
3: Operating Procedures
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3.5
How to Measure Totalized Flows (manually)
The basic measurement indicated on the
FLOW READING
screen is the instantaneous flow rate, which in some
applications may vary over a period of time. Average flow rates are therefore often required in order to get a
better understanding of an application’s true performance. This is simply achieved by noting the total flow over a
specific period (for example 30-60 minutes) and then calculating the average flow rate over that period of time.
1. Press the
Options
key to access the
FLOW
READING OPTION
screen shown.
2. If the
Totalizer
is indicating
Run
, select it
and change it to
Stall
. Press
ENTER.
3. Select
Reset +Total
and press
ENTER
.
4. Press
ENTER
on the subsequent screen to
accept the reset.
5. Press
ENTER
again to return to the
FLOW
READING
OPTIONS
menu.
6. Select
Reset –Total
and press
ENTER
.
7. Press
ENTER
on the subsequent screen to
accept the reset.
8. Press
ENTER
again to return to the
FLOW
READING
OPTIONS
menu.
9. Note and record the current time.
10. Select
Totalizer
and change it to
Run
. Press
ENTER.
Note: the totalizers begin to count up as soon as
Totalizer
is set to
Run
.
11. Scroll down and select
Exit
to return to the
FLOW READING
screen which will now indicate
the instantaneous flow together with the
totalized flow.
Note that in some installations the measured
flow can be in either direction. When this is the
case, the upstream flow is shown separately in
the
–Total
field.
Calculating the average flow
To calculate the average flow, wait for the allotted monitoring period to expire then divide the indicated total flow
by the time taken. This will give you the average flow in m/s, galls/hour or whatever units you select.
Note that in a bi-directional flow situation you must calculate the difference between the indicated positive and
negative flow totals before carrying out the average flow rate calculation.
How to stop the totalizer temporarily
If you want to stop the totalizer temporarily for operational reasons, set the
Totalizer
option to
Stall
in the
FLOW READING OPTIONS
screen as described above. This will stop the totalizer operation without affecting its
current values.
FLOW READING OPTION DD-MM-YY HH:MM:SS
Data review
Zero Cutoff (m/s) : 0.010
Set zero flow (m/s) : 0.000
Damping (secs) : 10
Totalizer : Stall
Reset +Total
FLOW READING OPTION DD-MM-YY HH:MM:SS
Zero Cutoff (m/s) : 0.00
Set zero flow (m/s) : 0.00
Damping (secs) : 10
Totalizer : Run
Reset +Total
Reset –Total
FLOW READING
DD-MM-YY HH:MM:SS
Qxx.xx%
Signal
gal/min
+Total: 300.0 gallons
–Total: 0.00 gallons
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