IMPROVED VISCOMETER FOR SANITARY APPLICATIONS

摘要

A viscometer for improved sanitary measurement of the viscosity of industrial fl uids. The present invention provides a viscometer integral with a flow meter or a viscometer that can be mounted onto a n existing flow meter. The viscometer includes two adjacent parallel flow channels (46, 52) having relatively flat inner surfaces. A differential pressure element (70)is mounted between the adjacent flow channels to sense the differential pressure between th e fluid flow of the two channels. The differential pressure is input along with the mass flow rate and fluid density to calculate t he fluid viscosity.