages induced by the magnet devices can be added.
A voltage induced by the external magnetic field directly in the coils also moved by the measuring tubes is unproblematic from a measuring perspective even in Coriolis sensors according to the prior art since it is in phase with the measurement voltage induced by the magnet devices and does not cause a flow rate measurement error.
It has been shown that a zero point error in a Coriolis sensor with a sensor according to the invention can be improved by a factor of greater than 10 in comparison to the known Coriolis sensors. The zero point error is given by a flow rate measured at actual zero flow.
The cross-sectional surface of the coils in this case relates in each case to a surface comprised by an outer winding.
In one embodiment, the at least one permanent magnet has a second end face which is directed toward the coil systems and runs in parallel to the cross-sectional surfaces of the coils, wherein a size of the second end face deviates by at most 50% from a size of the first end face.
This ensures a minimum amount of inhomogeneity of the magnetic field generated by the at least one permanent magnet.
In one embodiment, the second end face has a maximum distance from an outer surface of a next coil,
In this way, a sufficient inductive effect of the at least one permanent magnet is ensured.
In one embodiment, either the winding directions are opposite, and the coils are electrically connected via both inner ends or via both outer ends, or
In one embodiment, a first magnet device is arranged on a first measuring tube of a measuring tube pair and is configured to follow the vibration movements of the first measuring tube, wherein the permanent magnet is configured to generate a magnetic field having a field component perpendicular to the center plane,
In one embodiment, the sensor has a second magnet device having a permanent magnet, wherein the second magnet device is arranged on the second measuring tube of the measuring tube pair and is configured to follow the vibration movements of the second measuring tube, wherein the permanent magnet is configured to generate a magnetic field perpendicular to the center plane and opposite the magnetic field of the first magnet device,
The magnetic field composed of the two individual magnetic fields is thus highly inhomogeneous in the region of the coils.
In one embodiment, a first magnet device is arranged on a first measuring tube of a measuring tube pair and is configured to follow the vibration movements of the first measuring tube, wherein the permanent magnet is configured to generate a magnetic field having a field component running in parallel to the center plane,
In one embodiment, a second magnet device having a permanent magnet is provided, wherein the permanent magnet of the second magnet device is oriented opposite the permanent magnet of the first magnet device,
In one embodiment, the second magnet device is arranged on the first measuring tube and is configured to follow the vibration movements of the first measuring tube, wherein the first coil device is arranged on the second measuring tube,
In one embodiment, the sensor has two connection wires configured to connect to an electronic measuring/operating circuit, each connection wire being connected to a coil end, wherein the connection wires are electrically insulated and are brought together, wherein the connection wires are especially twisted after they have been brought together, or
In one embodiment, the series connection of the coils is produced by means of an electrically conductive connecting wire or via a circuit board having an electrically conductive conductor track, wherein the coils are connected to the conductor track by means of electrically conductive connecting wires.
In one embodiment, a cross-sectional surface of the coils is less than 1000 square millimeters, and especially less than 500 square millimeters, and preferably less than 300 square millimeters,
A Coriolis measuring device according to the invention for measuring a mass flow rate or a density of a medium flowing through measuring tubes of the Coriolis sensor comprises:
The invention will now be described with reference to exemplary embodiments.
a) and 2b) each show an arrangement of an exemplary sensor according to the present disclosure-on a measuring tube pair;
a) to 3c) show exemplary arrangements and embodiments of coil devices and magnet devices in relation to one another;
a) and 4b) show further exemplary sensor arrangements according to the present disclosure;
a) and 5b) show the orientation and connection of coils of coil arrangements; and
The Coriolis sensing element is connected to an electronics housing 80 of the Coriolis meter, which is configured to house an electronic measuring/operating circuit 77 which is configured to operate the exciter and the sensors and to determine and provide mass flow rate values and/or density values on the basis of vibration properties of the measurement tube as measured by means of the sensors. The exciter and the sensors are connected to the electronic measuring/operating circuit by means of electrical connections 19. The electrical connections 19 can respectively be grouped together by cable guides.
A Coriolis measuring instrument according to the invention is not limited to the presence of two measurement tubes. For example, the invention can also be implemented in a four-tube meter.
a) shows an exemplary schematic arrangement of a sensor according to the invention with a first magnet device 15.1 having a permanent magnet 15.3 on a first measuring tube 11.1 and a first coil device 16.1, which is arranged on the first measuring tube, and a second coil device 16.2, which is arranged on a second measuring tube 11.2. The measuring tubes are configured to vibrate relative to one another perpendicularly to a center plane 18 so that the first magnet device in the second coil device induces an electrical voltage in a coil 16.3 of the second coil device, which voltage can be used to determine flow rate measured values. The first coil device and the first magnet device are arranged so as to be immovable relative to one another so that no electrical voltage in the coil of the first coil device is induced by the first magnet device. Cross-sections of the permanent magnet of the magnet device and of the coils of the coil devices projected onto the respective center plane 18 at least partially overlap one another.
An external magnetic field, caused for example by technical or medical devices, creates eddy currents in the measuring tube wall in vibrating measuring tubes, which eddy currents induce phase-shifted interference voltages that distort a measurement voltage in the coils of the coil devices. According to the invention, the coil of the first coil device and the coil of the second magnet device are connected in series and equipped with a respective winding direction (see
b) shows a further exemplary schematic arrangement of a sensor, wherein, in contrast to the embodiment of the sensor shown in
In the case of a series connection of the coil according to
By means of the sensor according to the invention, the influence of interference magnets or external magnetic fields can thus be greatly reduced in a very simple manner without having to resort to electronic corrective measures. It has been shown that a zero point error (calculated flow rate at zero flow) of the Coriolis measuring device can be reduced to below 10% of the zero point error of a Coriolis measuring device without the sensor according to the invention.
Mutually facing sides of the coils each define a first end face 16.33, wherein the first end faces define a coil distance, wherein a ratio of cross-sectional surface area to a square of the coil distance is greater than 10, and especially greater than 30 and preferably greater than 100. This results in a spatial proximity of the coils so that, in the case of an interconnection according to the invention, they can detect exclusively local, inhomogeneous magnetic fields in a very good approximation.
a) to 3c) outline various exemplary embodiments of coil devices and magnet devices of a sensor having two magnet devices as shown in
a) outlines a sensor in which a permanent magnet is arranged in the interior of an associated coil. The coil may be a winding coil. However, the coil may also be a sintered coil, especially an LTCC coil. A central region may be free of windings and/or sintered material.
b) and c) outline sensors in which coil and the associated permanent magnet are arranged one behind the other. Advantageously, the permanent magnets are arranged as shown in
a) shows a further exemplary arrangement of a sensor according to the invention, wherein a first magnet device 15.1 and a second magnet device 15.2 are fastened to a first measuring tube 11.1, and a first coil device 16.1 and a second coil device 16.2 are fastened to a second measuring tube 11.2, wherein the projections of the coils are arranged between the projections of the permanent magnets. As shown in
b) shows a further exemplary arrangement of a sensor according to the invention, wherein, in contrast to the variant shown in
The coil devices shown in
The fastening of the coil devices and of the magnet devices on the respective measuring tubes can take place directly or, for example, via a holder (not shown). For the person skilled in the art, it is a standard task to select a fastening method. In order to minimize sensor mass so that it has only negligible influence on the measuring tube vibrations, a cross-sectional surface area of the coils is less than 1000 square millimeters, and especially less than 500 square millimeters and preferably less than 300 square millimeters, and/or a cross-sectional surface area of the permanent magnets is less than 1000 square millimeters, and especially less than 500 square millimeters, and preferably less than 300 square millimeters.
According to the embodiments shown in
a) and 5b) each outline a series connection according to the invention of the coils to one another on the basis of exemplary coils and permanent magnets.
The magnetic field of a permanent magnet 15.3 of the first/second magnet device, which field is variable due to measuring tube vibrations, in the reference system of a coil of the second/first coil device induces an electrical voltage in the coil according to Faraday's induction law, wherein electrons experience a force perpendicular to an orientation of the magnetic field. Since between the magnet devices, the magnetic field of the first magnet device is opposite to the magnetic field of the second magnet device, the force on electrons in the coil of the first coil device is opposite to the force on electrons in the coil of the second coil device. In order to obtain a measurement voltage addition of the measurement voltages generated in the coils when the coils are arranged on different measuring tubes,
The core of the invention is therefore that magnetic interference fields, which, for the most part, arise at some distance from the sensor, have the same field gradient in both coil systems of a sensor in a very good approximation and thus interfere destructively in their inductive effect as a result of the claimed interconnection of the coils.
The compensation of the interference voltages functions in the same way in a sensor with two coil devices and one magnet device.
As shown in
As an alternative to the circuit board, the connection wires can also be twisted in order to reduce a magnetic loop.
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