VorTek SonoPro Professional S36 Series, Instruction Manual

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Series S36 Instruction Manual Chapter 1 Introduction
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Temperature Measurement
SonoPro
®
flow meters can use external 1000-ohm platinum resistance tem-
perature detectors (PRTD) to measure transducer temperature and to adjust
for changes in the speed of sound due to temperature changes.
Flow Meter Configurations
SonoPro ® Ultrasonic flow meters are available with different
transducer frequencies for a wide variety of applications. Typi-
cal pipe sizes for each transducer type are listed below.
•
2 MHz transducers – 1/2 ” (15mm) pipe to 4 ” (100mm) pipe typical
•
1 MHz transducers – 2” (50mm) pipe to 20 ” (500mm) pipe typical
•
.5 MHz transducers – 12” (300mm) pipe to 200 ” (5000mm) pipe
typical
Installation and startup are covered in the following chapters.
Multivariable Options
The SonoPro
®
meter is available with the following options:
V, volumetric flowmeter; VER velocity and external RTD; VERER, ve-
locity, two external RTDs.
Line Size / Materials
The SonoPro ® meter can be applied to line sizes from ½-inch (15mm) to
200-inch (5000mm), in a variety of materials and liners. The SonoPro ®
meter comes preloaded with 22 pipe materials and six liner materials. If
the preloaded selections do not cover the intended application, a new
pipe or liner material can be entered pending the speed of sound of the
material is known.
Flow Meter Electronics
The SonoPro ® flow meter electronics housing may be used indoors or
outdoors, including wet environments. It can be powered by either AC
(100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz) or DC (16-36 VDC), with the nominal DC in-
put being 24 Volts. Note: the flow meter will not be damaged if both AC
and DC power is connected simultaneously.
As part of the standard product offering, two analog output signals are
available to output any of the five process variables: mass flow rate, vol-
umetric flow rate, energy flow rate, temperature, or fluid density. A pulse
output signal for remote totalization and a scalable frequency output are
also available. USB communication is standard whereas Bluetooth
®
,
MODBUS, and BACnet communications are available only as options.
Flow meters include a local 2 x 16-character LCD display housed within
the enclosure. Local operation and reconfiguration are accomplished us-
ing a tactile keypad. If local operation and reconfiguration are not de-
sired, an Android®
tablet with VorTek Instruments’ SonoConfig™ In-