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1. Introduction
1) Category and applications
Based on the measurement theory of flow meter, ZERO instrument developed a series of novel
pressure influence target mode flow meters which utilize the modern sensor and computer technology.
They have not only immovable characteristics such as of the Target Flow meter, Hole Board Flow
meter and Turbine Flow meter, but also measure accuracy comparable to Cub age Flow meter. Since
their characteristic of anti-interfere, anti-impurity, portability and reliability, they have been widely
used in many fields of petroleum, chemical industry, energy, foodstuff, environment protection, water
conservancy and so on. The flow meters are applicable to the following ranges::
2) Characteristics
Measurement flow of liquid, gas, steam, ropy mediums or ambulatory mediums in low, normal or
LCD display.
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2 Structure and Principle
1) Structure
Target Mode Flow meter consists of measure tube, pressure target, sensor part (include
flow strength sensor, pressure sensor and temperature sensor), transition part (variable types based on
temperature, pressure), integration microcomputer (include LCD display and output part). The
1. Target
2. Sensor Part
3. Measurement Tube
4. Transition Part
5. Integration Microcomputer
2) Principle
When flow medium flows through measure tube, a pressure will force on the target because of
the flow kinetic energy. It is known that the pressure value forcing on the target can be expressed as
F=CDAPU2/2
where,
CD — Damp index
P — Medium density
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3 Index and Display
1) Main indexes
Medium Liquid, Gas ,Steam and LPG
Repeatability 0.1%~0.08%
Material of measure tube Carbon Steel;304;316L; Being able to provide other according to user requests
2) LCD display
a. Run in Normal
Temperature Pressure
or pressure compensation.)
b. Run in Debug
Adjustable Coefficient
Flow Coefficient:CL××××
Pressure Coefficient:CP××××
Temperature Coefficient:Ct××××
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Serial No.:n××
Nonadjustable Coefficient:
1) Type
Pipe Type: 550 Prick Screw Type, spec: DN15~DN50
2) Category
Liquid: high and normal temperature
(The details are included in “Guide to Select Digital Display Target Mode Flow
meter ”.)
preliminary inspection to confirm whether products were damaged by transport or other reasons.
All flanges of the Flow meters base on GB/T (china) standard. Other type flanges can
In order to ensure measure accuracy, it is generally requested to set length of forward and
backward pipeline as figure 2. And in order to ensure maintenance flow meter online, it should
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1, 2 and 3 are respectively the front, behind and by-pass valves and 4 is the flow
meter. L≥10D and L>=5D are respectively front and behind pipelines whose lengths
When installation in vertical position, medium flow direction is should from down to up.
Do not allow installing valve or bend part between front and behind valves that may change fluid
Impacting on the flow meter during installation should be avoid that would damage the flow
Flow meter should be coaxial with front-behind pipeline, and this can reduce measure error
When the flow meter is installed in the open-air, it should be taken certain to avoid directly
washing by rain.
If 4~20mA, 0~10V, impulse or RS485 outputs are set, 24VDC power is needed to be supplied.
2)Output installation
Flow meter not only displays instantaneous flow and accumulative flow online, but also sends
them remotely using 4~20mA, 0~10V, impulse or RS485 output modes. There are ten output
connection clips are in flow meter back which are respectively signed “1”, “2”, , , , “9” and “GND” as
shown in the figure below. In the figure, the sensor (flow strength sensor, pressure sensor and
The diagram of connecting the sensor connection clips with the sensor is shown below
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Temperature sensor
Flow strength sensor
温
Red 红 白 度
流 White
量 绿 蓝 传
Green Blue
感
传 黄
Yellow 器
感
黑
器
Black 红 绿 黄 黑
Yellow
Green
Black
Red
压力传感器
Pressure sensor
According to the different remote output modes, wiring diagrams are different as shown below:
a. Pulse output:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
24V
24V电源+ DC
V-
24V电源:脉冲共地-
Impulse out
脉冲信号输出
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
24V DC
24V电源+
4~20mA电流信号输出
I output
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
24V电源+
24V DC
24V电源-
V-
0~10V电压信号输出
V output
d. RS485 output:
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
24V电源+
24V DC
24V电源-
V-
485输出A
485 A
485输出B
485 B
Output function
a. Current output range is 4~20mA and voltage output range is 0~10V, both of which express linearly
the instantaneous flow 0~Qmax (zero to maximum). The output characteristics are shown as follow:
In the above two figures, the both of Imin and Vmin express minimum instantaneous flow. The output
I =(20-4)*Q/Qmax+4 (mA)
V=10*Q/Qmax (V)
b. Impulse output frequency range is 0~ 2000Hz. The number of the output impulses expresses the
current flow. User can choose one of two impulse output modes as shown below
3) Zero set
Although flow meter was set zero before leaving the factory, but it may be offset because of
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inevitable slight impact in transport. If the flow meter do not display zero when flow velocity is zero,
Turn on the front valve slowly, make the tube fill measured medium;
Turn on the flow meter and run for about 5 minutes under max instantaneous flow condition;
Close the front and behind valves and make sure that the flow velocity is zero;
For the high temperature flow meter without temperature compensation, zero set operation is
For the high temperature flow meter with temperature compensation, zero set operation has to
For the flow meter with pressure compensation, the pressure zero is also need to be set according
6 Coefficient Set
1) Key-stoke
Digital Display Target Mode Flow meter has four key-stokes signed respectively K1、
K2、K3 and K4, by which coefficients are set. The key-stoke location is shown as follows,
LCD
K1 — Function key
K2 — Shift key
K4 — Coefficient key
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P1 ×××× (Password)
Enter the password and press K1 again, then it will go to next display. That wrong password entry will
return to normal run state. Pressing K1 repeatedly will display different contents in turn as shown
below:
n ××
“1”flow unit t
“2 ”flow unit L
“3”flow unit Kg
cU ××××× (Small flow cut. This coefficient can not be changed by user. That instantaneous
“1”Current output
“2”Impulse output
“3”RS485 output
“4”Voltage output
“5”RS485 output.
H ×××× (20mA or 10V outputs correspond to the max instantaneous flow while current
output or voltage output mode are set. While impulse output mode is set, that
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H=7370 or H=737 means respectively that each impulse expresses 1L flow or
K2:
K2 is used to clear the original errors produced by flow strength sensor and pressure sensor, and
K3:
K3 is used to shift two operation states of setting flow zero point and pressure zero point.
K4:
K4 is used to revise all of the coefficients: that press it fleetly will change the number from 0 to 9,
and that press it for 2 seconds will change the position of number revised.
2) Set operation
a. Zero set
Firstly, press K3 and display the flow zero point EL×××××, then press K2. When display value
Presses K3 and display the pressure zero point EP×××××, then press K2. When display value
changes, pressK3 again to clear pressure zero point error. Notice: When clearing pressure zero
For flow meter without pressure compensation, it doesn’t need to do pressure zero set. After
Press K2 and K4 at the same time, the accumulative flow will be set zero.
c. Coefficients revise
If flow meter doesn’t have temperature and pressure compensation, Ct and CP is always set to
zero (LCD doesn’t display temperature and pressure value); If flow meter only has pressure
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H is set the max instantaneous flow value expressed by 20mA current or 10V voltage outputs,
that is H=Qmax.
3) Error clearance
Long time in service may render the flow meter vulnerable to errors. Reset Operation is needed to
a. Record the true flow measured by other Standard Flow Measurement Equipment and the flow
Cn=Co·Qs/Qc
Example: If original flow coefficient is 15000, true flow value is 251Kg, and LCD display value is
Cn =Co·Qs/Qc
=15000·251/223
=16883
c. Input using Key--stoke the new flow coefficient into the flow meter to finish error clearing.
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7 Test
Although the flow meter has been strictly tested before leaving factory, because of changes in
environment, installation, running condition, etc, errors will occur and test operation needs to be done
The primary test medium in factory is water or air. When new non-water or non-air medium is
used to test the flow meter, the test result is computed as follows:
a. Flow:
Q=Qo p1 /p
where,
Qo — True flow.(Kg)
Example: A flow meter is tested by water, the new medium is light diesel oil (p1=750Kg/m3), and the
true flow value is 500Kg. Then the value showed on flow meter should be:
750
Q= 500 =433(Kg)
1000
b. Cubage flow:
Q=Qo p / p1
where,
1000 3
Q= 500 577.35m
750
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Remarks: It should be a little error between two different media test results because of different
medium characteristics, equipment conditions, installations and other reasons. These errors can be
Hang weight method can be used to test the flow meter as shown in the below figure.
Flow meter
Hang weights
1
Qm D ( ) F
1 F
Qv D( )
where,
α— flow coefficient
p — Medium density(Kg/m3)
Example : For quality flow, given α=12.52, β=0.7, D=100 and p=750Kg/m3 (light diesel oil), and the
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100 1000 2 1
( )
12.52 100 0.7286 750
16( Kg )
It is known that the force on the target is 16Kg while maximum instantaneous flow occurs. So, if
using hang weight method, the total quality of hung weights must less than 16Kg. Supposed 3Kg
43.27(t / h)
Remarks: Hang weight method is not able to replace strict experiment test, because of many
factors such as medium flow pattern, viscosity, press loss are ignored and errors will occur in hang
8 Trouble Shooting
1) The flow meter display non-zero, while the flow velocity is zero. The following reasons and
Flow meter was not installed in strict horizontal position. Solution: zero set operation.
Flow meter has run for a long time and error occurs. Solution: zero set operation.
Sensor is wetting or no insulation. Solution: drying sensor by drier or return the flow meter to the
factory.
Some eye-winker clips the target or transition part. Solution: close front and behind valves and
loosen the connecting bolt between transitional part and measure tube, then sway lightly the
target or transition part or put them out and clean them, finally replace them.
High temperature type flow meter without temperature compensation has not been set zero under
high temperature condition. Solution: zero set operation under high temperature condition.
2) LCD display value appears non-normal accretion. The following reasons and solution methods may
be included:
Some silk or belt-type eye-winker accretes on the target. Solution: clean the target.
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Much dirt accretes on the target. Solution: clean the target.
Sensor is wetting then the insulation resistance is decreased. Solution: drying sensor by drier or
3) Measurement error big. The following reasons and solution methods may be included:
Some silk or belt-type eye winker accretes on the target. Solution: clean the target.
Integration microcomputer circuit board runs wrong. Solution: Return the flow meter to factory.
4) LCD displays nothing or invariable numbers. The following reasons and solution methods may be
included:
Battery or 24V DC power is connected wrong or bad. Solution: check and re-connect all of the
Circuit board or LCD is damaged. Solution: return the flow meter to factory.
5) LCD displays zero always. The following reasons and solution methods may be included:
Some eye winker clips between target and transition part. Solution: Clean them or return the flow
meter to factory.
Flow velocity is so low to lees than the minimum flow scale. Solution: Return the flow meter to
6) Output does not run or runs wrong. The following reasons and solution methods may be included:
Output connection is bad or wrong. Solution: Check and re-connect all of the connecting wires
and clips.
User’s signal receiving system runs bad or wrong. Solution: Check and debug it.
9 General Notice
LCD glittering means power of battery is going to exhaust, please replace a same type battery.
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Flow meter stores automatically all of the measure values and set coefficients in its inner FLASH
memory.
If environmental temperature is below -20℃, LCD will be frozen and display nothing. But it will
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