- Patent Title: Magnetic-inductive flowmeter having a conductivity measuring device and method for operating a magnetic-inductive flowmeter having a conductivity measuring device
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Application No.: US16825349Application Date: 2020-03-20
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Publication No.: US11237032B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Helmut Brockhaus , Markus Dabrowski
- Applicant: KROHNE Messtechnik GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Duisburg
- Assignee: KROHNE Messtechnik GmbH
- Current Assignee: KROHNE Messtechnik GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Duisburg
- Agency: Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C.
- Agent David S. Safran
- Priority: DE102019107904.7 20190327
- Main IPC: G01F1/58
- IPC: G01F1/58 ; G01F1/60

Abstract:
A magnetic-inductive flowmeter having a measuring tube for guiding a conductive medium, having a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field passing through the measuring tube at least partially perpendicular to the medium flow direction, electrodes for tapping a measuring voltage induced in the medium and a conductivity measuring device for determining the conductivity of the medium. The conductivity measuring device has a measuring circuit with the electrodes, a voltage source and a measuring unit. In operation, the voltage source generates a voltage and the measuring unit measures the actual electrode voltage applied between the electrodes. The control unit sets the actual electrode voltage to a predetermined constant setpoint value and the evaluation unit determines the electrode current flowing between the electrodes and calculates the conductivity value of the medium or a variable related to the conductivity using the determined electrode current and the actual electrode voltage.
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