Abstract:
The invention relates to a measuring system comprising a vibration element for guiding flowing medium, which vibration element (V1) has a lumen, and comprising a vibration element (V2) which is configured in order to be contacted by a portion of the medium, at least periodically. Furthermore, the measuring system comprises at least two vibration exciters (E1, E2) for activating resonance vibrations of in each case one of the vibration elements (V1, V2), two vibration sensors (S1, S2) that are located at a distance from each other for capturing vibrations of the vibration element (V1), which vibration sensors generate in each case a vibration signal (s1 or s2) dependent on vibrations of the vibration element (V1) and at least one vibration sensor (S3) for capturing vibrations of the vibration element (V2), which vibration sensor generates a vibration signal (s3) dependent on vibrations of the vibration element (V2), which vibration signal comprises a signal frequency that corresponds to a resonance frequency, f r2 , of the vibration element (V2). Moreover, the measuring system also comprises measuring and operating electronics (ME) which on the basis of a phase difference Δ φ12 existing between the vibration signals (s1, s2) and on the basis of the signal frequency of the vibration signal (s3) generates a measuring value representing the volume flow rate and/or the volume flow (X v and/or X v ).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for detecting a deposit formation or an abrasion on a first measuring tube (A) of a flow meter (2) through which a medium flows. A first temperature time curve is detected by means of a first temperature sensor (30), which is arranged on the first measuring tube (A) in such a way that at least one measuring tube wall of the first measuring tube (A) is formed between the first temperature sensor (30) and the medium. At the same time, a second reference temperature time curve is detected by a second temperature sensor (38) that is at a distance from the first temperature sensor (30), which second temperature sensor is thermally coupled to the medium. From this, at least one variable that is characteristic for a heat exchange from the medium via the measuring tube wall to the first temperature sensor (30) is determined and a deposit formation or an abrasion on the first measuring tube (A) is detected, if the at least one measured characteristic variable or a variable derived therefrom differs by more than one threshold value from a pre-determined reference variable.