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- the present invention relates to a Coriolis flowmeter that measures a mass flow rate of a fluid by detecting a torsional vibration caused by the action of a Coriolis force generated by a fluid in a vibrating flow path.
- the present invention relates to a Coriolis flowmeter capable of measuring a mass flow rate with higher sensitivity to a low density fluid.
- a Coriolis flowmeter has been conventionally used as a flowmeter for directly measuring a mass flow rate. This is the force that receives the Coriolis force proportional to the product of the flow velocity vector and the angular velocity of rotation when the fluid flowing in the pipe is rotated. It detects the mass flow rate and measures the mass flow rate.
- the Coriolis flow meter is a direct type mass flow meter, and among the mass flow meters, the accuracy is rapidly increased with the recent advance in digital signal processing technology, which has relatively high accuracy.
- most fluids such as liquids, gases, slurries, and solid-gas-liquid mixed-phase flows can be measured.Bubble flows can be accurately measured in a minute and uniform state, and there is no exposed matter in the piping. It has the feature that there is no mechanical moving part and the maintainability is high.
- it is a composite instrument that can simultaneously measure volume flow, density, viscosity, and temperature, and has the characteristic that it is basically unaffected by density, viscosity, etc., and is expected to be used in a wide range of fields. I have.
- Fig. 7 shows a general structure of a Coriolis mass flowmeter that has been conventionally put into practical use and its operation principle.
- 1 is a U-shaped pipe through which the fluid flows, which is provided at the center of the U-shaped pipe at the position of the electromagnetic force for vibration 3 ⁇ 4.
- the U-shaped pipe generates a small rotational vibration (forced vibration) in the ⁇ or 1 ⁇ direction. Let it. Fluid flows along the U-shaped pipe in the direction of V in the figure, and the Coriolis force acts in the direction of twisting the U-shaped pipe because the flow direction is opposite between the left and right pipes.
- a Coriolis flowmeter as shown in Fig. 8 is used.
- a base end of a U-shaped tube 41 is supported by a wall 42, and a fluid flows toward an outlet 44 with an inlet 43 force.
- a support plate 46 is fixed to the tip of the U-shaped tube 41, and a permanent magnet 47 is fixed downward on the lower surface thereof.
- the permanent magnet 47 is magnetized in the vertical direction in the figure, and an electromagnetic coil 49 is disposed on a base 48 so as to face the lower end surface of the permanent magnet 47.
- the tip of the U-tube 41 is vibrated by alternately supplying current.
- Permanent magnets 52 and 53 are fixed to the outer side surfaces of the straight tube portions 50 and 51 on both sides of the U-shaped tube 41, respectively.
- a pickup 55 formed of a coil is arranged on a fixed support plate 54.
- a pickup 57 similar to the pickup 55 is disposed on a support plate 56 fixed to a base 48 so as to face the side end surface of the permanent magnet 53.
- the electromagnetic coil 49 is operated in a state in which a fluid is flowing in the U-shaped pipe 41 according to the principle of the Coriolis flow meter, and the curved pipe section 45 is moved downward as described above. causes a slight rotation. Since the fluid flows along the U-shaped pipe in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the flow direction is opposite in the left and right pipes, and a force is generated in the straight pipe part 50 as Coriolis force in the lower part of the figure. A force is generated in the pipe portion 51 upward in the figure. Conversely, when the curved tube portion 45 is moved upward, a force is generated in the straight tube portion 50 upward, and a force is generated in the straight tube portion 51 downward. Therefore, the Coriolis force acts in the direction of twisting the U-tube.
- the U-shaped tube 41 moves as shown in FIG. 9, for example.
- the left and right straight pipe portions move as shown in the schematic diagram of the operation state of FIG. . That is, when the tip is vibrated up and down while the fluid is flowing inside the U-shaped pipe 41 as described above, for example, as shown in the left column of FIG.
- the straight pipe section 50 on the right side of the drawing When moving downward as indicated by the arrow, the straight pipe section 50 on the right side of the drawing generates a downward force while the straight pipe section 51 generates an upward force.
- the pipe 51 moves downward later than the straight pipe on the right.
- the straight pipe parts are provided in each of the straight pipe parts as shown in Figs. 8 and 9.
- the permanent magnets 52 and 53 move in the same way.
- the detection signals from the left and right pickups 55 and 57 for detecting this movement become signals having a phase difference as shown in FIG. 10 (b), and the phase difference time ⁇ increases as the mass flow rate flowing through the pipe increases.
- the mass flow rate is measured by detecting this phase difference time.
- the pipe diameter is 1.5mm 600mm
- the flow rate range is OkgZh 680, 000kg / h
- the density measurement is OkgZm 3 — 3
- OOOkgZm 3 range
- the operating temperature range is _240 ° C 204 ° C
- operating pressure range is 0.12MPa-39.3MPa
- measuring instrument weight is 8kg-635kg
- the main material is stainless steel, hastelloy, titanium, zirconium, etc.
- the angle at which the U-tube twists is less than 0.01 degrees.
- the mass flow rate can be measured with extremely high accuracy by measuring the amount of twist of the U-shaped tube as a phase difference time. This is an advantage over Coriolis or gyro mass flowmeters before 1980.
- Q is the mass flow rate
- K is the spring constant in the torsional direction ( ⁇ direction) by Coriolis
- ⁇ is m ⁇ ⁇ the natural frequency in the same direction (Coriolis natural frequency)
- ⁇ is the forced vibration direction ( ⁇ direction).
- the frequency (drive frequency), d is the distance between the parallel pipes, and ⁇ is the time of the phase difference appearing between the signals from the two pickups (here, positions 3 and 4 in Fig. 7).
- d is the distance between the parallel pipes
- ⁇ is the time of the phase difference appearing between the signals from the two pickups (here, positions 3 and 4 in Fig. 7).
- the tan function of ⁇ is used, but the expression is approximated because ⁇ is very small.
- the main Coriolis flowmeters so far have been successful as extremely accurate flowmeters because they measure time.
- digital signal processing using DSP etc. is also used, and it is considered that the improvement of the time accuracy has been improved to some extent.
- FIG. 11 shows the numerical ratio ⁇ .
- the graph depicts the ⁇ -intercept, 2Q d 2 / K, as 1.
- the graph shows that viscous m ⁇
- ⁇ is the damping ratio due to viscosity, and the damping ratio is not zero but very small in a normal Coriolis flowmeter.
- the main point of the design is to a good flowmeter-performance, decide how and that increase the value of 2Q d 2 / K, good characteristics, the value of ⁇ the frequency ratio That
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent No. 2704768
- Patent Document 2 JP-A-58-117416
- Patent Document 3 JP-A-54-4168
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent No. 2704768
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent No.58-117416
- Patent Document 3 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No.
- Fig. 11 (a) the sensitivity greatly fluctuates near line 1; Frequency is also the most affected by external vibration noise, and there are problems such as forced vibration being easily mixed into Coriolis vibration.
- the actual product uses a region with a natural frequency ratio ⁇ ⁇ 1, which is a region that has some sensitivity and a gradual change, and has a value of about 0.2 to 0.6. Often set in a tubular shape.
- the entire graph can be pushed upward by increasing d, but in the case of a general U-shaped tube, it becomes difficult to twist by increasing the width.
- And K increases at the same time. Also, as the width d increases, the inertia
- the drive frequency ⁇ becomes smaller. There must be. If the driving frequency is too low, it is susceptible to external vibration noise, and the response speed is low. As a result, the width d is also limited to some extent.
- fuel cell vehicles are attracting attention, and various types of fuel cell vehicles are being developed.
- One of them is a method of mounting a super-hydrogen fuel high-pressure tank on a vehicle. . It is said that it is necessary to store hydrogen at around 700 atm from the allowable size of the hydrogen fuel tank for a practical mileage. For such applications, it is necessary to measure the flow rate of high-pressure hydrogen at various places.
- the gas has a very low volume and a very large volume at the same mass flow rate. For this reason, gas can be measured if the pressure is moderate and the density is sufficiently high, but when the pressure is 10 atmospheres or less, the flow velocity becomes too fast before flowing until the mass flow becomes sufficiently large. In addition, the pressure loss is too large, or choke occurs and the flow rate cannot be increased. As described above, it is necessary to make the piping as thin as possible. At that time, the pressure loss becomes large, so that a large flow rate of gas cannot be flowed here. As a result, normal pressure gas cannot be measured.
- the pipe wall thickness will be increased, and if the pipe is made thicker to flow the flow rate, the spring constant will increase. Otherwise, the sensitivity will be further increased in gas measurement where the density is low and the sensitivity is insufficient. It gets worse.
- the force required to vibrate at a frequency ratio of about 0.4 In the condition of the frequency ratio as described above, when driven at about 80Hz-200Hz, it is easily affected by external vibration.
- the present invention provides a high sensitivity even if the pressure resistance is increased so that an ultra-high pressure fluid can be measured, such as a measurement of a hydrogen flow rate of an ultra-high pressure hydrogen fuel tank of a fuel cell vehicle, which is less affected by external vibration noise.
- an ultra-high pressure fluid such as a measurement of a hydrogen flow rate of an ultra-high pressure hydrogen fuel tank of a fuel cell vehicle, which is less affected by external vibration noise.
- the feature of the present invention is that an amplitude ratio measurement method is used first.
- the amplitude ratio measurement method detects the mass flow rate by measuring the amplitude of the run-out rather than measuring the phase difference time by a Coriolis flow meter, and has been known since the early days of Coriolis flow meter development. That is the way.
- Japanese Patent Publication No. 60-34683, Japanese Patent Publication No. Hei 8-20295, Japanese Patent Publication No. Hei 2-501006, etc. detect the amplitude of Coriolis vibration and the amplitude of forced vibration by some method and take the ratio between them.
- the mass flow rate is calculated by performing calculations such as these.
- the U-shaped tube is twisted in the ⁇ direction as shown in FIG. 7 because Coriolisa works in different directions in a portion where the fluid is directed outward and a portion where the fluid is returned inward.
- Torsion is caused by Coriolisa torque And Coriolis are proportional to the product of mass and flow velocity as shown in the above equation (3). By measuring this torsion in some way, the mass flow can be determined.
- a general product vibrates the U-tube in accordance with the natural angular frequency ⁇ in the ⁇ direction.
- Arranging the coefficients for the mass flow rate can be expressed as follows.
- the mass flow rate can be measured directly with the Coriolis mass flow meter if it can know each amount on the right side.
- Equation (9) is arranged for the maximum torsion angle ⁇ .
- the frequency is referred to as a frequency, and the angular frequency at this time can be defined as follows.
- the maximum angle ⁇ must be measured, but it is actually a very small angle.
- the measurement physical quantity is set to time based on the following concept.
- the fact that the U-tube passes through its neutral position at the maximum torsion angle can be used. Assuming that the vibrations of the left and right tubes of the U-tube are detected at the position of length L, the speed at the neutral position of these points is roughly Leo ⁇ , and the difference between the positions of both tubes is ⁇ d. .
- the mass flow rate can be known by measuring the time difference ⁇ when each vibration detection point passes through the neutral plane.
- coefficients other than ⁇ include those that change with temperature, such as the panel constant, and must be corrected by temperature.
- the present invention provides a Coriolis flowmeter having a new feature using the above-described amplitude ratio measurement method.
- vibration measurement the higher the frequency, the higher the displacement amplitude than the displacement amplitude.
- the sensitivity is higher when measuring the acceleration amplitude than the speed amplitude and the speed amplitude. This characteristic is because the relationship between displacement, velocity, and acceleration is given by the following equation.
- the mass flow can be measured by the measurement.
- the mass flow rate can be measured.
- the horizontal axis frequency ratio ⁇ is plotted on the vertical axis with the respective amplitudes, and the sensitivity coefficient is rewritten.
- the frequency ratio ⁇ explicitly,
- the graph of Fig. 1 shows the change of the term related to each equation.
- Each sensitivity is this function multiplied by the previous term.
- the sensitivity is increased in the region where the frequency ratio is 1 or more, and when the acceleration sensor is used, the sensitivity is increased by increasing the frequency ratio. It shows that it gets bigger.
- the present invention employs a configuration in which a reinforcing frame is inserted in the Coriolis vibration direction in order to positively utilize a region having a frequency ratio of 1 or more. This is because, when the pipe itself, which is a continuum, is vibrated in the region where the natural frequency is 1 or more, the higher-order vibration modes become strong, making it difficult for appropriate vibrations and vibrations that reproduce the above theory to be made. It is in.
- the Coriolis flow meter according to the present invention while paying attention to the following, it is possible to have characteristics superior to conventional Coriolis flow meters. That is, focusing on the right-hand side of the equation (21) and considering a design guideline for increasing the sensitivity, the following is obtained. In this equation, the amplitude ⁇ of the forced oscillation appears explicitly in the molecule. Therefore, the amplitude of the forced vibration can be
- the panel constant ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ in the Coriolis oscillation direction that appeared in the denominator in the phase difference time measurement method appears in the numerator in the amplitude ratio measurement method. For this reason, hardening the Bonne constant and increasing the Coriolis frequency contributes to the improvement of sensitivity, which is opposite to the phase difference time measurement method.
- the design is optimized based on the measurement method according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the sensitivity, the pressure resistance, and the diameter of the pipe at the same time. Since the flow velocity of the fluid with respect to the mass flow rate can be reduced, a large amount of gas can flow particularly.
- the filling of hydrogen at 700 atm has become a technical issue, especially for hydrogen filling devices for fuel cell vehicles, and a flow meter that can appropriately measure the mass flow rate of gas at such a high pressure is very useful.
- the features of the Coriolis flow meter according to the invention are particularly advantageous.
- the denominator shows the moment of inertia I raised to the power of 3/2. This is about ⁇
- the conventional Coriolis flowmeter secured a certain width to improve the sensitivity by increasing d and to reduce the torsion panel constant. For this reason, there was a disadvantage that the size of the Coriolis flowmeter body became very large when the pipe diameter became large. In contrast, the Coriolis flow meter according to the present invention is compact for the above reasons. In addition, there is a problem that the sensitivity changes due to the change of the moment of inertia when the density changes. However, this is not a problem when the density changes only to the extent that it does not affect the measurement. Even if it does, the inertia moment I in the Coriolis direction changes due to the design of the piping.
- noise vibration can be removed by passing through an appropriate filter for measuring the amplitude. If a phase demodulator is used, only the effective amplitude at that frequency can be extracted, so that noise immunity is stronger. This can be performed with high precision not only by analog circuits but also by digital signal processing.
- the technique of the Coriolis flow meter disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent No. 2575203 and the like is a technique for compensating for the effect of viscosity, whereas in the present invention, it is driven at a frequency much higher than the Coriolis frequency. Therefore, as shown in the phase diagram of FIG. 11 (b), even if the viscosity is changed, even if the viscosity is changed, the phase is close to 180 degrees and the change does not greatly change. Therefore, even if the viscosity changes, the sensitivity is affected. Therefore, the necessity of correction as in the technique disclosed in the above-mentioned patent publication is reduced.
- the Coriolis flowmeter of the present invention has a frame in the Coriolis vibration direction, and the deforming portion that vibrates to approach uniaxial vibration concentrates on the elastically deforming portion that is designed to be easily deformed intentionally. Therefore, the panel part that affects the panel constant in the Coriolis vibration direction is mainly this elastically deformed part, not the pipe. Since the panel constant is affected by the temperature, it is usually corrected by measuring the pipe temperature. Therefore, the correction is performed using the temperature of the elastically deformed portion, but unlike the piping, the Coriolis flowmeter according to the present invention is not immediately affected by the liquid temperature. This is because the elastically deformed portion is far from the piping and is less susceptible to the direct influence of the liquid temperature, and changes slowly even if it is.
- the flow meter can be constituted by one measuring tube, but it can be a symmetrical two tube. .
- This consists of two conduits through which the fluid under test flows, and two conduits that flow in parallel in the same direction.
- the conduits, the forced vibration means, the frame of the means for suppressing higher-order vibrations, the means for determining the vibration amplitude, etc. The same thing is provided in plane symmetry, and the forced vibration vibrates in the opposite direction like a tuning fork.
- the Coriolis flowmeter of the present invention is a symmetrical two pipe
- the following features can be obtained.
- these two symmetric pipes are connected in series.
- the fluid that flows in from the outside flows in from the inlet of one of the pipelines that does not shunt the fluid, passes through the pipeline on one side, and then flows out, and is connected to the inlet of the other pipeline by the return channel,
- the flow paths are connected in series so as to flow out of the flow meter after passing through the other pipeline.
- two pipes vibrate in opposite directions, but the flow rate can be calculated with one pipe because an acceleration sensor is used. Therefore, the calibration coefficient can be determined for each flow meter calibration.
- each of the pipes is a pipe 1 and a pipe 2
- calibration can be performed simultaneously under the condition that the same flow rate flows through each.
- the same flow rate was measured by two flow meters at the same time during measurement, and if the average value of the two is output as a flow measurement value, stability and accuracy can be improved. If there is a large difference between the measured values of the two pipes, the difference can be used to diagnose a failure based on the difference.
- the temperature of the elastically deformable portion which requires temperature correction such as panel constant, can be performed for each pipe, fine correction can be performed for each pipe, and the accuracy is improved.
- the pressure loss increases and the maximum flow rate is relatively limited.
- branch pipes for dividing the fluid into approximately equal parts, each having a merging pipe which separates and flows into two pipes, and merges again after passing through the pipes.
- It is a Coriolis flowmeter that has a branch and a merging pipe that flows out of the flowmeter, and has a parallel flow path. This can double the cross-sectional area of the flow path, so that the pressure loss can be reduced as compared with the serial type and with the same pipe diameter as compared to a single pipe.
- the maximum flow rate also increases. This is a state in which the flow meters are arranged in parallel, and the sum of the flow signals of the respective pipes 1 and 2 is the measured flow value.
- Q is the flow rate
- A is the span calibration factor
- X is the output value
- B is the output value at zero flow rate
- the subscripts represent piping 1 and piping 2, respectively.
- the unknown coefficient forces A and A are two.
- the respective calibration coefficients can be calculated. If the type of flow rate is increased by this method, it is also possible to determine a coefficient that is suitable for each flow rate. If each pipe can have a calibration coefficient, it can be corrected individually when the temperature of each pipe is different, etc. You can do it. Also, by comparing the values of the main system, it is possible to diagnose a diversion abnormality due to turbulence or turbulence in the upstream.
- the Coriolis flowmeter that has been optimized and designed based on the measurement method of the present invention can have advantageous characteristics completely different from the conventional time phase difference measurement method.
- a characteristic experiment of a sensor tube was performed using a prototype manufactured based on the basic principle of the present invention as described above.
- this prototype has a forced vibration frame in the center, the piping that becomes the Coriolis vibration frame is held by a self-aligning ball bearing, and the connection to the Coriolis frame uses a flexible tube.
- the structure is very easy to twist in the vibration direction.
- Arbitrary panels can be installed separately for the Coriolis vibration direction and the forced vibration direction, and experiments can be performed with any natural frequency ratio.
- the moment of inertia in the Coriolis vibration direction is very large because it has not been optimized by the above theory.
- the characteristic force sensitivity, such as low Coriolis frequency, is not sufficiently high, but the features of the present invention have appeared.
- Fig. 6 (a) shows the measurement performed by changing the Coriolis natural frequency to 15Hz and changing the forced frequency to 5Hz by setting the panel constant and moment of inertia at 15Hz. The output is divided by the value corresponding to the amplitude ⁇ L of the forced vibration measured by the laser vibrometer.
- the result measured at Okg / h from the measurement result at a constant 200 kg / h is the bow I. Forced to show components only for phase angles where Coriolis oscillations should appear The phase angle force with the vibration signal is corrected. The amplitude of forced oscillation ⁇ L is determined by the control circuit.
- Fig. 6 (b) shows that Coriolis vibration should appear under the same conditions as above by dividing the difference output from the kamen speed sensor by the value corresponding to the amplitude ⁇ 0L of the forced vibration measured by the laser vibrometer. The components only for the phase angle of are shown.
- Fig. 6 (c) shows that the ballast is added and the moment of inertia I is changed so as to increase.
- the sensitivity was measured under the condition that the natural frequency ratio a was fixed at 2.7 while the drive frequency was changed. It can be seen that if the ballast is removed and the Coriolis natural frequency is increased in this way, the sensitivity is improved in proportion to the cube of the Coriolis natural frequency.
- the Coriolis natural frequency has a relationship with the moment of inertia I as shown in equation (18). Since there is a relationship between the moment of inertia I and the sensitivity, as shown in
- FIG. 6 (d) shows a condition under which the natural frequency ratio ⁇ is fixed at 2.7 by changing the driving frequency while changing the Coriolis natural frequency by changing the panel constant in the Coriolis vibration direction. It is a measurement of sensitivity. It can be seen that the sensitivity increases in proportion to the Coriolis natural frequency. This indicates that the sensitivity increases in proportion to the square root of the panel constant in the Coriolis direction, as can be seen from equations (18) and (20). This also experimentally proves the theoretical properties of Eq. (20).
- the Coriolis flowmeter according to the present invention comprises a forced vibration means for vibrating a pipe through which a fluid under test flows from the outside and a minute rotational vibration to generate Coriolis in the fluid, and a vibration axis of the forced vibration.
- the Coriolis vibration induced by the Coriolis vibration that vibrates on a vibration axis different from that of the Coriolis vibration caused by the combination of the rigid frame that is difficult to deform and the elastically deformable portion that is responsible for the deformation is close to one axis of vibration.
- a forced vibration control means driven by the forcible vibration means, a means for determining the vibration amplitude of the forced vibration generated by the forced vibration means, and a force generated by the forced vibration.
- two vibration amplitude detecting means for detecting the vibration amplitude of a pipe line generated by Coriolisers in opposite directions generated by the forced vibration.
- the means for determining the vibration amplitude of the forced vibration means is obtained by a sum signal of the two vibration amplitude detecting means
- the means for determining the vibration amplitude caused by the vibration signal is obtained from the difference signal between the two vibration amplitude detection means
- the mass flow rate calculating means calculates the vibration amplitude of the fluid flowing through the pipe by the ratio between the sum signal and the difference signal. The flow rate is calculated.
- another Coriolis flowmeter includes two vibration amplitude detecting means for detecting the vibration amplitude of the Coriolis vibration generated by the Coriolis vibrator generated by the forced vibration, and these are provided with the forced vibration.
- the vibration components around the vibration axis of the Coriolis vibration are obtained by obtaining a difference signal between the vibration components and the noise vibration from the outside and the vibration other than the rotational vibration of the vibration axis of the Coriolis vibration.
- the apparatus further comprises two vibration amplitude detection means for detecting vibrations from outside and rotation vibration around the vibration axis of the forced vibration. The arrangement is such that the vibration can be effectively removed, and the forcible vibration amplitude is obtained by obtaining the difference signal.
- another Coriolis flowmeter has two pipes in which the fluid flows in the Coriolis flowmeter, and the fluid includes a pipe in which the fluid flows in parallel in the same direction.
- Forced vibration means, frame of means for suppressing higher-order vibration, means for determining vibration amplitude, etc. are provided in plane symmetry, and forced vibration oscillates in the opposite direction like a tuning fork. The influence and the transmission of the forced vibration to the outside are reduced.
- Coriolis flowmeter is the Coriolis flowmeter, wherein the vibration amplitude detecting means is a relative speed sensor comprising a combination of a magnet and a coil fixed to a plane symmetric position, respectively.
- the mass flow rate calculating means calculates the mass flow rate based on the speed amplitude by the speed sensor.
- Coriolis flowmeter is the Coriolis flowmeter, wherein the vibration amplitude detecting means is an angular velocity sensor, and the mass flow rate calculating means is a mass flow rate detecting means for detecting mass based on a velocity amplitude by the angular velocity sensor. The flow rate is calculated.
- the forcible vibration means is configured to select and vibrate a region of a driving frequency in which a change in sensitivity is small with respect to a change in the frequency ratio. Things.
- Coriolis flowmeter is the Coriolis flowmeter, wherein
- the amplitude detecting means is an acceleration sensor, and the mass flow rate calculating means calculates the mass flow rate based on the acceleration amplitude by the acceleration sensor.
- another Coriolis flowmeter in the Coriolis flowmeter, performs phase detection based on a driving frequency at the time of measuring the vibration amplitude, and performs an influence of a frequency other than the vibration caused by the Coriolis, the Coriolis vibration.
- Signal processing means for removing the influence of the vibration phase other than the phase in which the vibration occurs.
- another Coriolis flow meter is the Coriolis flow meter, wherein the pipe through which the fluid to be measured flows is a U-shaped pipe having both bases supported, A forced vibration frame disposed between two straight pipe portions of the U-shaped pipe in parallel with the straight pipe portion and supporting a tip end of the U-shaped pipe, and a forced vibration means for vibrating the forced vibration frame A Coriolis vibration frame supported by the forced vibration frame and supporting the two straight pipe portions; and vibration amplitude detection means provided at both ends of the Coriolis vibration frame.
- the forced vibration frame has a notch in a vibration direction, and the notch portion forms a vibration center of the forced vibration frame. It is like that.
- the forced vibration control means compares the phase of the driving voltage with the phase of the forced vibration and determines the forced vibration direction from the value of the forced vibration amplitude.
- Means for controlling the forced vibration so as to resonate at the natural frequency is provided.
- a change in the calibration coefficient expected based on the value of the natural frequency of the forced vibration that changes when the density of the fluid under test changes is determined in advance. It is provided with arithmetic means for correcting from the stored correction coefficient formula or correction coefficient table.
- the rate of change of each of the inertia moment in the Coriolis vibration direction and the inertia moment of the forced vibration is the same with respect to a change in density.
- the weight distribution and the piping shape of the frame etc. are set so that the ratio of the natural frequency in the forced vibration direction to the Coriolis natural frequency in the Coriolis vibration direction does not change with changes in the density of the fluid.
- the Coriolis flow rate according to claim 1 when the forcible frequency is equal to or more than one time the Coriolis natural frequency, the detected vibration amplitude in the direction of the Coriolis vibration is zero when the flow rate is zero.
- another Coriolis flowmeter is a means for measuring a temperature at a main elastic deformation portion which affects the natural frequency of forced vibration and the natural frequency in the Coriolis vibration direction in the Coriolis flowmeter. And an arithmetic means for correcting the elastic coefficient based on the measured temperature, and thereby correcting the calibration coefficient of the flow meter.
- Coriolis flowmeter is the Coriolis flowmeter, wherein the Coriolis flowmeter flows from an inlet of a one-sided pipe that does not divide the fluid, After passing through the channel, it is connected to the inlet of the other channel by the return channel, and after passing through the other channel, it flows out of the flow meter and connects the channels in series. It is intended to be continued.
- another Coriolis flowmeter includes means for monitoring and calculating outputs of respective pipelines serialized in the Coriolis flowmeter, and determines a relationship between the respective values. This makes it possible to diagnose an abnormal state of the flow meter.
- another Coriolis flowmeter is provided with branch pipes that divide the fluid almost equally in the Coriolis flowmeter. It is provided with a merging pipe that merges again after passing through the channel, and has a branch and a merging pipe that merge and flow out of the flowmeter, and the flow paths are arranged in parallel.
- another Coriolis flowmeter provides a detection value and a flow rate of a detected value output from each pipe at zero flow when the flow of the fluid is stopped in the calibration of the Coriolis flowmeter.
- Calibration is performed at a plurality of different flow rates, and from the results of the plurality of flow rate calibrations, the relational expression between the calibration result, the calibration coefficient, and the measured value is calculated in order to calculate the calibration coefficient for each pipe that exists in plane symmetry. This is calculated by solving simultaneous equations.
- another Coriolis flowmeter includes a temperature measuring means for each pipe in calibrating the Coriolis flowmeter, and affects the frequency of each pipe.
- the correction accuracy is improved by individually performing temperature correction in pipelines 1 and 2.
- another Coriolis flowmeter is the Coriolis flowmeter, wherein the Coriolis flowmeter includes a pipe line having at least two straight pipe sections in which the directions of fluids flowing parallel to each other are different from each other.
- a first horizontal frame and a second horizontal frame respectively supporting both end portions of the pipe portion, and an intermediate portion between the first horizontal frame and the second horizontal frame, wherein the straight pipe is provided between both straight pipe portions.
- a vertical frame arranged in parallel, a support base for fixing an intermediate portion of the vertical frame and supporting the vertical frame so as to be able to oscillate in the axial direction of the vertical frame; a forced vibration means for vibrating the vertical frame; It has two vibration amplitude detection means fixed to one end of the horizontal frame.
- FIG. 2 shows a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a straight pipe portion 12, 13 of a U-shaped 11 is supported by a Coriolis vibration frame 16 composed of two parallel reinforcing plates 14, 15.
- the acceleration sensors 17 and 18 are fixed between the reinforcing plates 14 and 15 at both ends. Note that a speed sensor may be used instead of the acceleration sensors 17 and 18.
- the Coriolis vibration frame 16 composed of the reinforcing plates 14, 15 for reinforcing the U-shaped pipe 11 in the torsional direction provides a certain panel constant (K
- the forced vibration frame 19 can be supported from the support base 22 with a stronger panel constant (K).
- K panel constant
- the panel constant in the direction of the forced vibration from the support base 22 very strong, a frequency ratio of 1 or more (preferably, for example, 1.5 or more, and preferably 5 or more) can be realized.
- the support base other than the one shown in the figure had only a pipe support member, or had exactly the same U-shaped pipe in plane symmetry with a plane parallel to the U-shaped face as the reference plane.
- the present invention can be carried out in various modes. This is the same in various Coriolis flow meters described below.
- the method in which the forced vibration frame 19 supports the Coriolis vibration frame 16 can be used in any form as long as the natural frequency of the forced vibration is several times larger than the Coriolis frequency. Can be replaced with a type that supports a rotating shaft fixed to a Coriolis vibrating frame.
- An exciter 20 composed of an electromagnetic coil is placed between the forced vibration frame 19 and the support base 22, or a counterbalanced vibration member having the same natural frequency or a plane-symmetrical pipe, and driven at the natural frequency. Vibrate. Thereby, the U-tube is forcibly vibrated in the bending direction through the forced vibration frame 19. The generated Coriolis vibrates the Coriolis vibration frame 16 in a twisting direction.
- the angular acceleration of the Coriolis vibration rotation is measured by the differential vibration of the two acceleration sensors 17 and 18 fixed to the Coriolis vibration frame 16.
- the signal of the sum of the two acceleration sensors indicates the magnitude of the acceleration of the forced vibration.
- the vibration of forced vibration which is the sum of the effective amplitude detected and demodulated at the driving frequency of the differential signal related to Coriolis vibration, is divided by the execution amplitude detected and demodulated by the driving frequency, and the drive frequency value, calibration correction value, etc.
- the mass flow rate can be calculated by calculating the following, and the details will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.
- the amplitude of the forced vibration can be omitted by strictly controlling the excitation amplitude and keeping it constant.
- two acceleration sensors can be replaced by one angular acceleration sensor. In that case, attach a separate acceleration sensor or speed sensor that measures the amplitude of the forced vibration.
- the width b is made as small as possible so as to reduce the 1-poor moment in the ⁇ direction, and it is not necessary to reduce the panel constant in the torsional direction. Therefore, it is possible to make the pipe thickness thicker than the Coriolis flow meter of the general phase difference time measurement method, and if it is a normal U-shaped pipe, the torsion ( Where the panel constant in the Coriolis vibration direction is larger, the natural frequency in the bending direction is being increased by adjusting the shape of the support frame.
- the bent portion of the forced vibration and the notch portion are elastically deformed so that the influence of the panel constant by the pipe is reduced. It is made at one-third of the piping between the oscillating frame and the support base. This minimizes the magnitude of the bending moment generated at the root of the Coriolis frame.
- the signals from the two kneading speed sensors 17, 18 are processed by, for example, a mass flow rate calculation circuit shown in Fig. 5 (a).
- the signals of the accelerometers 61 and 62 as the acceleration sensors are input to the operational amplifier 63 and the adder 64, respectively, and the signals having the waveforms shown Output to lock-in amplifiers 65 and 66 as demodulators.
- Each of the lock-in amplifiers 65 and 66 receives a vibration signal 67 as a drive signal of a vibrator 72 for forcibly vibrating the Coriolis flowmeter, and uses this as a synchronization signal.
- phase information and the amplitude signal from each lock-in amplifier 65, 66 are output to the mass flow rate calculation unit 70, and the difference signal from the operational amplifier 63 is detected by the detection output at the 90-degree phase. Is obtained.
- the sum signal from the adder 64 is obtained as an amplitude signal proportional to the forced vibration at the 0-degree phase, and the mass flow rate is calculated by performing the division as shown in the mass flow rate calculation unit 70. Is done.
- the signal of the excitation signal 67 is used as a synchronization signal, similarly to the lock-in amplifier.
- the variable amplifier 69 receives the signal of the accelerometer 62 in the illustrated example, and the amplification factor is adjusted by the signal. After that, it is amplified as a drive signal by the power amplifier 71, and the vibrator 72 is driven to forcibly vibrate the Coriolis flowmeter.
- the amplitude of the Coriolis vibration and the forced vibration can be easily and accurately measured using the signals of the accelerometers provided at the two force points that vibrate in the opposite directions.
- the ratio of the amplitude can be calculated.
- FIG. 5B shows an example of a signal processing circuit in a case where a total of four acceleration sensors, two for Coriolis vibration detection and two for forced vibration detection, are attached to one pipe.
- two accelerometers for detecting Coriolis vibration are installed.
- the first and second accelerometers 17 and 18 are installed as close as possible to the extension of the rotation axis 0 of the forced vibration. Is arranged to receive as little as possible.
- the signal is The amplitude is input as accelerometers 74 and 75 in Fig. 5 (b), and the amplitude of the difference signal is measured by a lock-in amplifier to measure the amplitude of Coriolis vibration.
- the in-phase noise signal mixed into the signal due to the entire flow meter vibrating up and down is removed.
- an acceleration sensor with a small range suitable for the magnitude of Coriolis vibration amplitude to be measured, and to improve the measurement resolution. Can be done.
- Acceleration sensors for detecting forced vibration are installed at two locations on the frame of forced vibration at different distances from the rotation axis 0. These are input as accelerometers 76 and 77 in Fig. 5 (b), and the amplitude of the forced vibration is measured by the lock-in amplifier after removing the common-mode noise by taking the difference signal.
- FIG. 3 shows an example of a linear Coriolis flowmeter as a second embodiment.
- the pipe is divided into a bent part that is easily deformed by changing the wall thickness of the pipe and a frame part that can be considered as almost a rigid frame.
- the central Coriolis vibrating portion 25 is a thin portion so as to be able to swing by Coriolis vibration, and is vibrated at a frequency higher than the Coriolis frequency from the supporting member 27 capable of swinging there. .
- This causes the left and right pipes to vibrate up and down.
- This is the same principle as the conventional linear type Coriolis flowmeter as shown in Fig. 12, which has a force bending section and a frame section. Even if vibration is applied at a frequency higher than the natural vibration frequency of the Coriolis frame, higher-order mode vibration is less likely to occur.
- the left and right rigid frames 28, 29 receive Corioliska in opposite directions up and down due to the rocking motion. Therefore, the Coriolis vibrating section 25 at the center moves up and down while oscillating when there is a flow rate in the pipe.
- the rotational angular acceleration is detected by the differential between two acceleration sensors 30 and 31 fixed to the Coriolis vibrator 25. Instead of the two acceleration sensors 30 and 31, one angular acceleration sensor can be provided on the side surface.
- the pressure loss is very small because the pipe is a straight pipe type
- the size of the flow meter is too large even if the pipe diameter is large.
- it has properties such as good cleaning properties.
- FIG. 4 shows a Coriolis flow comprising a so-called “B-type” sensor tube as a third embodiment.
- the meter is shown. This flow meter is seemingly similar to that shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-5010006, but differs in the direction of forced vibration.
- the substantially central portion of the vertical frame 35 is fixed on a swinging support base 34 fixed on a base 33, and the end of the vertical frame 35 is A first horizontal frame 36 extending at a right angle is fixed, and a second horizontal frame 39 supporting a first outer straight pipe 37 and a second outer straight pipe 38 is fixed to the other end. Further, between the first horizontal frame 36 and the second horizontal frame 39, a third horizontal frame 42 supporting the first inner straight pipe 40 and the second inner straight pipe 41 is fixed. In the illustrated example, the first inner straight pipe 40 and the second inner straight pipe 41 are supported by pipe support members 43 and 44, respectively.
- the base 33 is used in this embodiment, two bases may be supported without using the base 33.
- a forced vibration driving member 45 is provided below a portion of the vertical frame 35 near the first horizontal frame 36 in the figure, and the center of the swing center 46 of the swing support base 34 formed by the cutout is provided.
- the vertical frame 35 is forcibly vibrated. This causes Coriolis vibration force to be generated in the pipes 47 by the fluid flowing in the first outer straight pipe 37 and the second outer straight pipe 38 particularly in the direction of the arrow in the drawing, and the first horizontal frame 36 The second horizontal frame vibrates.
- the acceleration is measured by accelerometers 48 and 49 provided at the left and right end portions of the first horizontal frame 36, respectively.
- the processing of the signals obtained by these accelerometers 48 and 49 is the same as that in each of the above embodiments, and the description thereof will be omitted.
- the center notch defines the panel constant in the forced vibration direction, and the forced vibration frame above it supports the Coriolis vibration frame so that the natural frequency is lower than the natural frequency of the forced vibration.
- the Coriolis flowmeter according to the present invention requires a mass flow measurement of a low-density fluid, which cannot be measured by a conventional one, and particularly requires a mass flow measurement at an ultra-high pressure.
- measurement of gas flow with low density such as hydrogen flow
- flow meter fields where long-term stability is required and measurement accuracy must be high such as those related to the trading of oil, natural gas, etc., and also in the fields of environmental analysis, medical care, semiconductor manufacturing, etc. You can do it.
- FIG. 1 is a graph illustrating sensitivity characteristics with respect to a frequency ratio representing the characteristics of the present invention, and illustrating the characteristics thereof.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a U-shaped Coriolis flowmeter.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a straight tube type Coriolis flowmeter.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a B-type Coriolis flowmeter.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing two examples of processing of a measurement signal according to the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing an experimental example based on the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a view showing the principle of a Coriolis flow meter using a U-shaped tube.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an example of a Coriolis flowmeter using a U-shaped tube.
- FIG. 9 (a) is a plan view of the Coriolis flowmeter in an operating state, (b) is a side view thereof, and (c) is a front view thereof.
- FIG. 10 (a) is a diagram sequentially showing the vibration state of the Coriolis flowmeter, and (b) is a graph showing the state when the vibration phase is measured.
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing a relationship between a natural frequency ratio as a frequency ratio of a driving frequency to a Coriolis frequency in a phase difference time measurement method and sensitivity.
- FIG. 12 is a view showing the operating principle of a straight pipe Coriolis flowmeter.
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