™/S, MOLBLOC TERMINAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
© 1995 - 2010 Fluke Corporation, DH Instruments Division
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The value of the
gas conversion factor
can be edited as desired. Pressing
[ENTER]
returns
to the MAIN run screen with the entered
K factor
active.
The letter <K> is always
appended to the flow unit indication in the run screens when the K function is ON
(e.g., sccmK).
A
K factor
value of 1 is handled as if the K function were OFF.
Caution
When the K function is ON, as indicated by a <K> following the current
flow unit in the first line of the MAIN run screen, the current flow
indication is:
(flow as calculated by for the selected gas) x (the current K
factor)
Thus, the flow indicated is actually in error (biased) by the reciprocal of the
K factor.
3.4.2
[GAS]
PURPOSE
To specify the gas that is currently flowing through the molbloc so that uses the
correct gas properties in its flow calculations.
PRINCIPLE
calculates the flow through a molbloc from:
•
molbloc geometric characteristics
•
gas pressures
•
gas temperature
•
specific characteristics of the flowing gas
The gas characteristics include:
•
gas density under standard conditions
•
change in gas density with pressure and temperature
•
gas viscosity under standard conditions (when needed)
•
changes in gas viscosity with pressure and temperature
Proprietary algorithms are used to calculate gas density and viscosity (when needed) under
the actual flowing pressure and temperature conditions from density and viscosity under
standard conditions.
The characteristics of supported gases and corresponding algorithms are stored in
memory. To correctly calculate the flow of a gas, the correct information for that
gas must be used. The GAS function allows the user to specify the flowing gas so
that will use the correct gas information in calculating the flow through the molbloc.
Selection of a gas using the GAS function also selects the molbloc (geometric) calibration data to
be used for flow calculation. If a calibration has been stored in the molbloc for the selected gas,
the molbloc calibration data for that gas are used. If a gas is selected that the molbloc is not
calibrated for, the will use the coefficients of the default gas, normally N2 for molbloc-L
and Air for molbloc-S. In the case that there are multiple N2 or Air calibrations on the molbloc, the
coefficients for the calibration indicated as DEFAULT on the calibration report are used. When a
calibration has not been performed on the molbloc in the gas selected using the GAS function,
flow measurements have NO associated uncertainty or tolerance.
The operation of the GAS function, is different for molbloc-L and molbloc-S due to the support of
humid air measurements with molbloc-S. They are described separately below.