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WARRANTY

Intek, Inc. warrants each 

RheoVac

 product to be free from defects in

material and workmanship under normal use and service, Intek's
obligation under this warranty being limited to making good any part or
parts thereof which shall, within one (1) year after delivery of such
product to the original purchaser, be returned to Intek with transportation
charges prepaid and which Intek's examination shall disclose to its
satisfaction to have been thus defective; this warranty being expressly in

lieu of all other warranties, express or implied and all other obligation or
liabilities on Intek's part.  The purchaser will assume all responsibility
and expense for removal, decontamination and reinstallation of
equipment.

RheoVac

 instruments are manufactured under United States patent numbers

4,255,968, 5,485,754, 5,752,411 and 6,526,755. Intek, 

Rheotherm

, Rheovec,

Rheomax,

RheoVac

 and RheoSmart are registered trademarks of Intek, Inc.

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Intek, Inc.

751 Intek Way

Westerville, Ohio 43082-9057

Phone (614) 895-0301   Fax (614) 895-0319

web site   www.intekflow.com

e-mail  

[email protected]

Summary of Contents for RheoVac 950

Page 1: ...E Warranty 14 3 4 DISPLAY 15 3 5 COMMUNICATIONS 15 3 6 DATA PROCESSING 16 3 7 CUSTOM SOFTWARE 17 SECTION 4 MAINTENANCE 18 4 1 GENERAL MAINTENANCE 18 4 2 CALIBRATION 18 4 3 SPARE PARTS 18 4 4 TROUBLESH...

Page 2: ...ssly in lieu of all other warranties express or implied and all other obligation or liabilities on Intek s part The purchaser will assume all responsibility and expense for removal decontamination and...

Page 3: ...wo or three probes reporting to a central signal conditioner and processor unit The sensingprobe consisting of multiple sensors configured in a single probe head is installed in the vacuum line betwee...

Page 4: ...method is disclosed in two separate patents USPN 5 485 754 5 752 411 The RheoVac system is fully calibrated in the factory under dynamic fluid conditions identical to those within the power plant vacu...

Page 5: ...happen if steam jet ejectors are operated incorrectly WARNING Do not allow the instrument s RS sensor or separate RS probe to come into contact with liquid water water mist or fog these conditions may...

Page 6: ...r A side and B side The third probe should go in the header pipe that runs to the exhauster s Other installation arrangements of multiple probes should be discussed with the factory 2 2 1 Probe Site S...

Page 7: ...uch as uninsulated steam lines or moisture The maximum temperature rating of electronics is 120 F ensure that this temperature will not be exceeded Once the wiring connections are made close and latch...

Page 8: ...ional arrow on the junction box Before installing the unit note proper flow direction This is important to instrument operation Check serial number S N If more than one RheoVac unit has been purchased...

Page 9: ...7 Figure 4 Transducer Installation Detail...

Page 10: ...holes need to be drilled in the processor enclosure remove the electronics subassembly mounted on a mounting plate and temporarily store inside an ESD bag in a safe clean place Do not drill with elec...

Page 11: ...9 Figure 5 Output Connections and Set up...

Page 12: ...quid tight conduit between the distribution enclosure and the probes unless rigid conduit is used for long distance runs Use a minimum of 6 feet of liquid tight at the probes 3 The probe connector com...

Page 13: ...ving eight 8 remote 4 20 mA analog signals from one RS 485 input port See Figure 8 1 Connectthe RS 485 communications power cable from the distribution box RS 485 white and blue wires 24Vdc power red...

Page 14: ...12 Figure 8 Optional Transmitter Box Figure 9 Serial Communications Interface...

Page 15: ...lled in a liquid tight conduit When installing without conduit use the backshell nut when using liquid tight conduit use the conduit connector with o ring 1 Slide all of the appropriate parts onto the...

Page 16: ...additional initialization status messages Within two minutes the display should indicate Air In Leak Upon a cold initial start up of the RheoVac system the probe may take several minutes to give accu...

Page 17: ...SCALE VALUE PROCESS VARIABLE DEFINITION ACTUAL VOLUME FLOW ACFM m3 hr 5000 8 500 The actual volumetric flow rate of gases leaving the condenser It is a measure of exhauster capacity Decreased capacity...

Page 18: ...k and is included with your RheoVac user software This Excel add in graphing utility called RheoGraph is an automated graphing macro that imports and graphs RheoVac data files The RheoGraph utility is...

Page 19: ...tream is 122 bytes per probe including the trailing RETURN This data group is sent approximately once every three seconds Table V shows the field names and number of bytes in one data stream TABLE V S...

Page 20: ...4 3 SPARE PARTS It is advantageous to have a spare probe Should a spare probe be desired it can be ordered and stored for installation at any time A spare probe will come with a parameter disk for up...

Page 21: ...MSG 7 Wet probe 1 This usually indicates a condenser design or operation problem that requires corrective action 2 Hogging mode during start up 1 Contact factory MSG 8 RS sensor problem 1 RS sensor h...

Page 22: ...ows Control Panel System utility check for IRQ or I O hardware conflict ADVANCED USERS ONLY Note Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries 4 5...

Page 23: ...engineers available to meet your needs For RheoVac instrument related questions if a problem cannot be solved over the phone with your help we will determine if factory service or field service will...

Page 24: ...60 Hz Outputs Analog 9 8 outputs 4 20mA for each probe Digital Ethernet 9 RS 232 RS 422 Data Access Ethernet communication Portable Data Storage Portable USB Data Storage Device Enclosures shipped Ca...

Page 25: ...access to the main processor unit Intek does not supply UICs but recommends the following System Requirements minimum recommended Minimum System Requirements Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 or Wind...

Page 26: ...tly to the UIC The archive rate can also be adjusted These are the only functions available using serial communication No commands or updates can be sent to the RheoVac instrument using this communica...

Page 27: ...click on the new value then click on Save Click Load to verify that the change was saved by the instrument 3 Update Files available with Ethernet connection only If the probes are ever returned for r...

Page 28: ...a Monitor Feature Figure C User Interface Software Graph Feature Click on the small graph image to view a historical graph of that parameter Select from all available probes by clicking on the Probe S...

Page 29: ...The blue block time date to the right of the 4 hour button displays the timestamp for the data point currently being pointed to by the horizontal scroll bar If the scroll bar is in the right most pos...

Page 30: ...temperature load and inlet and outlet circulation water temperatures The plant data is necessary for correlating RheoVac measured data The availability of this information at the factory is very impor...

Page 31: ...The following network components are installed there should be all three of the following Client for Microsoft Networks Ethernet adapter and NetBEUI with the Ethernet adapter identified on the same li...

Page 32: ...RHEOVAC folder will appear which is the hard drive of the RheoVac 950 c Open the RHEOVAC folder then open the DATA folder The Network ID RHEOVAC DATA folder contains all the stored data Use copy paste...

Page 33: ...ique Network ID The ID is R plus the first five digits of the serial number found on the unit RheoVac Model 950 devices purchased prior to August 2003 may use the serial numbers or RheoVac 950 as the...

Page 34: ...elect Protocol and click the Add button iv The Select Network Protocol dialog box will appear v Select NWLink NetBIOS from the Network Protocol list vi Click OK c Installing NWLink IPX SPX NetBIOS If...

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