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Siemens
Ultrasonic heat and cooling energy meters UH50..
CE2N5324en
Building Technologies
2013-01-14
Application
The UH50.. heat and cooling energy meter acquires energy consumption in a
physically correct way. The device consists of flow measuring section and proces-
sor unit. The processor unit can be equipped with different sensors, different types
of power supply and communication modules. The UH50.. is used to measure the
consumption of heat in district heating systems and blocks of flats. It is also suited
to measure the consumption of cooling energy (cooling energy only or in combina-
tion with thermal energy), or volume flow in hydronic systems.
The UH50.. must not be used in connection with drinking water.
Also, the product is not suited for use in systems operating on water-glycol mix-
tures.
Functions
The volume flow is acquired based on the ultrasonic measuring principle, free from
wear, thanks to the use of non-moving parts.
The quantity of energy supplied to the consumer by the medium during a certain
period of time is proportional to the temperature differential of flow and return and
the volume flow passing through the meter.
The
water volume
is measured in the measuring tube by ultrasonic pulses which
are transmitted in the direction of flow and against the direction of flow. Down-
stream, the time required by the pulses to travel from the transmitter to the receiver
is reduced, upstream it is increased. The water volume is then calculated based on
the values measured for the traveling times.
The
flow and return temperatures
are determined using platinum resistors.
The heating water volume and the temperature differential of flow and return are
multiplied and its product integrated. The result, which is the consumed
quantity of
thermal or cooling energy
, is registered and displayed in the physical
units
kWh/MWh or MJ/GJ,
the volume in
m
3
.
A standard electronic unit is used for all flow rates with identical operation and an
integrated service unit.
The meter is equipped with an optical communication interface, enabling the de-
vice to be read and parameterized on site with the help of the WZR-OP-USB opti-
cal read head and the UltraAssist software.
The meter performs constantly self-diagnostics, allowing it to detect a number of
mounting or device errors and to display them.
Type summary UH50..
The types of meters listed below are equipped as follows:
Mounting location
Return
Rated pressure
PN 16/PN 25
Length of control cable
1.5 m/3 m
Sensor mounting
Return temperature sensor, integrated in the
flow measuring section
Return temperature sensor, not integrated in
the flow measuring section
Restrictions
Ultrasonic measuring
principle
Processor unit
Optical communication
interface
Self-diagnostics