Viscometer for sanitary applications

摘要

A viscometer for improved sanitary measurement of the viscosity of industrial fluids. The present invention provides a viscometer integral with a flow meter or a viscometer than can be mounted onto an existing flow meter. The viscometer includes two adjacent parallel flow channels having relatively flat inner surfaces. A differential pressure element is mounted between the adjacent flow channels to sense the differential pressure between the fluid flow of the two channels. The differential pressure is input along with the mass flow rate and fluid density to calculate the fluid viscosity.