WO2002103301A1 - Instrument de mesure de debit d'une resistance thermique - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a heating resistance type flow rate measuring device for measuring a flow rate of a fluid in a case where a fluid flowing in a forward direction may generate a pulsating flow accompanied by a reverse flow, and particularly to a measurement of an engine intake air flow rate for an automobile.
- the present invention relates to a suitable heating resistance type flow measurement device.
- heating resistance type flow rate measuring device capable of detecting a flow rate of a fluid when a forward flowing fluid may generate a pulsating flow accompanied by a reverse flow
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H8-159893 There is a flow measurement device described in Japanese Patent Publication No.
- the flow measuring device described in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-159833 has a sub-passage provided inside a main passage, and a heating resistor provided in the sub-passage.
- the sub-passage has a pair of sub-passages that are substantially parallel to the center axis of the main passage and open in opposite directions.
- the end of each sub-passage opposite to the opening side is the other sub-passage.
- the heating resistor is installed between the two communicating portions. Disclosure of the invention
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems in the related art, and has as its object to provide a simple circuit configuration and a flow that generates a pulsating flow accompanied by a backflow like air sucked into an automobile engine.
- An object of the present invention is to realize a heating resistance type flow measurement device capable of accurately detecting a forward flow rate.
- an object of the present invention is to eliminate a large plus error when a pulsating flow accompanied by a backflow occurs near the full throttle opening in a specific rotational speed range in measuring the intake air flow rate of an automobile engine.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an air flow measuring device capable of achieving fuel control and the like accurately responding to operating conditions.
- the present invention is configured as follows.
- a heating resistance type flow rate measuring device that includes a heating resistor provided in a main passage and a temperature-sensitive resistor and measures a flow rate of a fluid passing through the main passage.
- the first portion where the fluid flowing in one direction is sprayed in a larger amount than the fluid flowing in the opposite direction to the one direction, and the fluid flowing in the opposite direction in the main passage flows in the one direction described above.
- a second portion that is sprayed in a larger amount than a fluid, the heating resistor is disposed at the first portion, the temperature-sensitive resistor is disposed at the second portion, and the heating resistor is disposed at the second portion.
- the flow rate of the fluid passing through the main passage is measured based on the heat radiation amount of the temperature sensitive resistor.
- the heating resistor is heated so as to be higher than a temperature of a fluid in the main passage by a first predetermined temperature, and the temperature-sensitive resistor is The heating is performed so that the temperature of the fluid in the main passage is higher by a second predetermined temperature.
- the first portion has a first opening facing substantially at right angles to the fluid flowing in the one direction, and a first opening portion facing the fluid flowing in the opposite direction.
- a first sub-passage having a second opening facing in parallel, wherein the second portion has a third opening facing substantially perpendicular to the fluid flowing in the opposite direction; and And a third opening that faces substantially parallel to the flowing fluid.
- the first portion has a first opening facing substantially at right angles to the fluid flowing in one direction, and the first portion flows in the opposite direction.
- Flow A first sub-passage having a second opening facing substantially parallel to the body, wherein the one side of the second portion has a surface substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the main passage.
- a wall is formed.
- the first portion has a first opening facing substantially at right angles to the fluid flowing in one direction, and the first portion flows in the opposite direction.
- a first sub-passage having a second opening facing the fluid at a substantially right angle and having a smaller opening area than the first opening; the second portion is a fluid flowing in the one direction;
- a second sub-passage having a third opening facing substantially at right angles to the fluid, and a fourth opening facing substantially perpendicular to the fluid flowing in the opposite direction and having an opening area larger than that of the third opening. It is.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor is connected to the temperature of the fluid in the main passage by 2 Heat to a temperature between 0 ° C and 40 ° C higher.
- the amount of heat radiation for the fluid flowing in one direction in the passage is smaller for the fluid flowing in the direction opposite to the one direction.
- a heating resistance type flow measurement device that includes a heating resistor provided in a main passage and a temperature sensing resistor and measures a flow rate of a fluid passing through the main passage, wherein the temperature sensing resistor is The temperature-sensitive resistor is arranged such that when the fluid flows in a direction opposite to the one direction in the main passage, the heat-dissipation amount of the temperature-sensitive resistor becomes larger than when the fluid flows in the one direction.
- a body arrangement portion wherein the heating resistor is heated so as to be higher than a temperature of the fluid in the passage by a first predetermined temperature, and the temperature-sensitive resistor is heated to a temperature of the fluid in the passage.
- the flow rate of the fluid that is heated so as to be higher than the second temperature by a second predetermined temperature and that passes through the passage is measured based on the heat release amounts of the heating resistor and the temperature-sensitive resistor.
- the heating resistor is provided in the main passage.
- the heat generating resistor is disposed at a portion where the amount of heat released from the heating resistor is larger when the fluid flows in one direction than when the fluid flows in the opposite direction.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor is easily exposed to the backflow, and the heating resistor is configured such that the passage is configured so as not to be easily exposed to the backflow.
- the flow rate in the forward direction can be accurately detected even for the flow that generates the accompanying pulsating flow.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the basic principle of a heat-generating resistance type flow rate measuring device according to the present invention.
- Fig. 2 is a graph showing the relationship between the air pressure in the intake manifold, which is the upstream pressure of the engine cylinder, and the output of the air flow measuring device when the engine speed is constant.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing a relationship between a plus error when a pulsating flow accompanied by a backflow occurs near a fully opened throttle and a flow rate detected by the flow rate measuring device in the conventional heating resistance type flow measuring device.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the output of a bypass-type flow measurement device under a pulsating flow accompanied by backflow.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the plus error and the output of the flow rate measuring device when a pulsating flow with a backflow occurs near the fully opened throttle in FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing a relationship between a plus error and an output of the flow rate measuring device when a pulsating flow accompanied by a backflow occurs near the fully opened throttle in the heating resistance type flow measuring device of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a heating resistance type flow rate measuring device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.
- FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a sub-passage of a heating resistance type flow rate measuring device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a sub passage of a heating resistance type flow rate measuring device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic sectional view of a heating resistance type flow rate measuring device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is an external view of a heating resistance type flow rate measuring device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the upstream side.
- FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a basic principle of a heating resistance type flow measurement device of the present invention.
- the flow of fluid from left to right is referred to as forward flow 11
- the flow of fluid from right to left is referred to as reverse flow 12.
- the heating resistance type flow measurement device includes a sub passage 3 arranged in the main passage 4, and a heating resistor 1 (R h) and a temperature sensing resistor 2 (R c) are arranged in the sub passage 3. It has been done.
- the sub-passage 3 has a first sub-passage in which the upstream opening surface is substantially perpendicular to the forward direction of the fluid flow, and the downstream opening surface is substantially parallel to the reverse direction of the fluid flow.
- the downstream opening face is substantially parallel to the forward direction of the fluid flow, and the downstream opening surface has a second sub-passage that is substantially perpendicular to the reverse direction of the fluid flow.
- the heating resistor 1 is arranged in the first sub-passage, and the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is arranged in the second sub-passage.
- the first sub-passage in which the heating resistor 1 is disposed is less likely to flow in the reverse direction than the fluid flowing in the forward direction
- the second sub-passage in which the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is disposed is configured so that the fluid flowing in the forward direction is less likely to flow in than the fluid flowing in the reverse direction. Have been.
- the heating resistor 1 is heated so as to be higher than the temperature T a of the fluid in the first sub-passage by about 100 ° C. to 300 ° C., and based on the amount of heat released to the fluid, An output corresponding to the flow rate is obtained.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is configured to detect the temperature of the fluid without heating.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is also activated with respect to the fluid temperature Ta.
- the heating resistor 1 is heated at a heating temperature of about 1 Z 10 to 1 Z 2.
- the heating resistor 1 is heated to the fluid temperature T a + 200 ° C. (actually, the temperature of the temperature sensing resistor 2 T c + 160 ° C.) No. 2 is configured to be heated to a fluid temperature T a + 40 ° C.
- the heating resistor 1 is cooled.
- the flow of the forward flow 11 into the second sub-passage is small, and the cooling effect on the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is small. Since the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is heated so as to be 40 ° C higher than the temperature of the fluid in the second sub-passage, the heat radiation of the heat-generating resistor 1 causes Body 2 is not heated. Therefore, the heating resistor 1 is equivalent to the case where the heating resistor 1 is heated to Ta + 200 ° C.
- the reverse flow 12 acts on the second sub-passage, and the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is cooled.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is previously heated so as to be higher by 40 ° C. than the temperature of the fluid in the second sub-passage, but the temperature is reduced by cooling by the backflow.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 has a value closer to Ta than the previously heated temperature, and the heat-generating resistor 1 also has a value closer to Ta + 1650 ° C. Therefore, the amount of heat released to the fluid decreases, and the output of the heating resistor 1 decreases. As a result, as will be described later, a plus error when a backflow occurs is eliminated.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is heated in advance to the temperature of the fluid in the sub-passage, and the forward flow 11 flows in the main passage 4 and the reverse flow 1
- the difference in the cooling effect between the heating resistor 1 and the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is different from that in the case where 2 flows.
- the heating resistor 1 has high detection sensitivity with respect to the forward flow 11 in the main passage 4 and low detection sensitivity with respect to the backward flow 12, so that the flow when the backflow occurs will be described later.
- the lath error is eliminated, and the forward flow rate can be accurately detected even for a flow that generates a pulsating flow accompanied by a reverse flow, such as air taken into an automobile engine.
- the measurement error due to the pulsating flow of the conventional flow rate measuring device will be described with reference to FIG. 2 by taking the measurement of the intake air flow rate of an automobile engine as an example.
- Fig. 2 shows the air pressure in the engine holder, which is the upstream pressure of the engine cylinder, when the engine speed, that is, the pulsation cycle is constant, and the air flow measurement device.
- 6 is a graph showing a relationship with an output.
- the intake pressure changes according to the throttle valve opening (throttle opening) that controls the intake air flow in conjunction with the accelerator pedal.
- the air flow measurement device is usually located upstream of the throttle valve, and when the throttle opening is small, the pulsation of the intake air is small due to the effect of the contraction of the intake pipe, and there is no measurement error due to the pulsating flow in the air flow measurement device.
- the output of the air flow measurement device increases monotonically according to the intake manifold pressure.
- This phenomenon is called binary because the output of one air flow measurement device has two different flow values.
- This bypass method is a technology in which a heating resistor is installed in a bypass passage that forms a curved flow path, and the inertia effect under the pulsating flow of the bypass makes the measured value positive to cancel out. Since this technique is known, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.
- the present invention is a technology that maintains this bypass effect and enables countermeasures against binary phenomena. It is art.
- Fig. 3 is a graph showing the relationship between the jumping up (plus error) and the output of the flow rate measuring device when a pulsating flow with backflow occurs near the full throttle opening in the conventional heating resistance type flow measuring device. The waveforms when there is no response delay.
- FIG. 4 shows a so-called bypass method in which the heating resistor is hardly exposed to backflow by means of a curved sub-passage etc. to reduce the positive error in the conventional heating resistance type flow measurement device as shown in Fig. 3.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the output of a flow measurement device under a pulsating flow accompanied by a backflow, as in the example of FIG. 3, when there is no response delay.
- the optimization of the bypass cannot completely eliminate the positive error due to backflow. This is because the true flow rate is the average value (integral value) including the negative value due to backflow, while the bypass method only includes the negative value and cuts the reverse flow. ) Is larger than the true value.
- the output at the time of forward flow will not match the true flow rate and the average value of the output unless the total flow rate is reduced in accordance with the reverse flow rate.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the output of an actual heating resistance type flow rate measuring device, compared to FIG. 4 in which there is no response delay.
- the actual heating resistance type flow measurement device is Due to the output response delay, a smoothed waveform, that is, a waveform that has a gentler slope than the true output waveform.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing the relationship between the jumping up (plus error) and the output of the flow rate measuring device when a pulsating flow accompanied by backflow occurs near the fully opened throttle in the heating resistance type flow measuring device of the present invention.
- the heating resistor 1 is arranged in the bypass passage as described above, and a measure against the binary value by the bypass effect and a reduction in the positive error due to the backflow are achieved.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is configured to be more easily exposed to a backward flow than a forward flow, and is heated to a predetermined temperature in advance with respect to the temperature of the fluid in the sub passage.
- the dotted line in Fig. 6 is the output of the heat resistance type air flow measurement device when the backflow effect is reduced by the above-described bypass effect optimization, and the solid line is the output of the heat generation resistance type air flow measurement device according to the present invention. is there.
- the output is similar to that of the bypass method in the case of only the forward flow without the backflow, but in the case of the pulsating flow accompanied by the backflow, the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is more cooled at the time of the backflow, and accordingly the heat is Since the heating temperature of the resistor 1 decreases and the amount of heat radiation decreases, the output of the heating resistance type air flow measuring device is reduced.
- the temperature of the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is maintained in a state of being lowered due to the response delay, so that the output is shifted in the negative direction as a whole.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the heating resistance type flow rate measuring device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is attached to the main passage 4 as a module.
- FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 7
- FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.
- the heating resistor 1 and the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 are connected to the terminal 14 within the first bypass 302 of the bypass 3 and the sub-passage (arrangement of the temperature-sensitive resistor) 303.
- the housing 6 includes a bypass 3 that forms a curved flow passage in which the heating resistor 1 is disposed, a passage that partially forms a sub-passage 4 in which the heating resistor 2 is disposed, and an electronic device.
- a case part forming a frame for protecting the interior of the circuit 5; a connector part in which a connector terminal 9 for electrical connection to an external device is disposed; and a member 1 constituting a main passage 4 to be described later
- a flange part for fixing the flow measuring device is formed integrally.
- the housing 6 and the electronic circuit 5 are bonded and fixed to the metal base 7, and the bypass 3 and the sub-passage 30 are completed by joining the bypass cover 13 and the circuit cover 10, and the electronic circuit 5 is surrounded by Will be protected. Therefore, it is a module in which circuits, detection elements, sub-passages, connectors, etc. are integrated.
- the main passage 4 is a flow passage through which a fluid to be measured flows.
- the main passage 4 corresponds to an intake pipe from an air cleaner to an upstream of an engine cylinder.
- the member 16 constituting the main flow path 4 is used as a dedicated body of the heating resistance type air flow measuring device when it is connected in the middle of an intake pipe, an air cleaner, Ducts, throttle pods, etc. may be diverted.
- a measurement section with a heating resistor 1 and a temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is installed, and an insertion hole 17 for inserting the measurement section is formed so that it is located inside the main passage 4.
- the housing 6 to the main passage component 16 the flow rate of the air flowing through the main passage can be measured.
- the bypass 3 has a bypass inlet 301 opened in a plane substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the main passage 4, a first bypass 302 almost parallel to the central axis of the main passage 4, and a first bypass 3.
- a detour section 303 that reverses the flow direction by 180 ° at the downstream end of 302, a second bypass 304 that flows in the opposite direction, almost parallel to the first bypass, and downstream of the second bypass 304 It is a bypass-type bypass including a bypass outlet 305 opened at a plane parallel to the central axis of the main passage 4.
- the heating resistor 1 is disposed in the first bypass 302 of the bypass bypass 3, and when a backflow 12 occurs in the main passage 4, the heating resistor 1 returns to the portion where the heating resistor 1 is disposed. Is difficult to flow.
- the sub-passage 300 has a sub-passage entrance 401 opened in a plane substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the main passage 4, and a sub-passage exit 402 formed downstream of the sub-passage entrance. It is a straight pipe passage.
- a projecting throttle 400 is formed in the pipeline, and the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is disposed at a position shielded by the throttle 400 when viewed from the upstream side. Is done. Therefore, when the forward flow 11 flows through the main passage 4, the flow of the fluid in the portion where the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is arranged becomes a separated flow region due to the restriction 400, so that the backflow 12 flows through the main passage 4. The flow velocity is extremely slow with respect to the flow velocity of the fluid at the position where the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is disposed when it occurs.
- the electronic circuit 5 has a circuit as shown in FIG. 1, and has a bridge circuit including a heating resistor 1 (R h) and a temperature-sensitive resistor 2 (R c). That is, one end of the heating resistor 1 is connected to the other end of the heating resistor 1 via the resistors Rl and R2, the temperature sensing resistor 2 and the resistor R3.
- connection point between the resistors R1 and R2 is grounded, and the connection point between the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 and the resistor R2 is connected to one input terminal of the operational amplifier P1.
- the output terminal of the operational amplifier OP 1 is connected to the base of the transistor Tr.
- the emitter of r is connected to the connection point between the resistor R3 and the heating resistor 1.
- connection point between the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 and the resistor R1 is connected to the other input terminal of the operational amplifier ⁇ P1.
- connection point between the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 and the resistor R1 is connected to one input terminal of the operational amplifier OP2 and to the output terminal of the operational amplifier OP2 via the resistor R4.
- the other input terminal of the operational amplifier OP2 is connected to the reference voltage source Vref through a resistor R5, and is grounded through a resistor R6.
- the currents Ih and Ic flowing through the heating resistors 1 and 2 are adjusted by balancing the bridge circuit including the heating resistor 1 and the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 described above, and the heating resistor is adjusted.
- Heat the body 1 sufficiently for example, fluid temperature + 200 ° C (that is, temperature of RTD + 160 ° C), and slightly heat resistor 2 (for example, fluid temperature + 4 ° C). 0. C).
- a high-precision flow measurement can be always performed even in a steady flow, a pulsating flow, and a pulsating flow accompanied by a reverse flow, such as intake of an automobile engine.
- a pulsating flow in which the pulsating flow is large and the minimum flow velocity is close to 0 causes a negative error called binary, but this is because the heating resistor 1 is connected to the bypass bypass 3.
- the negative error can be canceled by the above-mentioned inertia effect of the bypass, and a countermeasure can be taken.
- the pulsation amplitude increases, and in a pulsating flow accompanied by a backflow, the backflow into the installation portion of the heating resistor 1 is reduced by the bypass bypass 3.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 slightly heated is arranged in the sub-passage 306, and the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is hardly exposed to the forward flow and easily exposed to the backflow.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is cooled by the fluid at the time of backflow, and the temperature of the heat-generating resistor 1, which is controlled to be higher than the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 by a certain temperature, also decreases.
- the amount of heat radiated from the heating resistor 1 to the fluid decreases, and the heating current also decreases.
- the flow measurement value shifts in the negative direction due to the backflow, so that the above-described plus error due to the backflow is canceled out, and high accuracy can be achieved.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is cooled in accordance with the flow rate even in the forward flow.However, the relationship between the flow rate and the output during the forward flow is measured in advance, and the output of the heating resistance type air flow measurement device is measured. By obtaining the characteristics, it is possible to maintain the measurement accuracy during forward flow.
- FIG. 10 shows a sub passage of a heating resistance type flow rate measuring apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of FIG. Other configurations are the same as those of the above-described first embodiment, and the illustration and details are omitted.
- the second embodiment of the present invention is an example in which the shape of the sub-passage 306 is slightly changed from the first embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view along the line BB of FIG. 7, as in FIG.
- the sub-passage A separation wall 404 extending in the longitudinal direction of the 306 is formed.
- the separation wall 404 has a taper that expands downstream of the sub-passage 306 and forms a pipeline.
- the amount of backflow into the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is increased.
- the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the temperature of the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is further different between the forward flow and the reverse flow than in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the sub-passage 306 of the heat generation resistance type flow rate measuring device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- Other configurations are the same as those of the above-described first embodiment, and the illustration and details are omitted.
- the third embodiment of the present invention is an example in which the shape of the sub-passage 306 is slightly changed from that of the first embodiment.
- the sub-passage 106 has a simple pipeline 407 on the upstream side, narrows sharply at the downstream end, and widens from there to form a pipeline 406.
- Temperature-sensitive resistor 2 It expands at the downstream end of the simple conduit 407 and is installed on an extension of the central axis of the conduit 406. According to the sub-passage 300 in the third embodiment, the flow resistance is large during the forward flow due to the large airflow resistance, and the flow is expanded from the widened pipeline 407 to the simple pipeline 406 during the reverse flow. Therefore, the cooling effect of the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 increases.
- FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the module in which the main passage 4 is omitted.
- Figure 13 is an external view of it as seen from the upstream side.
- Fig. 12 corresponds to the cross section along the line D-D in Fig. 13.
- the first embodiment is a self-heating type in which a current flows through the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 to generate heat itself.
- a heater 20 is separately provided upstream of the self-heating type, and the temperature sensitive resistor 2 is heated by the heater 20.
- the heat flow heated by the heater 20 heats the temperature-sensitive resistor 2.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is not affected by the temperature of the heater 20 and approaches the fluid temperature, so that the temperature of the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 can be changed between the forward flow and the reverse flow.
- the sub-passage 306 may be a simple conduit, and a throttle or the like is not required. Further, the heating temperature of the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 at the time of forward flow can be adjusted by the distance between the heater 20 and the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 and the degree of overlap with the flow of the fluid. In the fourth embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained.
- the heating resistor 1 and the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 are arranged in the sub-passage 3, but the positions of the heating resistor 1 and the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 are not limited to the sub-passage. Absent.
- the heating resistor 1 is disposed in the first portion of the main passage 4 where the fluid flowing in one direction in the main passage 4 is sprayed in a larger amount than the fluid flowing in the opposite direction.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 may be arranged in the second portion where the fluid flowing in the opposite direction in the main passage 4 is blown in a larger amount than the fluid flowing in one direction.
- a fourth opening having a large opening area is provided, the heating resistor 1 is disposed in the first sub passage, and the temperature sensing resistor 2 is disposed in the second opening. It can also be configured to place the sub-passage.
- a first heating resistor having a larger amount of heat dissipation due to the forward flow than the backflow and a second heating resistor having a larger amount of heat dissipation due to the backward flow than the forward flow are arranged.
- a bridge circuit having a body and a second heating resistor is set so as to control the passing current so that the temperature is higher than the second heating resistor by a certain temperature, and the main passage 4 is set based on the heat radiation amount of the first heating resistor. It may be configured to measure the flow rate of the fluid passing through the inside.
- the heating resistor 1 when the fluid flows in the forward direction, the heating resistor 1 obtains an output value corresponding to the flow rate of the fluid, and the fluid flows in the reverse direction.
- the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 since the temperature-sensitive resistor 2 is cooled from the time of the forward flow, the current flowing through the heating resistor 1 also decreases.
- the accurate flow rate can be measured by subtracting the backflow component.
- the flow rate in the forward direction can be accurately detected even for a flow that generates a pulsating flow accompanied by a backflow, such as air taken into an automobile engine.
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