Operating Principle
April 2019
CXX-UM-03060-EN-01
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OPERATING PRINCIPLE
The EC80 Flow Processor accepts all types of square wave pulse inputs Fully
compensated and linearized volumetric flow rates, totals and temperature are
examples of flow parameters that can be viewed through serial communications,
included software program or an embedded rate indicator (depending on
product configuration)
The EC80 Flow Processor can use a universal viscosity curve to compensate for
varying liquid temperature and viscosity conditions It can also use
Strouhal-Roshko algorithms for a more comprehensive compensation method,
taking into consideration all the secondary effects to which the meter is sensitive
like the expansion and contraction of the meter bore diameter The flow processor
extracts the density value of a known liquid from a stored temperature/density
table and multiplies by the volumetric flow rate to get the inferred mass flow rate
RTD
Fa
Rotor A
Rotor B
Fb
Fsum
Ro
act
Ro
ref
St
ref
St
act
v
Q supply
Temp
Measure
Temperature
Lookup Table
Temperature
vs Counts
Lookup Table
Strouhol vs
Roshko
Lookup Table
Viscosity vs
Temperature
Fsum
v
1+2(alpha)(deltaT)
1-3(alpha)( delta T)
Calculate
Flow Rate
Measure
Frequency
Fa+Fb
Measure
Frequency
Counts
Temp
Figure 1: Flow Processor Calculations