Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus with flow assembly including temperature sensors and heating element
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Application No.: US17535069Application Date: 2021-11-24
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Publication No.: US12062460B2Publication Date: 2024-08-13
- Inventor: Eric Paul Loewen , Hanying Liu
- Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Current Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Wilmington
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- The original application number of the division: US15178020 2016.06.09
- Main IPC: G21C17/112
- IPC: G21C17/112 ; G01F1/68 ; G21C17/022 ; G21C17/032 ; G21C17/10

Abstract:
The apparatus includes a flowmeter coupled a surface exposed to a flow channel. The flowmeter monitors a flow of coolant. The flowmeter includes a first temperature sensor that generates first temperature data based on measuring a first temperature of a first flowstream, a heating element coupled to the first temperature sensor where the heating element applies heat to the first temperature sensor through an interface, a second temperature sensor generates second temperature data based on measuring a second temperature of a second flowstream, the second temperature sensor being spaced apart from the heating element, and the second temperature sensor being at least partially insulated from the heating element so the second temperature data generated by the second temperature sensor is independent of heat generated by the heating element. A processor calculates a flowrate of the coolant based on the second temperature data and a temperature of the coolant fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220084702A1 APPARATUS WITH FLOW ASSEMBLY INCLUDING TEMPERATURE SENSORS AND HEATING ELEMENT Public/Granted day:2022-03-17
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