Earthquake Sensor SES55

Yamatake Corporation June 2003

The detail of Development

!1995 1)Starting the development 2)Development and evaluation of Acceleration sensor pick-up 3)Survey of trouble example (noise,maintainable and etc) 4)Fixed Specification !1996-1997 1)Designing the new SI sensor and operation unit for automatically shutting off valve 2)Laboratory test 3)Field test !1998 1) Instrumentation of the new SI sensor SES50(300 places) and operation unit 2) Improving the sensor to add the detection of liquefaction(SES51) !1999-2000 1)Instrumentation of the new SI sensor SES51(700 places) 2)Developing and installing the operation unit for remotely shutting off valve !2001 1)Improving the sensor for other customer(SES55)
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Gas supply system

District Governor Telmeter DCX Auto Shut down
P re s su r e Shut Valve senso r
Flow meter

Sensors Signal
Central monitoring System Remote Control Vent stack Works Gas Holder High-pressure Governor

SI sensor Household consumers Send out

SI

Medium-pressure Line

Low-pressure Line

Household consumers District Governor Auto Gas meter Shut-down Auto Shut-down SI sensor

High-pressure Line

Medium-pressure Line

Low-pressure Line

Equipment Diagram for Shut off system

Operation unit New SI sensor
3 axial silicon Micro machining Capacitive

Auto Shut off Relay circuit Mechanical Sensor1 Remote Shut off Relay circuit Mechanical Sensor2 Shut off Relay

Telephone Line

CPU

Acceleration Pick-up

SI Value calculation Liquefaction detection Noise protection Self check

Memory

4~20mA (SI,Gal) Relay (status, Alarm)

Telemeter DCX

Setting parameter Wave data

ESV

Explosion Area

Features of New SI sensor SES55

!Compact,light and inexpensive Made small in size,light in weight and Low in price !High performance "New SI Sensor Diagram Measures the SI value and acceleration and outputs Stores the 6 seismic vibration wave patterns Changing the settings by PC loader Detects soil liquefaction !High reliability Computer section is build in the sensor to upgrade Anti Explosion noise protection housing Noise protect algorism Explosion proof(Exd II BT4) Wave Form Waterproofing performance (IP67) Diagnosis Circuit Storage !High Accuracy RISC CPU(Real Measurement range:2000Gal(3 axis) Time SI Calculation Accelerometer Accuracy:5%RO(including error factors) Chip !Self-diagnosis function Weight:1.6kg

Specification for SES55

Item Acceleration measuring range Measuring resolution Measuring acceleration frequency (-3dB) Acceleration sampling Power voltage Seismic sensing output Serious failure output Minor failure output Liquefaction output SI value output Synthesized acceleration output Diagnostic input *Communication *GPS *Waveform recording Operating temperature Explosion-proof standard Protective structure Weight Contents 2000Gal (X,Y,Z axes) 1Gal by DC acceleration meter DC~50Hz(X,Y axes) DC~30Hz(Z axis) 10ms DC12V10% or DC24V10% 1 Relay (contact output) 1 Open collector 1 Open collector 1 Open collector 4~20mA 4~20mA 1 Photo coupler input RS485 1 Photo coupler input 100s x 6 waves (10ms sampling) Ambient temperature -10~60 (not to be frozen) Exd II BT4X(Explosion resistant structure) IP67 1.6Kg

Application
!Plants,Semiconductor and other factory Plants Shut down Toxic gas tank shut off
Ethernet

Gas Tank
Local Monitor EST240Z
4 ~20mA

PLC
2 out of 3 Relay Circuit

Relay output

RS-485

Shut off

To Process

Application
!Public Institution Disaster Estimation Gathering Information for first correspondence
Web Adapter WEB100

E-mail or data
Router Telephone line *Internet

Panel

Router

Router

Sales Results
Total:2000 sets !Gas market:20 companies Toho Gas,Hokuriku Gas,Hokkaido Gas, Saibu Gas,etc Taipei Gas(Taiwan) !Oil/Chemical Plants :30 companies !Semiconductor factory :10 companies !Public institution :3 institution *Inquires Electric power Co.,Elevator,University,Building,etc