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ULTRA-E-F
PART-2 CLAMP-ON TRANSDUCER INSTALLATION
General
The transducers that are utilized by the Series ULTRA-E-F contain piezoelectric crystals for
transmitting and receiving ultrasound signals through walls of liquid piping systems. The
transducers are relatively simple and straight-forward to install, but spacing and alignment of
the transducers is critical to the system's accuracy and performance. Extra care should be taken
to ensure that these instructions are carefully executed.
Mounting of the clamp-on ultrasonic transit time transducers is comprised of three steps:
Selection of the optimum location on a piping system.
Entering the necessary parameters into the ULTRA-E-F keypad. (ULTRA-E-F will
calculate proper transducer spacing based on these entries (menu 25))
Pipe preparation and transducer mounting.
Mounting Location
The first step in the installation process is the selection of an optimum location for the flow
measurement. For this to be done effectively, a basic knowledge of the piping system and its
plumbing is required.
An optimum location is defined as:
A piping system that is completely full of liquid when measurements are being taken.
The
pipe may become completely empty during a process cycle - which will result in an error code
being displayed on the flow meter while the pipe is empty. Error codes will clear automatically
once the pipe is filled with liquid. It is not recommended to mount the transducers in an area
where the pipe may become partially filled. Partially filled pipes will cause erroneous and
unpredictable operation of the meter.
A piping system that contains lengths of straight pipe such as those described in Table
2.1
. The optimum straight pipe diameter recommendations apply to pipes in both horizontal
and vertical orientation. The straight runs in Table 2.1 apply to liquid velocities that are
nominally 7 FPS [2.2 MPS]. As liquid velocity increases above this nominal rate, the
requirement for straight pipe increases proportionally.
Mount the transducers in an area where they will not be inadvertently bumped or
disturbed during normal operation.
Avoid installations on downward flowing pipes
unless adequate downstream head pressure
is present to overcome cavitations in the pipe.
Table 2.1 Requirement of Straight Pipe Length