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Katronic Technologies KATflow 150 Operating Instructions Manual

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    Operating instructions ultrasonic flowmeter katflow 150

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    Katronic technologies ltd. 23 cross street leamington spa warwickshire cv32 4px united kingdom tel. +44 (0)1926 882954 fax +44 (0)1926 338649 internet www.Katronic.Co.Uk e-mail mail@katronic.Co.Uk operating instructions katflow 150 version v11e0310 copyright © 2010 all rights reserved..

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    Katflow 150 table of contents katflow 150 operating instructions table of contents page 1 safety instructions, legal requirements, warranty, return policy..................5 1.1 symbols used in these operating instructions...............................................5 1.2 safety instructions.........

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    Katflow 150 table of contents 5.4.3 analogue current output 0/4 ... 20 ma...................................................32 5.4.4 digital open-collector output.................................................................32 5.4.5 digital relay output...............................................

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    Katflow 150 1 safety instructions, legal requirements, warranty, return policy 1 safety instructions, legal requirements, war- ranty, return policy 1.1 symbols used in these operating instructions danger this symbol represents an immediate hazardous situation which could result in serious injury, de...

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    Katflow 150 1 safety instructions, legal requirements, warranty, return policy 1.3 warranty ● any product purchased from katronic is warranted in accordance with the relevant product documentation and as specified in the sales contract provided it has been used for the purpose for which it has been ...

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    Katflow 150 2 introduction 2 introduction the katflow 150 is an ultrasonic flowmeter employing clamp-on sensors for the measurement of liquids in full, enclosed pipes. Flow measurements can be under- taken without interruption of the process or interference with the integrity of the pipeline. The cl...

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    Katflow 150 3 installation 3 installation 3.1 unpacking and storage 3.1.1 unpacking care should be taken when opening the box containing the flowmeter, any mark- ings or warnings shown on the packaging should be observed prior to opening. The following steps should then be taken: ● unpack the flowme...

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    Katflow 150 3 installation 3.2 clamp-on sensor installation the correct selection of the sensor location is crucial for achieving reliable meas- urements and high accuracy. Measurement must take place on a pipe in which sound can propagate (see acoustic propagation) and in which a rotationally sym- ...

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    Katflow 150 3 installation for a free inlet or outlet pipe section: select the measuring point at a location where the pipe cannot run empty. Correct disadvantageous correct disadvantageous for a vertical pipe: select the measuring point at a location where the liquid flows upward to ensure that the...

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    Katflow 150 3 installation disturbance source: 2 x 90°-elbows in different planes inlet outlet l ≥ 40 d l ≥ 5 d disturbance source: t-section inlet outlet l ≥ 50 d l ≥ 10 d disturbance source: diffuser inlet outlet l ≥ 30 d l ≥ 5 d disturbance source: reducer inlet outlet l ≥ 10 d l ≥ 5 d disturbanc...

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    Katflow 150 3 installation 3.4 pipe preparation ● clean dirt and dust from around the area of the pipework where the sensors are to be placed. ● remove loose paint and rust with a wire brush or file. Firmly bonded paint does not necessarily need to be removed provided the flow- meter diagnostics ind...

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    Katflow 150 3 installation 3.6 flowmeter installation 3.6.1 wall mounting the katflow 150 is a wall mounted device and can be installed using suitable screws and wall plugs according to the following drawings. 13 drawing 1: outline dimensions katflow 150 ultrasonic flowmeter flowmeter outline di- me...

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    Katflow 150 3 installation make sure that the ambient temperature is within the -10 ... 60 °c operating tem- perature range specified for the flowmeter unit. 14 drilling aid for wall mounting drawing 2: drilling aid for wall mounting ! 243.5 1 2 0 c r s 9 0 c r s.

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    Katflow 150 3 installation 3.6.2 electrical connections please note that in order to supply the unit with mains power, the equipment must be protected by suitably sized switches and circuit breakers. 100 ... 240 v ac, 50/60 hz 10 w 9 ... 36 v dc 10 w 15 drawing 3: electrical connection diagram for t...

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    Katflow 150 3 installation 3.7 clamp-on sensor mounting before the sensors can be mounted ● the installation location should have been determined, ● a sensor mounting method should be chosen, ● the flowmeter must be mechanically and electrically installed, ● the sensors must be connected to the flow...

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    Katflow 150 3 installation 3.7.3 correct positioning of the sensors always mount the transducer pair so that the free front edges of the sensors face each other. There is a different engraving on the top of each transducer. The transducers are mounted correctly if the engravings on the two transduce...

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    Katflow 150 3 installation ● pull the tension strap and guide the free end through the clamp so that the clamp hooks engage. Slightly tighten the screw on the clamp. ● mount the second sensor in the same way. ● press the sensors firmly to the pipe. There should be no air pockets between the transduc...

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    Katflow 150 4 operation 4 operation 4.1 switching on/off the flowmeter is switched on by connecting the power supply to the instrument. Disconnecting the external supply switches off the flowmeter. 4.2 keypad and display 4.2.1 keypad key functions key main function secondary function character entry...

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    Katflow 150 4 operation character entry: g h i 4 q - = show negative total value character entry: j k l 5 > character entry: m n o 6 $ q + = show positive total value character entry: p q r s 7 toggle multiplexer (where multi- channel functions are provided) character entry: t u v 8 * q off = stop t...

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    Katflow 150 4 operation enter menu item confirm entry with saving 4.2.2 display functions display icon function on not used off on datalogger recording off datalogger switched off on not used off on backlight switched on off backlight switched off on i/o processor error off i/o processor functioning...

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    Katflow 150 4 operation on not used off on time/date set off clock error on error recorded in error log off no error detected on serial communication on (rs232 and/or rs485) off serial communication off 4.3 quick setup wizard the quick setup wizard allows for a speedy setup of the most important par...

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    Katflow 150 4 operation enter outside pipe diameter using alphanumer- ical keys and confirm by pressing enter>. Use key up> as character backspace clear to correct for data entry errors. If 0 is entered, an additional screen appears that allows entering the pipe circumference. Enter pipe wall thickn...

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    Katflow 150 4 operation use cursor keys to select start measurement. Confirm by pressing enter>. Sensor placement screen: mount transducers with suggested spacing and use middle bar for fine adjustment of position (central position is desired). Observe signal-to-noise (upper bar) and quality (lower ...

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    Katflow 150 4 operation 3-line display format display screen operation the three-line display screen is configure- able to show flow, totalizers and diagnostic functions. Change to diagnostic displays by pressing and to totalizer screens by press- ing . Cycle through screens using . Cycle through av...

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    Katflow 150 5 commissioning 5 commissioning 5.1 menu structure main menu menu level 1 menu level 2 description/settings quick start setup wizard single sensor type indication of sensor type and serial number if automatically detected, otherwise select from list ↑↓ k1 k4 m q special units select from...

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    Katflow 150 5 commissioning liner thickness only if lining material selected 1.0 ... 99.0 mm passes select from list ↑↓ auto 1...16 setup wizard dual as setup wizard single for channel 1 start measurement sensor type indication of sensor type and serial number if automatically detected, otherwise se...

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    Katflow 150 5 commissioning passes passes select from list ↑↓ output select channel channel 1, channel 2 display units select from unit list ↑↓ damping reduces fluctuations in the display output 1 ... 255 s current mode yes – current output on no – current output off flow 1 or 2 math sos (speed of s...

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    Katflow 150 5 commissioning pt100 – value read from pt100 temperature sensor in ºc value enter fixed user defined value 0 ... 250 ºc offset enter fixed user defined value -100 ... 100 ºc system instrument info model code 150 serial no. Example: 15000013 hw revision example: 1.1, 1.2 sw revision exam...

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    Katflow 150 5 commissioning settings date example: 03/10/07 time example: 09:27:00 date format select from list ↑↓ dd/mm/yy mm/dd/yy yy/mm/dd language select from list ↑↓ english german french spanish russian keypad enable keypad sound yes / no defaults reload factory default settings, except date/t...

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    Katflow 150 5 commissioning 5.2 diagnostics diagnostic screens can be viewed directly during measurement or through the menu structure. 5.3 display settings the main process value (pv) is the primary measurement data. Customer specific settings for data to be displayed can be achieved by accessing t...

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    Katflow 150 5 commissioning 5.4.3 analogue current output 0/4 ... 20 ma the analogue current outputs operate in a 4 ... 20 ma or 0 ... 20 ma span. Current outputs may be assigned to process values in the “mode” section of the output menu. The current outputs can be programmed and scaled within the m...

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    Katflow 150 5 commissioning 5.5 input configuration 5.5.1 pt100 inputs wiring electrical characterist- ics pt100 4-wire circuit measuring range = -50 ... 400 ºc resolution = 0.1 k accuracy = ±0.2 k pt100 colour coding, reading terminals from left to right: white, blue/white, red, blue/red 5.5.2 anal...

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    Katflow 150 5 commissioning 5.7 sound velocity measurement (svm) the measured sound velocity (sos) is available as a diagnostic function during measurement and may be applied to a process output by selecting sos from the appropriate output menu. 5.8 dual-channel flow calculations (maths functions) w...

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    Katflow 150 7 troubleshooting 7 troubleshooting should there be the need to call customer service, please let us know the following details: ● model code ● serial number ● sw, hw revision ● error log list possible error messages may include the following: error message group description error handli...

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    Katflow 150 7 troubleshooting comm hs1 err hardware internal communication error power on/off, otherwise call customer support comm read ave err hardware internal communication error power on/off, otherwise call customer support comm read raw err hardware internal communication error power on/off, o...

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    Katflow 150 8 technical data 8 technical data sound speed* shear wave (at 25 ºc) material m/s ft/s steel, 1% carbon, hardened 3,150 10,335 carbon steel 3,230 10,598 mild steel 3,235 10,614 steel, 1% carbon 3,220 10,565 302 stainless steel 3,120 10,236 303 stainless steel 3,120 10,236 304 stainless s...

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    Katflow 150 8 technical data all data given at 25 ºc (77 ºf) unless otherwise stated sound speed change v/ºc kinematic viscosity x10-6 substance chemical formula specific gravity m/s ft/s m/s/ºc m 2 /s ft 2 /s acetic anhydride (ch3co)2o 1.082 (20 ºc) 1,180 3,871.4 2.5 0.769 8.274 acetic acid, anhydr...

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    Katflow 150 8 technical data methane ch4 0.162 (-89 ºc) 405 (-89 ºc) 1,328.7 (-128 ºf) 17.5 methanol ch4o 0.791 (20 ºc) 1,076 3,530.2 292 0.695 7.478 methyl acetate c3h6o2 0.934 1,211 3,973.1 0.407 4.379 methyl alcohol ch4o 0.791 1,076 3,530.2 292 0.695 7.478 methyl benzene c7h8 0.867 1,328 (20 ºc) ...

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    Katflow 150 8 technical data tetrachloroethane c2h2cl4 1553 (20 ºc) 1,170 (20 ºc) 3,838.6 (68 ºf) 1.19 12.804 tetrachloro-ethene c2cl4 1.632 1,036 3,399 tetrachloro-methane ccl4 1.595 (20 ºc) 926 3,038.1 0.607 6.531 tetrafluoro-methane (freon 14) cf4 1.75 (-150 ºc) 875.24 (-150 ºc) 2,871.5 (-283 ºf)...

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    Katflow 150 8 technical data 35 95.0 1519 4984 36 96.8 1521 4984 37 98.6 1523 4990 38 100.4 1525 4997 39 102.2 1527 5010 40 104.0 1528 5013 41 105.8 1530 5020 42 107.6 1532 5026 43 109.4 1534 5033 44 111.2 1535 5036 45 113.0 1536 5040 46 114.8 1538 5046 47 116.6 1538 5049 48 118.4 1540 5053 49 120.2...

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    Katflow 150 8 technical data 89 192.2 1551 5089 90 194.0 1550 5086 91 195.8 1549 5082 92 197.6 1549 5082 93 199.4 1548 5079 94 201.2 1547 5076 95 203.0 1547 5076 96 204.8 1546 5072 97 206.6 1545 5069 98 208.4 1544 5066 99 210.2 1543 5063 100 212.0 1543 5063 104 220.0 1538 5046 110 230.0 1532 5026 11...

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    Katflow 150 9 specification 9 specification general measuring principle : ultrasonic time difference correlation principle flow velocity range : 0.01 ... 25 m/s resolution : 0.25 mm/s repeatibility : 0.15 % of measured value ± 0.015 m/s accuracy : volume flow ± 1 ... 3 % of measured value depending ...

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    Katflow 150 9 specification internal data logger storage capacity : approx. 30,000 samples (128 kbyte), optional > 100,000 samples (512 kbyte) logging data : all measured and totalised values, parameter sets communication serial interface : rs 232, rs 485 (optional) data : instantaneous measured val...

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    Katflow 150 9 specification clamp-on sensors type k1l, k1n, k1e diameter range : 50 ... 3000 mm dimensions : 60 x 30 x 34 mm material : stainless steel temperature range : type k1n: -30 ... 130 °c (-22 ... 266 °f) type k1e: -30 ... 200 °c (-22 ... 392 °f), for short periods up to 300 °c (572 °f) deg...

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    Katflow 150 9 specification 10 index 46 acoustic coupling gel 16 output configuration 31 analogue current input 33 output settings 31 analogue current output 32 packaging 8 certificate of conformity 47 passes 23 commissioning 26 pipe material selection 22 customer return note (crn) 48 pipe parameter...

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    Katflow 150 appendix a appendix a certificate of conformity 47.

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    Katflow 150 appendix b appendix b customer return note (crn) company name address tel. No. E-mail instrument model serial number katronic contract no. (if known) sensor type(s) sensor serial number(s) the enclosed instrument has been used in the following environment (please √): nuclear radiation wa...