Flow Metering
Flow metering is used across all industries for consumption monitoring, leak monitoring and industrial process controls. It is used in buildings, factories and plants, vessels and offshore platforms and many more. Flow metering can be used for measurement of different types of fluid - water, gas, oil, chemicals etc. It is crucial for meters in industrial processes and consumption measurement for billing to be accurate and reliable.
AMI/AMR Smart
Water Meter
AMI/AMR Smart Water Meter
Smart water meters are mainly used for monitoring of consumption and billing in residential buildings, commercial buildings and industrial compounds.
These water meters have different principles of measurement - using multiple or single jet streams to rotate a turbine, measuring a fix volume of water through a high precision rotating chamber etc. The sensor which is mounted on the analog register of a water meter produces a low level "Pulse" or high level "M-bus" output during operation which goes to a building management system where the meter reading can be monitored. These outputs can also be converted to "Modbus" outputs.
Product Specifications available for AMI/AMR Smart Water Meter
Types of
AMI/AMR smart water meter available:
Multi-jet turbine
Woltmann
Ultrasonic
Positive displacement
Materials
available:
PPA
Cast iron
Bronze
DZR brass
Epoxy-coated
ductile iron
Sizes
available:
DN15 to DN300
Max operating
pressure
available:
Up to 16 bar
Max operating temperature
available:
Up to 130 °C
Nominal
flow rate
available:
1.5 to 2000 m3/hr
Connections
available:
Flanges PN10,
PN16
Threaded BSP
Suitable media
types:
Clean water
Water with particles
Output signal
types
available:
Pulse
M-Bus
Modbus RTU
Radiofrequency LoRaWAN
Sensor
Battery lifetime:
12 to 15 years
Data Logger
Data Logger
The data logger which is mounted on the analog register of a water meter produces a low level "Pulse" or high level ""M-bus"" output during operation which goes to a building management system where the meter reading can be monitored. These outputs can also be converted to "Modbus" outputs.
Product Specifications available for Data Logger
Types of data logger available:
M-Bus
Device capacity:
Connect up to
250 M-Bus devices
Power supply required:
110 to 250VAC,
47 – 63 Hz
Max power consumption:
100W
Baud rate:
300-9600 baud
Data file type:
csv, xlsx, xml
though
USB flash drive,
FTP server,
Terminals available:
3 x terminals for M-Bus, plug-in terminals for
floating contacts
and relay outputs
Oil Meter
Oil Meter
Oil meters are used to measure heating fuel consumption by oil burners and propellant fuel consumption by motors and engines. During flow, a rotary piston mechanism (positive displacement) repeatedly counts the number of times the high precision measuring chamber rotates and discharges fluid, thus measuring the volumetric consumption.
Product Specifications available for Oil Meter
Types of oil meter available:
Positive displacement
Materials
available:
Brass
Ductile cast iron
Sizes
available:
DN15 to DN50
Max operating
pressure available:
16 bar
25 bar
40 bar
Max operating temperature
available:
130 °C
180 °C
Nominal flow
rate available:
0.4 to 20 m3/hr
Connections available:
Flanges PN16,
PN25, PN40
Threaded BSP
Suitable media
types:
Heating fuel
Naphtha
Lubricating liquids (oils)
Flow Meter
Flow Meter
Flow meters are often used in industrial plants for monitoring and feedback of process controls. Different types of flow meters are used depending on application and media type.
Paddlewheel flow meters have a free rotating impeller with magnets, perpendicular to the flow. The magnetic blades rotate past the sensor during flow to generate a frequency proportional to the flow rate.
For magnetic flow meters, a magnetic field is generated perpendicular to the moving fluid. When a conductive fluid flows through the magnetic field, it causes a voltage signal to be sensed by the electrodes on the flow tube wall. The faster the fluid moves, more voltage will be generated.
Ultrasonic flow meters use soundwaves to measure fluid flow. During flow, the flow rate is measured by the difference between the frequency of the transmitted ultrasonic wave and frequency of the reflected wave.
Product Specifications available for Flow Meter
Types of
flow meter
available: Electromagnetic
Ultrasonic clamp-on Paddlewheel
Differential pressure
Variable area
Materials
available:
PVC / PP
PVDC
Brass
Stainless-
steel 316
Cast acrylic
Polysulfone
Sizes
available:
DN6 to DN1350
Max operating
pressure
available:
10 to 16 bar
Max operating temperature
available:
-30°C to 150 °C
Flow velocity
range:
0.03 to 12 m/s
Connections available:
Flanges PN16,
Flanges class 150,
300, JIS 10k
Threaded BSP, NPT
Socket weld
Clamp-on
True union
Spigot / Groove
Suitable media
types:
Neutral,
solid free liquids Conductive fluids
Water
Clean water
Waste water
Corrosive fluids
Viscous fluids
Output signal
types available: Pulse
4-20mA
RS232
RS422
Modbus RTU
Power supply
required:
10 to 36 VDC
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