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Portable Ultrasonic Flowmeter Portalok 7S

1. binary output U 48V see Fig 6 1 max Reed relay L 2 Imax 250 mA e The number type and connections of the outputs are customized Rey is the sum of all ohmic resistances in the circuit e g resistance of the conductors resistance of the amperemeter voltmeter O gt BIO QOJD aO Fig 6 1 Pin assignment for the connection of the output Tab 6 2 Pin assignment for the connection of the output pin connection A binary output B1 Reed relay B binary output B1 Reed relay C current output 11 D current output 11 6 5 Connection of the Serial Interface Connect the RS232 cable to the transmitter see Fig 4 1 and Fig 4 2 and the serial interface of the PC If the RS232 ca ble cannot be connected to the PC use an RS232 USB adapter PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 23 Portalok 7S 7 Installation of the Transducers 7 Installation of the Transducers 7 1 Preparation of the Pipe The pipe has to be stable It has to be able to withstand the pressure exerted by the transducer mounting fixture Rust paint or other deposits on the pipe absorb the sound signal A good acoustic contact between the pipe and the trans ducers is obtained as follows Clean the pipe at the selected measuring point f present the paint layer has to be smoothed by sanding The paint does not need to be removed completely Remove any r
2. RS232 terminal program section 12 2 5 12 2 2 Offline Transmission of Data The measurement data of the data logger are transmitted Tab 12 2 Overview offline transmission of data serial interface transmission of data see RS232 terminal program section 12 2 6 12 2 3 Format of the Measurement Data Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings serial transmis z Select on if the space characters are not to be transmitted Press ENTER SER kill spaces t 1 ir z off SON lt The file size will be considerably smaller shorter transmission time Select the decimal marker to be used for floating point numbers point or comma Press ENTER This setting depends on the setting of the operating system of the PC Select the character to be used to separate columns semicolon or tabulator Press EN TER 12 2 4 Transmission Parameters the transmitter sends CRLF terminated ASCII max line length 255 digits RS232 default 9600 bits s 8 data bits even parity 2 stop bits protocol RTS CTS hardware handshake The transmission parameters of the RS232 interface can be changed Enter HotCode 232 0 see section 8 4 Set the transmission parameters in the 4 scroll lists Press EN TER gt baud lt data par st 9600 8bit EVEN 2 baud baud rate data number of data bits par parity st number of stop bits 12 2 5 Online Transmission of Data to a Terminal
3. ETUP DISPLAY CONTRAST E It is possible to reset the display to medium contrast Enter HotCode 555000 Note After an initialization of the transmitter the display is displayed to medium contrast 14 5 Instrument Information S Select Special Funct Instrum Inform to display information about the transmit pecial PUR UM ter Press ENTER Instrum Inform The type and the serial number of the transmitter will be displayed in the upper line The firmware version of the transmitter with date is displayed in the lower line Press ENTER EESXXXX XXXXXXXX V X XX dd mm yy PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 57 Portalok 7S 15 SuperUser Mode 15 SuperUser Mode The SuperUser mode offers the possibility of an advanced analysis of the signal and the measured values as well as the definition of additional parameters adapted to the measuring point in order to achieve better measuring values or during experimental work Features of the SuperUser mode are Defaults will not be observed There are no plausibility checks when parameters are being entered There is no check whether the entered parameters are within the limits determined by the laws of physics and technical data The cut off flow is not active A value for the number of sound paths has to be entered Some menu items that are not visible in the normal the normal mode are displayed Attention The SuperUser mode is intended for experienced
4. For the sound speed of some materials see annex C 1 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 29 Portalok 7S 9 Basic Measurement 9 1 4 Pipe Lining If the pipe has an inner lining select yes Press ENTER Lining no SYES lt If no is selected the next parameter will be displayed see section 9 1 5 Select the lining material Lining 1 m Y Bitumen If the material is not in the scroll list select Other Material Press ENTER It can be specified which materials will be displayed in the scroll list see section 13 5 If Other Material is selected the sound speed has to be entered Enter the sound speed of the lining material Press ENTER c Material 3200 0 m s For the sound speed of some materials see annex C 1 z z Enter the thickness of the liner Press ENTER Liner Thickness mm w Ce Note The inner pipe diameter outer pipe diameter 2x pipe wall thickness 2x liner thickness is calcu lated internally If the value is not within the inner pipe diameter range of the connected transducers an error message will be displayed It is possible to change the lower limit of the inner pipe diameter for a given transducer type see sec tion 11 7 9 1 5 Pipe Roughness The flow profile of the medium is influenced by the roughness of the inner pipe wall The roughness is used for the calcu lation of the profile correction factor As in most cases the pipe roughness cannot be determined exactly
5. The occupancy of the coefficient memory is displayed for a few seconds USER AREA 52 used aa ae Select yes to start the partitioning Press ENTER no gt YES lt The coefficient memory is partitioned accordingly This procedure takes a few seconds FORMATTING z After the partitioning Format USER AREA is displayed again Libraries 1 Format USER AREA 48 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 13 Libraries Portalok 7S 13 1 4 Data Retention During the Partitioning of the Coefficient Memory When the coefficient memory is repartitioned max 8 data sets of each type can be retained Example 1 The number of user defined materials is reduced from 5 to 3 The data sets 01 to 03 are retained The data sets 04 and 05 are deleted Example 2 The number of user defined materials is increased from 5 to 6 All 5 data sets are kept 13 2 Input of Material Medium Parameters Without the Extended Library To enter the material medium parameters as constants the extended library has to be deactivated Select Special Funct NSYSTEM settings Libraries Extended Library Press ENTER Select off to deactivate the extended library Press ENTER Extended Library gt OFF lt on The parameters of a user defined material medium can be entered now The input of a material or a medium is almost identical Therefore displays for a medium will only be shown and described
6. User Manual GG MEMO PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN leasuring Worldwide Portable Ultrasonic Flowmeter Portalok 7S Portable Ultrasonic Flowmeter Portalok 7S 2 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 Table of Contents Portalok 7S Table of Contents 1 Introduction seep erii pete ena LEERLO Meas eR LUIeipipubdbm exi rubent tete d 7 1 1 Regarding this User Manual aanu a nanana 7 1 2 Safety Instructions es x a eG E ee ee a a ed Oe eG a oe tus 7 T3 Warranty a cece een 8 ere a ea ey Sea WAS EE eas Sa ee lee E hy PESE 7 2 Handling Ib pae e ay a Re i ee el ee ee ee eS 8 2 1 First Inspection eue deste oie Bebe hee had Be ba bee ba Sb ble oe he bad wal bbb 8 2 2 General Precautions ex en wee Rer aee ence un urhe ep nas Sugar he Suga r anc RET sala Ree ek 8 2 3 Gleanirig i xl en ea ee hd Ba OPOEEBBCERI ee ee INOPIA 8 3 General Principles niser aee ott eoet he gE EUDSRELZIB ee ee VS NUR ok or eet a Cua 9 3 1 Measurement System ceo ere es cee ek ey Gi ee et eur hd ee eee et lied 9 3 2 Measurement Principle nicer me e qe ee hehe pede EGRE pe ER IEEE Y ews 9 3 3 Measurement Arrangements llsseeeeee ehm m 12 4 Description of the Transmitter lliillllsllllell rr 14 4 1 Keyboard a ieeS ie eR ENERO RR ROLE EMO oe Fle ae ee ee ae 15 5 Selection of the Measuring Point 0 00 lee 16 5 1 Acoustic Penetratlori 5 2 SR cR Destra etapa Nuit ier a ee he 16 5 2 Undis
7. entered parameters Change the value if necessary Press ENTER For defining the number of sound paths see section 3 3 9 6 Transducer Distance A value for the transducer distance is recommended Fix the transducers see chapter 7 Adjust the transducer distance Press ENTER Ref lec reflection arrangement Diagon diagonal arrangement Transd Distance 54 mm Reflec The transducer distance is the distance between the inner edges of the transducers see section 3 3 and Fig 7 1 In case of a measurement in diagonal arrangement on very small pipes a negative transducer distance is possible Note The accuracy of the recommended transducer distance depends on the accuracy of the entered pipe and medium parameters wo N PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 9 Basic Measurement Portalok 7S 9 6 1 Fine Adjustment of the Transducer Distance If the displayed transducer distance is adjusted press ENTER Transd Distance Nei j 54 inn i The measuring for the positioning of the transducers is started The amplitude of the received signal is displayed by the bar graph s Shift a transducer slightly within the range of the recommended transducer distance until the bar graph reaches its max length The following quantities can be displayed in the upper line by pressing key gt and in the lower line by pressing key v m lt gt m transducer distance time 94 0 us time Transit time of the measuring sign
8. m MUS input of the pulse value value of the totalizer at which a pulse will be emitted ULSS 0 01 m3 This display will only be indicated if Pulse Output is activated input of the pulse width Pulse Width 100 us range 80 1000 ms This display will only be indicated if Pulse Output is activated Alarm Output activation of an alarm output Alarm Output io SYES lt This display will only be indicated if an alarm output has been installed in Spe cial Funct SYSTEM settings Proc outputs Selection of the switching condition func the holding behavior typ and the Switching function mode of the alarm output This display will only be indicated if Alarm Output is activated R1 FUNC lt typ mode Function MAX selection of the physical quantity to be monitored R1 Input t SER f This display will only be indicated for R1 if Alarm Output is activated Volume flow N PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 A Menu Structure Portalok 7S INIT resistant High Limit input of the upper limit of the physical quantity to be monitored 10 00 i xh This display will only be indicated if Alarm Output has been activated and MAX has been selected as the switching condition Cea input of the lower limit of the physical quantity to be monitored 10 00 i m3 h This display will only be indicated if Alarm Output has been activated an
9. After the configuration of the alarm output and during the measurement the state of the alarm can be indicated This func tion is activated in the program branch Special Funct SYSTEM settings Dialogs Menus It is recommended to activate this function if the alarm output have to be reconfigured frequently Select the menu item SHOW RELAIS STAT Select on to activate the indication of the SHOW RELAIS STAT alarm state off gt ON lt If the indication of the alarm state is activated the state of the alarm output will be indicated after the configuration of the alarm output The indication of the alarm state is structured as follows EAT R1 HN HN where is a pictogram according to Tab 16 1 It is possible to repeat the configuration of the alarm output by pressing key C If the config uration of the alarm output is complete press ENTER The main menu will be displayed R1 C RE ao If the indication of the alarm state is activated it is possible to show the alarm state during the measurement Press key gt to scroll through the upper line and v to scroll through the lower line until the alarm state is indicated PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 71 Portalok 7S 16 Outputs Tab 16 1 Pictograms for the alarm state indication func typ mode current state switching condition
10. Press ENTER The following commands are available Tab 11 1 Commands that can be executed during the measurement command explanation Adjust transd Select transducer positioning If a program code is active the measurement will be continued 8 s after the last keyboard en try Cl totali Clear totalizer 32 5 m3 54 5 m3 h All totalizers will be reset to zero Break measur Stop the measurement and return to the main menu 11 2 Damping Factor Each displayed measured value is a floating average of all measured values of the last x seconds with x being the damp ing factor A damping factor of 1 s means that the measured values are not averaged because the measuring rate is ap prox 1 s The default value of 10 s is appropriate for normal flow conditions Strongly fluctuating values caused by high flow dynamics require a higher damping factor Select the program branch Output Options Press ENTER until the menu item Damping is displayed Enter the damping factor Press ENTER Damping 10 S Press B to return to the main menu 11 3 Totalizers Total volume or total mass of the medium at the measuring point can be determined There are two totalizers one for the positive flow direction one for the negative flow direction The unit of measurement used for totalizing corresponds to the volume or mass unit selected for the physical quantity The values of the totalizers can be displayed w
11. TO sample AVERAGE sample storing and online transmission of the displayed measured value average storing and online transmission of the average of all measured val ues of a storage interval setting of the storing behavior of the totalizers X PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 83 Portalok 7S A Menu Structure INIT resistant activation of the storing of the signal amplitude X Store Amplitude off SON lt The value will only be stored if the data logger is activated r activation of the storing of the sound speed of the medium X Store c Medium i j off SON lt The value will only be stored if the data logger is activated activation of the storing of diagnostic values X Store diagnostic off gt ON lt SYSTEM settings serial transmis TIT we selection of the displays for the formatting of the serial transmission of mea fos Bee ed sured values serial transmis activation of the serial transmission of data with without blanks x SER kill spaces off gt ON lt z selection of the decimal marker for floating point numbers x ER decimalpoint os DU ES selection of the character for column separation x SER col separat tat 2 TAB SYSTEM settingsMMiscellaneous f l selection of the display for the setting of the contrast and input of a HotCode SYSTEM settings Miscellaneous confirmation that a HotCode has to be entered Input a H
12. holding behavior switching function OFF ri NON HOLD NO Cont 1 closed F MAX T HOLD NC Cont open zal ne ne gt gt QUANT EU ERROR Example R1 16 6 6 Deactivation of the Output If the programmed output is no longer required it can be deactivated The configuration of a deactivated output is stored and will be available if the output is activated again Select no in Output Options Alarm Output to deactivate the output Press ENTER Alarm Output gt NO lt yes 72 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 17 Troubleshooting Portalok 7S 17 Troubleshooting If any problem appears which cannot be solved with the help of this user manual contact our sales office and give a pre cise description of the problem Specify the type the serial number and the firmware version of the transmitter Calibration Portalok 7S is a very reliable instrument It is manufactured under strict quality control using modern production tech niques If installed as recommended in an appropriate location used cautiously and taken care of conscientiously no trou bles should appear The transmitter has been calibrated at the factory and usually a re calibration of the transmitter will not be necessary A re calibration is recommended if the contact surface of the transducers shows visible wear The transmitter has to be sent to EESIFLo for recalibration under reference conditions The d
13. scribed in case of differences z Select Special Funct Install Material or Install Medium Press ENTER Special Funct 1 Install Material An error message will be displayed if the coefficient memory does not contain an area for user defined materials media Partition the coefficient memory accordingly see section 13 1 Select the function for the temperature or pressure dependence of the material medium pa rameters Y const constants Y M X N linear function of the temperature Y Polynom y kg ky x kz x kso k x Y F X Z customized interpolation function only for experienced users or after consulta tion with EESIFLo go back return to the previous menu item Select a user defined material medium Select edit to edit the material medium parameters or delete to delete the material me dium and to return to the scroll list Edit Material orEdit Medium This display will only be indicated if an already existing material medium has been select ed USER MATERIAL 2 gt EDIT lt delete Enter the designation of the material medium Press ENTER 2 Input Name USER MATERIAL 2 The default name for a user defined material medium is USER MATERIAL Nor USER ME DIUM N with N being an integer Material parameters Enter the material s transversal sound speed longitudinal sound speed 1 5 values depending on the selected functi
14. typ NON HOLD mode NO Cont Limit 0 00 Press key C three times during the measurement to set the alarm output to the idle state An alarm output whose switching condition is still met will be activated again after 1 s This function is used to reset an alarm output of the type HOLD if the switching condition is no longer met By pressing key B the measurement will be stopped and the main menu selected The alarm output will be de energized independently of the programmed idle state 16 6 3 Alarm Outputs During Transducer Positioning At the beginning of the transducer positioning bar graph display the alarm output is reset to the programmed idle state If the bar graph is selected during the measurement the alarm output will be reset to the programmed idle state An alarm output of the type HOLD that has been activated during the previous measurement will remain in the idle state af ter the transducer positioning if the switching condition is no longer met Switching of the alarm into the idle state will not be displayed 70 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 16 Outputs Portalok 7S 16 6 4 Alarm Output During the Measurement An alarm output with switching condition MAX or MIN will be updated max once per second to avoid humming i e fluctua tion of the measured values around the value of the switching condition An alarm output of the type NON HOLD will be activated if the switching condition is met It will be deact
15. 0 4 Sum range 0 5 mm default 0 1 mm for steel as pipe material selection of the medium Medium 1 Water z input of the average sound speed of the medium c Medium 1500 0 is range 500 3500 m s This display will only be indicated if Other Medium has been selected selection of the range of the sound speed auto The area around the average sound speed is defined by the transmitter user The area around the average sound speed has to be entered c Medium range auto gt USER lt N o PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 A Menu Structure Portalok 7S INIT resistant input of the range around the average sound speed of the medium c Medium 1500m s ane M range 150m s This display will only be indicated if Other Medium has been selected l input of the kinematic viscosity of the medium Kinem Viscosity 1 00 mvs range 0 01 30 000 mm s This display will only be indicated if Other Medium has been selected or no data set for the selected medium is stored in the transmitter input of the operating density of the medium 1 00 g cm3 range 0 01 20 g cm This display will only be indicated if Other Medium has been selected Density input of the medium temperature Medium Temperat 20 0 C default 20 C 68 F selection of the transducer type Transducer Type Standard input of the length of an extension cable Additional cable 65 0 Program Branch Measuring main menu select
16. 7 cm s Vcor Corrected flow velocity All quantities derived from the flow velocity will be calculated with the corrected flow velocity The correction data will be transmitted to the PC or printer during the online or offline transmission of data Note During the measurement it will not be displayed that the correction of the flow velocity is active Select on to define the correction data off to work without correction of the flow velocity GR Regehr 4 and return to the menu item SYSTEM settings off gt ON lt If on has been selected enter the slope If 0 0 is entered the correction will be deactivat 7 ed Lene Press ENTER Enter the offset Enter 0 zero to work without an offset Offset 0 0 aufs Press ENTER Example 1 Slope 1 1 Offset 10 0 cm s 0 1 m s If a flow velocity v 5 m s is measured before the calculation of the derived quantities it will be cor rected as follows Vcor 1 1 5 m s 0 1 m s 5 4 m s Example 2 Slope 1 0 Offset 0 0 Only the sign of the measured values is changed Note The correction data will only be stored when a measurement is started If the transmitter is switched off without starting a measurement the entered correction data will be lost Attention The correction of the flow velocity is still active after the deactivation of the SuperUser mode 15 3 Limit of the Signal Amplification In order to prevent disturbing and or pipe
17. DL SUEDE fests the resistance at the output The value has to be low ohmic Reed Relay ON Reon Select yes to repeat the test no to return to SYSTEM settings Press ENTER AGAIN no gt YES lt 16 2 Error Value Delay The error value delay is the time interval after which the error value will be transmitted to the output in case no valid mea sured values are available The error value delay can be entered in the program branch Output Options if this menu item has previously been activated in the program branch Special Funct If the error value delay is not entered the damping factor will be used Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Dialogs Menus Error val de lay Select Damping if the damping factor is to be used as the error value delay Select Edit to activate the menu item Error val delay in the program branch Output Options Error val delay gt DAMPING lt edit From now on the error value delay can be entered in the program branch Output Op tions Error val delay 10 S Q o PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 16 Outputs Portalok 7S 16 3 Activation of the Current Output Note An output can only be activated in the program branch Output Options if it has previously been in stalled Select the program branch Output Options Press ENTER until Current Loop is dis current Loop played Select yes to activate the output Press ENTER Ili no gt YES lt 16 3 1 Measurin
18. Portalok 7S Flow Nomogram Metrical 10 volumetric flow rate volumetric flow rate s amp E E s E 3 NW qw 7 qw 10 o L w T A L e w E Z 108 c w P Ww 100 100 10 100 01 01 1 10 flow velocity m s PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 91 Portalok 7S B Units of Measurement Flow Nomogram Imperial volumetric flow rate volumetric flow rate t Qu A e E Se PES gt 2 so Sc E x 5 L OU 10 Q o L JS IN gt S io E RON 10 _ 10 __ AR 105 Lc XD LI S 10 104 p a i r E 9 m Puy m 103 L L So 108 CORET L Qo IL o E Le o I SS i95 9 o S s MN C Lr o L _ 25 100 oae MT _ pz e 10 100 5 A Fas Ek 108 100 Je T E E L1 10 LL Is L Le gf E 100 l0 E m Ea 01 1 T B 10 100 flow velocity m s 92 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 C Reference Portalok 7S C Reference The following tables provide assistance for the user The accuracy of the data depends on the composition temperature and processing of the material EESIFLo does not assume l
19. Program Startthe terminal program Enter the transmission parameters into the terminal program see section 12 2 4 The transmission parameters of the terminal program and of the transmitter have to be identical Select the program branch Output Options Press ENTER Press ENTER until the menu item Serial Output is displayed PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 45 Portalok 7S 12 Data Logger and Transmission of Data Select yes to activate the online transmission of data Serial Output no TYES Setthe storage rate see section 12 1 2 Start the measurement The measuring point number will be requested see section 12 1 4 The measured values are transmitted during the measurement END ONLIN 20 12 2 6 Offline Transmission of Data to a Terminal Program Start the terminal program Enter the transmission parameters into the terminal program see section 12 2 4 The transmission parameters of the terminal program and of the transmitter have to be identical Select Special Funct Print Meas Val Press ENTER This error message will be displayed if no measured values are stored Press ENTER NO VALUES Print Meas Val This message will be displayed if the measuring signal is sufficient The progress of the transmission of data is displayed by a bar graph This error message will be displayed if an error has occurred during the serial transmission Press ENTER Check the connec
20. after a 10 s interruption for the positioning of the transducers The following data columns can be transmitted Tab 12 3 Columns of data column title column format contents MEASURE 000000 00 physical quantity selected in Output Options Q POS 00000000 00 totalizer value for the positive flow direction Q NEG 00000000 00 totalizer value for the negative flow direction SSPEED sound speed of the medium AMP signal amplitude Online transmission of data Columns will be created for all quantities that appear during the measurement As the totalizers cannot be activated for the physical quantity flow velocity these columns will not be created Offline transmission of data During the offline output columns will only be created if at least one measured value is stored in the series of measured values PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 47 Portalok 7S 13 Libraries 13 Libraries The internal material database of the transmitter contains parameters for pipe and lining materials as well as for media It can be extended with user defined materials or media User defined materials and media will always be displayed in the scroll lists of the program branch Parameter User defined materials and media can be stored in an integrated coefficient memory user area The coefficient memory has to be partitioned first see section 13 1 The parameters of user defined
21. charge state gt 30 storing temperature 12 25 C 54 77 F State of the battery The transmitter Portalok 7S has 2 LEDs which indicate the state of the battery The state indicator BATTERY is off when the battery is charged to gt 50 is on when the battery is charged to 20 50 96 blinks when the battery is charged to lt 20 The state indicator CHARGING is off when the transmitter is not connected to the power supply ison when the transmitter is connected to the power supply and the battery is fully charged blinks when the transmitter is connected to the power supply and the battery is being charged 6 3 2 Power Supply with the Power Supply Unit Attention Use only the power supply unit supplied by EESiFlo The power supply unit is not protected against moisture Use it only in dry rooms The voltage indicated on the power supply unit must not be exceeded Do not connect a defective power supply unit to the transmitter Connect the power supply unit to the transmitter see Fig 4 1 22 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 6 Installation of the Transmitter Portalok 7S Portalok 7S 6 4 Connection of the Output For the connection of the output see Fig 4 1 Fig 6 1 Tab 6 1 and Tab 6 2 Tab 6 1 Circuits of the outputs output transmitter external circuit remark internal circuit connection active current loop see Fig 6 1 Rext lt 500 Q P Z mA
22. comparison of the measured flow velocity with the flow limits of the system y ok the flow velocity is not in the critical range T the flow velocity is higher than the current limit l the flow velocity is lower than the current cut off flow even if it is not set to zero 0 the flow velocity is in the offset range of the measuring method unknown cannot be measured 36 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 10 Displaying the Measured Values Portalok 7S 10 4 Transducer Distance By pressing key gt during the measurement it is possible to scroll to the display of the ee A transducer distance 54 5 m3 h The optimum transducer distance here 51 2 mm is displayed in parentheses in the upper line followed by the entered transducer distance here 50 8 mm The optimum transducer distance might change during the measurement e g due to temperature fluctuations A deviation from the optimum transducer distance here 0 4 mm is compensated internally Note Never change the transducer distance during the measurement PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 37 Portalok 7S 11 Advanced Measuring Functions 11 Advanced Measuring Functions 11 1 Command Execution during Measurement Commands that can be executed during a measurement are displayed in the upper line A command begins with the ar row If programmed a program code has to be entered first see section 11 8 Press gt until the command is displayed
23. ee ee ee ee ee Ee le eee RE Rund 56 14 4 Setting the Contrast sre wwe heey ee eee ete E ae ee epe aA eed 57 14 5 Instrument Information rse scr rie cer ee Poe we be er be ned eee wel eee beeen 57 15 superUser Mode Ex UC UOI ed ee ei a UR ae 58 15 1 Activation Deactivation 0 6 tnt 58 15 2 Defining the Flow Parameters 02 0000506 eek RR RR Rm ERR E eb eee eed 58 15 3 Limit of the Signal Amplification 00 0 RR IA t 59 15 4 Upper Limit of the Sound Speed 00 00 s 60 15 5 Detection of Long Measurement Failures llllslllsllle eee 60 15 6 Number of Decimal Places of the Totalizers llle III 61 15 7 Manual Reset of the Totalizers 6 0 0 uh 61 15 8 Display of the Sum of the Totalizers 1 2 I eee 62 15 9 Display of the Last Valid Measured Value sslseeeee e 62 15 10 Display During the Measurement lsslseleeeee e m m 62 16 Outputs o Erst I tlbi ee tu ica eu tu eo eee toe tester eatin a aui ds 63 16 1 Installation of an Output sio sss erre eR AE ee Ecko Babe eR DR RUE RU ges 63 16 2 Error Value Delay 2 p25 eeziekenuili kd eue exuere d x prn Y ere ed tod ve qub EO don ede 66 16 3 Activation of the Current Output lille I 67 16 4 Activation of a Binary Output as a Pulse Output 0 02000 200000 cee 67 16 5 Activation of a Binary Output as an Alarm Output 0 0 0 000 000 cee 68 16 6 Behavior of the Alarm Output 0 2000 tenets 70 4 PORTA
24. exceeds this value the pulse output will not function properly In this case the pulse value and the pulse width have to be adapted to the flow conditions Press ENTER 16 5 Activation of a Binary Output as an Alarm Output Note The menu item Alarm Output will only be displayed in the program branch Output Options if an alarm output has been installed Select the program branch Output Options Press ENTER until the menu item Alarm Output is displayed Select yes to activate the alarm output Press ENTER Alarm Output no gt YES lt 16 5 1 Alarm Properties The switching condition the holding behavior and the switching function of an alarm output can be defined Three scroll lists will be displayed R1 FUNC lt typ mode PME Function MAX func switching condition typ holding behavior mode switching function Press key gt to select a scroll list in the upper line Press key vj to select a list item in the lower line Press ENTER to store the settings Tab 16 4 Alarm properties alarm property setting description func MAX The alarm will switch if the measured value exceeds the upper limit switching condition MIN The alarm will switch if the measured value falls below the lower limit gt gt The alarm will switch if the flow direction changes sign change of measured value QUANT The alarm will switch if totalizing is activated and the totalizer reaches the li
25. in case of differences Select Special Funct Install Material or Install Medium Press ENTER Special Funct Install ee This error message will be displayed if the coefficient memory does not contain an area for user defined materials media Partition the coefficient memory accordingly see section 13 1 Select edit Press ENTER Install Material gt EDIT lt delete Select a user defined material medium Press ENTER Change the designation of the material medium USER MATERIAL 1 The default name for a user defined material medium is USER MATERIAL Nor USER ME DIUM N with N being an integer Note 95 ASCII characters letters capital letters numbers special characters gt lt etc are available for the designation of materials media A designation can have max 16 characters The input of text is described in section 4 1 Material parameters Enter the sound speed of the material Press ENTER c Material 1590 0 m s For the sound speed of some materials annex C 1 Roughness 3 0 4 ni For the typical roughness of some materials see annex C 2 peer sal Enter the roughness of the material Press ENTER Medium parameters Enter the average sound speed of the medium Press ENTER c Medium 1500 0 m s PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 49 Portalok 7S 13 Libraries Select auto or user Press ENTER auto The area around t
26. materials or media can be entered as follows as constants without the extended library see section 13 2 as constants or temperature and pressure dependent functions by means of the extended library see section 13 3 The material and media scroll lists displayed in the program branch Parameter can be arranged see section 13 5 Shorter scroll lists make working more efficient 13 1 Partitioning of the Coefficient Memory The coefficient memory can be divided into parts for the following material data material parameters transversal and longitudinal sound speed typical roughness medium parameters min and max sound speed kinematic viscosity density For the max number of data sets for each category of these material data see Tab 13 1 Tab 13 1 Capacity of the coefficient memory max number of data sets occupancy of the coefficient memory in materials 13 97 media 13 97 Select Special Funct NSYSTEM settings NMLibrariesNVFormat USER AREA Libraries t Press ENTER Format USER AREA This error message will be displayed if the entered number of data sets for a category of MAXIMAN ta material data exceeds the capacity of the coefficient memory Materials 15 Enter the number of the user defined materials Press ENTER Format USER AREA Materials 03 Enter the number of the user defined media Press ENTER Format USER AREA Media 03
27. of the Data Logger Select program branch Special Funct SYSTEM settings Storing It contains the following menu items start of the storing ringbuffer storage mode storing of the totalizers storing of the signal amplitude storing of the sound speed acoustic signal during the storing 42 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 12 Data Logger and Transmission of Data Portalok 7S Start of the storing If itis necessary to synchronize the storing of measured values on several transmitters the starting time of the storing can be set Select the starting time of the storing of measured values Start logger T Promptly Promptly Storing will be started immediately On full 5 min Storing will be started on the next full 5 minutes On full 10 min Storing will be started on the next full 10 minutes On quarter hour Storing will be started on the next full 15 minutes On half hour Storing will be started on the next half hour On full hour Storing will be started on the next full hour Example current time 9 06 setting On full 10 min Storing will be started at 9 10 Ringbuffer The setting of ringbuffer affects the storing of measured values as soon as the data memory is full Ifthe ringbuffer is activated the available data logger will be halved The oldest measured values will be overwritten Only the data logger memory that was free during the activation will be used by the ringbuffer If more data lo
28. per hour hl or m3 hl min hectoliter per minute hl or m3 hl s hectoliter per second hl or m3 Ml d Megalit d megaliter per day M1 or m3 bbl d barrel per day bbl bbl h barrel per hour bbl bbl m barrel per minute bbl USgpd US gal d gallon per day gal USgph US gal h gallon per hour gal USgpm US gal m gallon per minute gal USgps US gal s gallon per second gal KGPM US Kgal m kilogallon per minute kgal GD US Mgal d million gallons per day g CFD cubic foot per day crt CFH cubic foot per hour cft CF cubic foot per minute cft CFS cubic foot per second aft MMCFD million cubic feet per day MMCF MMCFH million cubic feet per hour MMCF Selection with HotCode 007027 firmware version V5 91 or higher cft cubic foot aft acre foot 1 US gal 3 78541 1 bbl 42 US gal 158 9873 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 89 Portalok 7S B Units of Measurement Mass flow rate Mass totalized unit of measurement description unit of measurement t h metric ton per hour B t d metric ton per day t kg h kilogram per hour kg kg min kilogram per minute kg kg s kilogram per second kg g s gram per second g lb d pound per day lb lb h pound per hour lb lb m pound per minute lb lb s pound per second lb klb h kilopound per hour klb klb m kilopound per minute klb 1 Ib 453 59237 g 1 t 1000 kg 90 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 B Units of Measurement
29. program branches Parameter and Output Options and some of the settings in the program branch Special Funct are reset to the default settings of EESiFlo For INIT resistant settings see annex A Proceed as follows to execute an initialization While switching on the transmitter keep keys B and C pressed During the operation of the transmitter press keys B C and ENTER at the same time A RESET is executed Release key ENTER only Keep keys B and C pressed After the initialization has been executed the message INITIALISATION DONE is dis played After the initialization the remaining settings of the transmitter can be reset to the default settings and or the stored mea sured values can be deleted Select yes to reset the remaining settings to the default settings or no to keep them at the current settings Press ENTER If yes is selected the message FACTORY DEFAULT DONE will be displayed FACTORY DEFAULT no gt YES lt Select yes to delete the stored measured values or no to keep them stored Delete Meas Val io SYES lt Press ENTER This display will only be indicated if measured values are stored in the data logger 8 3 Display 8 3 1 Main Menu The main menu contains the following program branches gt PAR lt mea opt sf Parameter par Parameter mea Measuring opt Output Options sf Special Function The selected program branch is displayed in capital letters and in a
30. the measurement is conducted The ultrasonic transducers are mounted on the outside of the pipe Ultrasonic signals are sent through the medium and re ceived by the transducers The transmitter controls the measuring cycle eliminates the disturbance signals and analyzes the useful signals The measured values can be displayed used for calculations and transmitted J transducers pipe transmitter Fig 3 1 Example of a measurement setup 3 2 Measurement Principle The flow velocity of the medium is measured using the transit time difference correlation principle see section 3 2 2 3 2 1 Terms Flow profile Distribution of the flow velocities over the cross sectional pipe area For an optimal measurement the flow profile has to be fully developed and axisymmetrical The shape of the flow profile depends on whether the flow is laminar or turbulent and is influenced by the conditions in the supply line of the measuring point see chapter 5 Reynolds number Re Coefficient describing the turbulence behavior of a medium in the pipe The Reynolds number Re is calculated from the flow velocity the kinematic viscosity of the medium and the inner pipe diameter If the Reynolds number exceeds a critical value usually approx 2 300 a transition from a laminar flow to a turbulent flow takes place Laminar flow A flow without any turbulence There is no disruption between the parallel flowing layers of th
31. users with advanced application knowledge The parameters can affect the normal measuring mode and lead to wrong measuring values or to a fail ure of the measurement when a new measuring point is set up 15 1 Activation Deactivation Enter HotCode 071049 It is displayed that the SuperUser mode is activated Press ENTER The main menu will be displayed SUPERUSER MODE IS ACTIVE NOW Enter HotCode 071049 again to deactivate the SuperUser mode It is displayed that the SuperUser mode is deactivated Press ENTER The main menu will SUPERUSEIY MODE be displayed IS PASSIVE NOW Attention Some of the defined parameters are still active after the deactivation of the SuperUser mode 15 2 Defining the Flow Parameters In the SuperUser mode it is possible to define some flow parameters profile bounds correction of the flow velocity for the specific application or measuring point Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Measuring Calibration Press EN Measuring 1 TER Calibration 15 2 1 Profile Bounds Select user if the profile bounds are to be defined If factory is selected the default pro Err TT pounds file bounds will be used and the menu item Calibration will be displayed see section factory gt USER lt 15 2 2 Press ENTER Enter the max Reynolds number at which the flow is laminar The entered number will be rounded to the hundreds Enter 0 zero to us
32. 20 Hi 4 Error value 1 is A Other value 20 error output 2 mA e 4 Error value 1 inimum 4 0mA Select a list item for the error output Press ENTER If Other value has been selected enter an error value It has to be within the limits of the 3 5 mA Press ENTER Note The settings will be stored at the end of the dialog Il active loop Terminal D C PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 The terminals for the connection of the output are displayed here D and C for the active current loop Press ENTER 65 Portalok 7S 16 Outputs 16 1 3 Function Test The function of the installed output can now be tested Connect a multimeter with the installed output Test of the analog output The current output is tested in the display Enter a test value It has to be within the output eee Toe range Press ENTER In TE eT If the multimeter displays the entered value the output functions correctly Again A SYES lt Press yes to repeat the test no to return to the SYSTEM settings Press ENTER Test of the binary output Select Reed Relay OFF to test the de energized state of the output Press ENTER Mea Piyoutput Testni sure the resistance at the output The value has to be high ohmic Reed Relay OFF Select yes Press ENTER B1 0FF AGAIN no gt YES lt Select Reed Relay ON to test the energized state of the output Press ENTER Measure
33. 24 kg h mass flow rate 15 m3 h volumetric flow rate PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 35 Portalok 7S 10 Displaying the Measured Values Press key gt during the measurement to change the display in the upper line press key v to change the display in the lower line The character indicates that the displayed value here flow velocity is not the selected Plow velocity physical quantity 2 47 m s 10 3 Status Line Important data on the ongoing measurement are displayed in the status line The quality and precision of the ongoing measurement can be estimated 3 O9 cv RT FT Press key gt during the measurement to scroll through the upper line to the status line value explanation S signal amplitude 0 lt 5 9 gt 90 Q signal quality 0 lt 5 9 gt 90 c sound speed comparison of the measured and the expected sound speed of the medium The expected sound speed is calculated on the basis of the medium parameters medium selected in the program branch Parameter temperature dependence Y ok is equal to the expected value t gt 20 of the expected value l lt 20 of the expected value unknown cannot be measured R flow profile information about the flow profile based on the Reynolds number T fully turbulent flow profile L fully laminar flow profile 1 the flow is in the transition range between laminar and turbulent flow unknown cannot be calculated F flow velocity
34. 4 decimal places This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated Total digits 1 Automatic Activation of the manual reset of the totalizers X E ESSAIS This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated off gt ON lt Activation of the display of the sum of the totalizers x jd zo BE This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated activation of the display of the last valid measured value x Keep pepe This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated off gt ON lt Special Funct SYSTEM settings Measuring Calibration definition of the profile bounds factory the default profile bounds is used user the profile bounds can be defined This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated Profile bounds factory gt USER lt oo N PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 A Menu Structure Portalok 7S Quantity Storage one gt BOTH lt one the value of the totalizer that is currently displayed will be stored both one value for each flow direction will be stored INIT resistant r Input of the max Reynolds number at which the flow is laminar Laminar flow if R 0 range 0 25 500 rounded to hundreds 0 the default value 1 000 is used This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated and Pro file bounds user is selected input of the m
35. 6 260 500 46 94 784 0 280 536 64 20 750 5 300 572 85 93 712 2 320 608 112 89 666 9 340 644 146 05 610 2 360 680 186 75 527 5 374 15 705 221 20 315 5 at constant pressure PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 95
36. All derived quantities are also set to zero The cut off flow default 2 5 cm s has to be set to a low value in order to be able to measure at low flow velocities The entered pipe roughness is not appropriate The flow velocity of the medium is outside the measuring range of the transmitter The measuring point is not appropriate Select another measuring point to check whether the results are better Because pipes are never rotationally symmetric the flow profile is affected Change the transducer position according to the pipe deformation 17 6 Problems with the Totalizers The values of the totalizer are too high See Special Function SYSTEM settings Measuring Quantity recall If this menu item is activated the val ues of the totalizer will be stored The totalizer will continue with this value at the start of the next measurement The values of the totalizer are too low One of the totalizers has reached the upper limit and has to be reset to zero manually The sum of the totalizers is not correct See Special Function V SYSTEM settings MMeasuringNQuant wrapping The sum of both totalizers through put transmitted via an output is not valid after the overflow wrapping of one of the totalizers 17 7 Data Transmission The file with the transmitted measuring data contains meaningless strings The transmission parameters of the transmitter and the transmission program are not identical Adjust the transmission parameters of
37. E id eee 27 8 5 Language Selection S ILE eS ee bU eb epu ee gE he ts 28 9 Basic Measurement onini RR eee eo oe POE BAR eae SE SS HUE 29 9 1 Inp t of the Pipe Parameters he eo ee A ee ee ee ee ees 29 9 2 Input of the Medium Parameters e 30 9 3 Other Parameters 225s A shia ERR eerte hd Seat tea baie Seals oe sae Ca aes eae oe aces 31 9 4 Defining the Measuring Point Number 0 0 0 eect teens 32 9 5 Defining the Number of Sound Paths 0 0 0 0 eee teens 32 9 6 Transducer Distance csse oro n ra Reg gU ez eed PR Rr Se eR E E desean ea ta E E ars 32 9 7 Start of the Measurement 0 0 00000 0c hh 34 9 8 Detection of the Flow Direction 0 0000 ccc tte 34 9 9 Interruption of the Measurement 0 0 0 0 cent ee 34 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 3 Portalok 7S Table of Contents 10 Displaying the Measured Values 0 0 00 ccc tee tenes 35 10 1 Selection of the Physical Quantity and of the Unit of Measurement lise eee eee 35 10 2 Adjustment of the Display e 4 5 acca ck es RR eae eke bebe ee Dei RETE HR Se HE rele 35 10 3 Status Linen vir eco tiv Rex re ee eee Re Hae GRE RM P RM EMURSOEEMOQER IR ERU EE He bw ba 36 10 4 Transd cer Distarice us E Lema evi eee eRe ey Eee ee EE RR SIR RE Rt eR eR x 37 11 Advanced Measuring Functions 00000 rr 38 11 1 Command Execution during Measurement lisese tetas 38 11 2 Damping Factor ucibus mer
38. LOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 Table of Contents Portalok 7S 17 Troubleshooting o clc peer x vue lb eREEYereldeBeZvusaedeu4 ua Pace eb epee 73 17 1 Problems with the Measurement 0 0 0 000 cee ee ee eee eee eens 73 17 2 Selection of the Measuring Point gt cecru lille nent eae 74 17 3 Maximum Acoustic Contact ore ous n ee c CY ROLE epee GO Hi aloe o Ra De nce Bb SC BRET ae RE 74 17 4 Application Specific Problems lssleeseeeee Rm 3 74 17 5 Large Deviations of the Measured Values 0 000 eee en 75 17 6 Problems with the Totalizers 0 0 0 0 RR RR RR RR RR RR Ac 4444 75 17 Data LransmissioD oca rota erae Rr b D ent ecc e QUEE Qi oer eee L4 Ov NESE IPIE ra dct DU aer Sis 75 A Menu Structure rcc Re EC e PR ae ERI poe e obe CH E GC RIO CY TT RC ee 76 B Units of Measurement 000 000 er 88 C Reference i occ ee Ig et in ba oe ee d eed xad p E E P DEVE ea ae FE en Eg don 93 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 5 Portalok 7S Table of Contents 6 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 1 Introduction Portalok 7S 1 Introduction 1 1 Regarding this User Manual This user manual has been written for the personnel operating the ultrasonic flowmeter Portalok 7S It contains important information about the measuring instrument how to handle it correctly and how to avoid damages Read the safety instructions carefully Make sure you have read and understood this user manual before using the
39. OTCOD no gt YES lt input of a HotCode Please input a CODE 000000 p setting of the contrast of the display SETUP DISPLAY CONTRAST gt Instrum Inform selection of the displays for information about the transmitter pecial Funct f Instrum Inform AICO display of the type serial number and firmware version with the date dd day X y mm month yy year V X XX dd mm yy Print Meas Val selection of the displays for the transmission of stored measured values to a PC Special Funct f Print Meas Val start of the transmission of measured values This display will only be indicated if the data logger contains measured values and the transmitter is connected to a PC via a serial cable 84 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 A Menu Structure Portalok 7S INIT resistant Delete Meas Val Special Funct Delete Meas Val Really Delete no gt YES lt Install Material Special Funct Install Material off Install Material gt EDIT lt delete USER Material 1 01 not used EDIT TEXT 11 gt USER MATERIAL 1 c Material 1590 0 m s Roughness 0 4 mm Edit Material Basics Y m X n USER Material 01 not used ER Material 2 EDIT delete T SOUNDSP 1500 0 m s PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 display of the data transmission progress selection of the displays for the deleti
40. Other Medium is selected Select auto or user Press ENTER auto The area around the average sound speed is defined by the transmitter user The area around the average sound speed has to be entered c Medium range auto gt USER lt Enter the area around the average sound speed of the medium Press ENTER This display will only be indicated if user is selected c Medium 1500m s range 150m s 9 2 2 Kinematic Viscosity The kinematic viscosity has an effect on the flow profile of the medium The entered value and other parameters are used for the profile correction r f r Enter the kinematic viscosity of the medium Press ENTER Kinem Viscosity TS ak MN 1 i 1 00 mm2 s This display will only be indicated if Other Medium is selected 9 2 3 Density The density is used to calculate the mass flow product of the volumetric flow rate and the density Note If the mass flow is not measured press ENTER The other measuring results will not be affected PETS Enter the operating density of the medium Press ENTER 1 00 g cm3 This display will only be indicated if Other Mediumis selected 9 2 4 Medium Temperature At the beginning of the measurement the medium temperature is used for the interpolation of the sound speed and thus for the calculation of the recommended transducer distance During the measurement the medium temperature is used for the interpolation of the density and the viscosity of the me dium Ent
41. Select sign to define a cut off flow in dependence on the flow direction Two independent limits are set for the positive and negative flow directions Select absolut to define a cut off flow independently of the flow direction A limit is set for the absolute value of the flow velocity Press ENTER Cut off Flow absolut gt SIGN lt Select factory to use the default limit of 2 5 cm s 0 025 m s for the cut off flow Select user to enter the cut off flow Press ENTER Cut off Flow factory gt USER lt If Cut off Flow sign and user are selected two values will have to be entered Enter the cut off flow Press ENTER Cut off Flow 2 5 cns All positive values of the flow velocity that are lower than this limit will be set to zero Enter the cut off flow Press ENTER Cut off Flow suu 2 5 enya All negative values of the flow velocity greater than this limit will be set to zero If Cut off Flow absolut and user is selected only one value will have to be entered CUIRE Enter the cut off flow Press ENTER 2 5 cs The absolute values of all flow velocity values that are lower than this limit will be set to zero 11 6 Uncorrected Flow Velocity For special applications the uncorrected flow velocity might be of interest The profile correction for the flow velocity is activated in Special Funct SYSTEM settings MMeasuringNFlow Veloc ty p Select normal to display and transmit the flow velocity with profile correct
42. Some flow elements elbows slide valves valves control valves pumps reducers diffusers etc distort the flow profile in their vicinity The axisymmetrical flow profile needed for correct measurement is no longer given A careful selection of the measuring point helps to reduce the impact of disturbance sources It is most important that the measuring point is chosen at a sufficient distance from any disturbance sources Only then it can be assumed that the flow profile in the pipe is fully developed However measuring results can be obtained even if the recommended distance to disturbance sources cannot be observed for practical reasons Recommended straight inlet and outlet pipe lengths for different types of flow disturbance sources are shown in the ex amples in Tab 5 2 Tab 5 2 Recommended distance from disturbance sources D nominal pipe diameter at the measuring point recommended distance disturbance source 90 elbow supply line 2 10 D return line 2 5 D mei Tl disturbance source 2x 90 elbows in same plane supply line 2 25 D return line 2 5 D QN PEL EL E x id disturbance source 2x 90 elbows in different planes supply line 2 40 D return line 2 5 D Cr 18 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 5 Se
43. absorb the ultrasonic signal and there fore attenuate the measuring signal A measurement is impossible if the value is gt 6 96 If the proportion is high but lt 6 a measurement is only possible un der certain conditions The flow is in the transition range between laminar and turbulent flow where flow measurement is difficult Calculate the Reynolds number of the flow at the measuring point Contact EESIFLo 74 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 17 Troubleshooting Portalok 7S 17 5 Large Deviations of the Measured Values The entered sound speed of the medium is wrong A wrong sound speed can result in the ultrasonic signal that is reflected directly on the pipe wall being mistaken for the measuring signal that has passed through the medium The flow calculated on the basis of the wrong signal by the trans mitter is very small or fluctuates around zero There is gas in the pipe If there is gas in the pipe the measured flow will always be too high because both the gas volume and the liquid volume are measured The defined upper limit of the flow velocity is too low All measured flow velocities that are greater than the upper limit will be ignored and marked as invalid All quantities de rived from the flow velocity will also be marked as invalid If several correct measured values are ignored the totalizer val ues will be too low The entered cut off flow is too high All flow velocities below the cut off flow are set to zero
44. al in us O EEEEEEEEEEN e s signal amplitude Q signal quality bar graph has to have max length If the signal is not sufficient for measurement Q UNDEF will be displayed S EBENENEEN O EENENENENENEENENEN In case of large deviations check if the entered parameters are correct or repeat the measurement at a different point on the pipe After the precise positioning of the transducers the recommended transducer distance is Transd Distance mm Enter the actual precise transducer distance Press ENTER 9 6 2 Consistency Check If a wide range for the sound speed has been entered in the program branch Parameter or the exact parameters of the medium are not known a consistency check is recommended The transducer distance can be displayed during measurement by scrolling with key gt s The optimum transducer distance here 50 0 mm is displayed in the upper line in paren theses followed by the entered transducer distance here 54 0 mm The latter value has to correspond to the adjusted transducer distance L 50 0 54 0 mm 54 5 m3 h If necessary scroll in the upper line until adjust transd is displayed Press ENTER The amplitude of the received signal S is displayed again Press ENTER to adjust the transducer distance Adjust transd 54 5 m3 h The optimum transducer distance is calculated on the basis of the measured sound speed It is therefore a better approx imation than the first reco
45. alog If the menu item is quit before the end of the dialog the settings will not be effective Select normal to display and transmit the profile corrected flow values uncorr to dis play and transmit the flow values without flow profile correction Press ENTER Fur further information see section 11 6 Flow Velocity gt NORMAL lt uncorr A lower limit for the flow velocity can be entered see section 11 5 Cut off Flow absolut gt SIGN lt Cut off Flow factory gt USER lt r An upper limit for the flow velocity can be entered see section 11 4 Velocity limit 24 0 mye Enter 0 zero to deactivate the flow velocity check Select the overflow behavior of the totalizers see section 11 3 1 Quant wrapping off gt ON lt a o PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 14 Settings Portalok 7S Select on to keep the previous totalizer values after a restart of the measurement Quantity recall Select off to reset the totalizers to zero after a restart of the measurement off gt ON lt Note All changes will be stored at the end of the dialog 14 4 Setting the Contrast Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Miscellaneous to set the contrast of the display of the transmitter Press ENTER until the menu item SETUP DISPLAY is dis played SYSTEM settings Miscellaneous The contrast of the display is adjusted with the following keys increases the contrast _ reduces the contrast n
46. alue of the sound speed curve of the medium at the operating point plus offset default offset 300 m s In the SuperUser mode the values can be defined for media that are not contained in the data set of the transmitter Se lect Special Funct SYSTEM settings MMeasuringMMiscellaneous Press ENTER until the menu item Bad soundspeed is displayed Enter the fixed upper limit of the sound speed Enter 0 zero to use the default value of Bad soundspeed 1 848 m s thresh 2007 m s Press ENTER Enter the offset Enter 0 zero to use the default value of 300 m s Bad soundspeed Press ENTER offset 321 m s Example fixed upper value of the sound speed thresh 2 007 m s offset 600 m s value of the sound speed curve at the operating point 1 546 m s As 1 546 m s 600 m s 2 146 m s is greater than the fixed upper value 2 007 this value will be used as the upper limit of the sound speed when the plausibility of the signal is evaluated It is possible to display the valid range for the sound speed SS in the lower line during GAIN 91dB the measurement The second value here 2 146 m s is the upper limit at the operating SS 1038 2146 m s point Attention The defined upper limit of the sound speed is still active after the deactivation of the SuperUser mode 15 5 Detection of Long Measurement Failures If there are no valid measured value during a long time interval new increments of the totalizers will be ign
47. aneous activation of the display for the difference between the measured and the ex x Compare c fluid quam pected sound speed of a selected reference medium during the measurement no m selection whether the flow velocity is displayed and transmitted with or without X ETON VELOCLLY profile correction normal gt UNCORR lt Velocity limit input of an upper limit of the flow velocity X 0 0 dis range 0 1 25 5 m s O m s no detection for outliers All measured values that are greater than the limit will be marked as outliers selection of the input of a lower limit for the flow velocity X Cut off Flow i BE absolut SICN absolut independent of the flow direction sign dependent on the flow direction activation of the input of a lower limit of the flow velocity X factory the default limit of 2 5 cm s will be used Cut off Flow factory gt USER lt user input of a limit input of the cut off flow for positive measured values X Cut off Flow 2 5 dns range 0 12 7 cm s 0 127 m s default 2 5 cm s 0 025 m s This display will only be indicated if Cut off Flow sign and Cut off Flow user has been selected Input of the cut off flow for negative measured values x Cut off Flow 2 5 eS range 12 7 0 cm s default 2 5 cm s This display will only be indicated if Cut off Flow Flow user has been selected sign and Cut off PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 81 Portalok 7S A Me
48. ansmitted to the output Il Source item f A If a binary output is configured only the list items Limit and Impuls will be displayed Measuring value The source items and their scroll lists are shown in Tab 16 1 Tab 16 1 Configuration of the outputs source item list item output Measuring value physical quantity selected in the program branch Output Options Quantity Q totalizer for the positive flow direction Q totalizer for the negative flow direction xO sum of the totalizers positive and negative flow direction Limit R1 limit message alarm output R1 Impuls from abs x pulse without sign consideration from x 0 pulse for positive measured values from x 0 pulse for negative measured values Miscellaneous c Medium sound speed of the medium Signal signal amplitude SCNR ratio useful signal to correlated disturbance signal VariAmp standard deviation of the signal amplitude Density density of the medium PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 63 Portalok 7S 16 Outputs 16 1 4 Output Range During the configuration of an analog output the output range is defined Select a list item Ti Output ranger orother range to enter the output range manually 4 20 mA If other range has been selected enter the values Output MIN and Output MAX a output MIN 4 Press ENTER after each input 10 0 mA Il Output MAX f 11 0 mA This error message will be displayed if the outpu
49. been optimized afterwards as described in section 9 6 2 it is recommended to write down the sound speed for the next measurement By doing this it will not be necessary to repeat the fine adjustment Also write down the medium temperature because the sound speed depends on the temperature The value can be en tered in the program branch Parameter or a user defined medium can be created for this sound speed see section 13 2 and 13 3 9 7 Start of the Measurement The measured values are displayed in the lower line Volume flow 31 82 m3 h If necessary scroll in the upper line until Adjust transd is displayed and press EN TER to return to the fine adjustment of the transducer distance see section 9 6 1 The outputs and the serial interface continuously receive the measured values of the measuring channel The results are displayed according to the currently selected output options The default unit of measurement of the volumetric flow rate is m h For the selection of the values to be displayed and for the setting of the output options see chapter 10 For further measuring functions see chapter 11 9 8 Detection of the Flow Direction The flow direction in the pipe can be detected with the help of the displayed volumetric flow rate in conjunction with the ar row on the transducers The medium flows in the direction of the arrow if the displayed volumetric flow rate is positive e g 54 5 m h The medium flows against the dir
50. ceiving transducer The number of sound paths is odd if the measurement is conducted in the diagonal arrangement see Fig 3 5 even if the measurement is conducted in the reflection arrangement see Fig 3 6 Transducer distance Distance between the transducers It is measured between the inner edges of the transducers reflection arrangement transducer distance Yd diagonal arrangement positive transducer distance transducer distance diagonal arrangement negative transducer distance transducer distance Sound plane The plane containing the sound paths see Fig 3 7 2 sound paths in 1 sound plane Fig 3 7 Sound paths in a sound plane 12 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 3 General Principles Portalok 7S 3 3 2 Examples Diagonal arrangement Reflection arrangement 1 transducer pair 1 transducer pair 1 sound path 2 sound paths p N p AX ES v 5 yen d PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 13 Portalok 7S 4 Description of the Transmitter 4 Description of the Transmitter The transmitter Portalok 7S has 1 measuring channel The cover has to be opened to access the command panel Attention The degree of protection of the transmitter is only ensured if the cable glands are firmly tightened the housing is tightly screwed and the cover is closed and latched command panel RS232 interface output pow
51. cording to the instruc tions given in this User Manual Misuse of the flowmeter will immediately revoke any warranty given or implied This includes replacement of a component of Portalok 7S with a component that was not approved by EESiFlo unsuitable or insufficient maintenance repair of Portalok 7S by unauthorized personnel EESiFlo assumes no responsibility for injury to the customer or third persons proximately caused by the material owing to defects in the product which were not predictable or for any indirect damages Portalok 7S is a very reliable instrument It is manufactured under strict quality control using modern production tech niques If installed as recommended in an appropriate location used cautiously and taken care of conscientiously no trou bles should appear In case of a problem which cannot be solved with the help of this user manual see chapter 17 contact our sales office giving a precise description of the problem Specify the type serial number and firmware version of the measuring instru ment PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 1A Portalok 7S 2 Handling 2 Handling 2 1 First Inspection The measuring instrument has already been tested thoroughly at EESiFlo At delivery ensure that no damage has oc curred during transportation Check that the specifications of the measuring instrument delivered correspond to the specifications given on the pur chase order The type and the serial number of
52. cursor to the right v C scrolling through the digits above the cursor Moving the cursor to the left If the cursor is on the left margin an already edited value will be reset to the value which was stored previously anunedited value will be deleted If the entered value is not valid an error message will be displayed Press ENTER and enter a correct value Tab 4 4 Input of text o moving the cursor to the right v scrolling through the characters above the cursor C resetting all characters to the last stored entry PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 15 Portalok 7S 5 Selection of the Measuring Point 5 Selection of the Measuring Point Attention Portalok 7S is must not be used in explosive atmospheres If the measuring point is within a poten tially explosive atmosphere the danger zone and gases that may be present have to be determined The transducers and the transmitter have to be appropriate for these conditions The correct selection of the measuring point is crucial for achieving reliable measurement results and a high measurement accuracy A measurement on a pipe is possible if the ultrasound propagates with a sufficiently high amplitude see section 5 1 the flow profile is fully developed see section 5 2 The correct selection of the measuring point and thus the correct transducer positioning guarantees that the sound signal will be recei
53. cy density of the medium o N PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 16 Outputs Portalok 7S 16 Outputs The outputs have to be installed and activated before they can be used assign the physical quantity source item to be transmitted to the output and the properties of the signal define the behavior of the output in case no valid measured values are available activation of the installed output in the program branch Output Options 16 1 Installation of an Output All outputs are installed in Special Funct SYSTEM settings MProc outputs Note The configuration of an output will be stored at the end of the dialog If the dialog is quit by pressing key B the changes will not be stored Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Proc outputs Press ENTER SYSTEM settings Proc outputs Select the output to be installed Press ENTER Install Output f 2 f er ae The scroll list contains all available outputs A tick v after a list item indicates that this out Current I1 V i put has already been installed This display will be indicated if the output has not been installed yet Select yes Press EN Il enable TER no gt YES lt i TE UST If the output has already been installed select no to reconfigure it or yes to uninstall the veri m output and to return to the previous menu item to select another output Press ENTER yes Select the physical quantity source item to be tr
54. d MIN has been selected as the switching condition Quantity Limit input of the limit for the totalizer of the physical quantity to be monitored This display will only be indicated if Alarm Output has been activated and QUANT has been selected as the switching condition Ri Hysterese input of the hysteresis for the lower or upper limit 1 00 xd h This display will only be indicated if Alarm Output has been activated and MIN or MAX has been selected as the switching condition Program Branch Special Funct BEE GAH ODE SEFE main menu selection of the program branch Special Funct SYSTEM settings Specral FONGES 4 selection of Special Funct SYSTEM settings SYSTEM settings SYSTEM settings Set Clock SYSTEM settings selection of the displays for the input of the date and the time Set Clock SYSTEM settings Libraries selection of the displays for the management of the material and medium scroll SISTEM eee SIDE lists Libraries SYSTEM settings Libraries Material list Um selection of the displays for the arrangement of the material scroll list pipe and ateria 1s SYSTEM settings Libraries Medium list TIME R selection of the displays for the arrangement of the medium scroll list SYSTEM settings Libraries Format USER AREA Tb selection of the displays for the partitioning of the coefficient memory for the storing of user defined material and medium properties orma LRZ al TERMED EU input of the number of user defined materials ere eee input of the
55. d Measuring Functions Portalok 7S 11 7 Change of the Limit for the Inner Pipe Diameter It is possible to change the lower limit of the inner pipe diameter for a given transducer type Enter HotCode 071001 Enter the lower limit of the inner pipe diameter of the displayed transducer type Press EN DNminp Senso TER to select the next transducer type 15 mm Note If a transducer is used below its recommended inner pipe diameter a measurement might be impossible 11 8 Program Code An ongoing measurement can be protected from an inadvertent intervention by means of a program code If a program code has been defined it will be requested when there is an intervention in the measurement a command or 11 8 1 Defining a Program Code Select Special Funct MV Program code Special Funct Program code An error message will be displayed if a reserved number has been entered e g a Hot INVALID CODE Code for language selection 909049 A program code will remain valid as long as no other valid program code is entered or the program code is not deactivated Note Do not forget the program code 11 8 2 Intervention in the Measurement If a program code is active the message PROGRAM CODE ACTIVE will be displayed for a few seconds when a key is pressed The input of a program code is interrupted by pressing key C If key B is pressed To stop an ongoing measurement the complete prog
56. d or Serial Output are activated Storage Rate 1 Once per 10 sec Input of the storage rate if Storage Rate EXTRA has been selected Storage Rate 1 E range 1 43 200 s 7 12 h Current Loop activation of a current output Current Loop Tiano SYES lt This display will only be indicated if the current output has been installed in Special Funct SYSTEM settings Proc outputs selection whether the sign of the measured values is to be considered for the output This display will only be indicated if Current Loop is activated Meas Values gt ABSOLUT lt sign input of the lowest highest measured value to be expected for the current output 0 00 m3 h The values are assigned to the lower upper limit of the output range These displays will only be indicated if Current Loop is activated Zero Scale Val Full Scale Val 300 00 m3 h input of the error value delay i e of the time interval after which the value en tered for the error output will be transmitted to the output if no valid measured values are available This display will only be indicated if Special Funct SYSTEM settings Dialogs Menus Error val delay EDIT has been selected Error val delay 10 S U c o o o c et EK et Activation of a Pulse Output Pulse Output Dis no SYES lt This display will only be indicated if a pulse output has been installed in Spe cial Funct SYSTEM settings Dialogs Menus Proc outputs
57. e avail able units of measurement is displayed The unit of measurement which was selected pre viously is displayed first Volume in 1 m3 h Select the unit of measurement of the selected physical quantity Press ENTER Press B to return to the main menu The further menu items of the program branch Output Options are for the activa tion of the measured value transmission Note If the physical quantity or the unit of measurement is changed the settings of the outputs will have to be checked see chapter 16 10 2 Adjustment of the Display During the measurement the display can be adapted as to display two measured values simultaneously one in each line of the display This does not affect totalizing transmission of the measured values etc The following information can be displayed in the upper line display explanation Mass Flow designation of the physical quantity 8 879 m3 values of the totalizers full date and time at which the data logger will be full if activated Mode measuring mode L transducer distance Rx alarm state indication if it is activated see section 16 6 5 and if alarm outputs are activated see section 16 6 status line see section 10 3 The measured values of the physical quantity selected in the program branch Output Options can be displayed in the lower line display explanation 12 3 m s flow velocity 1423 m s sound speed 1
58. e medium Turbulent flow A flow in which turbulence swirling of the medium occurs In technical applications the flow in the pipe is mostly turbu lent Transition range The flow is partly laminar and partly turbulent Transit time difference At Difference of the transit times of the signals in and against the flow direction The flow velocity of the medium in the pipe is determined from the transit time difference see Fig 3 2 and Fig 3 3 Sound speed c Speed of the propagating sound The sound speed depends on the mechanical properties of the medium and the pipe ma terial In pipe materials and other solid materials a distinction is made between the longitudinal and transversal sound speed For the sound speed of some media and materials see annex C 1 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 9 Portalok 7S 3 General Principles Flow velocity v The average value of the flow velocities over the cross sectional pipe area Acoustic calibration factor k ka C sin a The acoustic calibration factor k is a parameter of the transducer which results from the sound speed c within the trans ducer and the angle of incidence see Fig 3 2 According to Snell s law of refraction the angle of propagation in the ad joining medium or pipe material is ka C sin a cg sin B cy sin y Volumetric Flow Rate V V v A The volume of the medium that passes through the pipe per unit time The volumetric flow rate is calculated from the pr
59. e the default value 1 000 Press ENTER Laminar flow if R 0 Enter the min Reynolds number at which the flow is turbulent The entered number will be rounded to the hundreds Enter 0 zero to use the default value 3 000 Press ENTER Turbulent flow if R 0 A request is displayed if an additional correction of the flow velocity is to be defined Select on to define the correction data o to work without correction of the flow velocity and re 2OFF on turn to the menu item SYSTEM settings For the definition of the correction of the flow velocity see section 15 2 2 Calibration a PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 15 SuperUser Mode Portalok 7S Example profile bound for the laminar flow 1 500 profile bound for the turbulent flow 2 500 At Reynolds numbers 1 500 the flow during the measurement is regarded as laminar for the calcu lation of the physical quantity At Reynolds numbers gt 2 500 the flow is regarded as turbulent The range 1 500 2 500 is the transition range between laminar and turbulent flow Attention The defined profile bounds are still active after the deactivation of the SuperUser mode 15 2 2 Correction of the Flow Velocity After the profile bounds have been defined see section 15 2 1 it is possible to define a correction of the flow velocity Vor m v n with v measured flow velocity m slope range 2 000 2 000 n Offset range 12 7 12
60. e two flow directions can be displayed in the upper line during the measurement Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Measuring Miscellaneous Press ENTER until the menu item Show XQ is displayed Select on to activate the display of the sum of the totalizers of to deactivate it Press EN Show XQ TER off gt ON lt If the display of the sum of the totalizers is activated the sum XQ can be displayed in the zo 13 2 m3 upper line during the measurement 15 9 Display of the Last Valid Measured Value If the signal is not sufficient for a measurement usually UNDEF will be displayed Instead of UNDEF it is also possible to display the last valid measured value Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Measuring Miscellaneous Press ENTER until the menu item Keep display val is displayed Select on to activate the display of the last valid measured value off to deactivate it Keep display val Press ENTER off gt ON lt 15 10 Display During the Measurement In the SuperUser mode the following information can be displayed during the measurement besides the normal informa tion see section 10 2 display explanation t transit time of the measuring signal c sound speed REYNOLD Reynolds number VARI A standard deviation of the signal amplitude VARI V standard deviation of the transit time of the measuring signal dt norm transit time difference standardized to the transducer frequen
61. easuring range of the transducers When measuring on a horizontal pipe the transducers have to be mounted on the side of the pipes A vertical pipe always has to be filled at the measuring point and the medium should flow upward No gas bubbles should form even bubble free media can form gas bubbles when the medium expands e g upstream of pumps and downstream of great cross section enlargements 17 3 Maximum Acoustic Contact Observe the instructions in chapter 7 17 4 Application Specific Problems The entered sound speed of the medium is wrong The entered sound speed is used to calculate the transducer distance and is therefore very important for the transducer positioning The sound speeds stored in the transmitter only serve as orientation The entered pipe roughness is not appropriate Check the entered value The state of the pipe should be taken into account Measurements on porous pipe materials e g concrete or cast iron are only possible under certain conditions Contact EESIFLo The pipe lining may cause problems during the measurement if it is not firmly attached to the inner pipe wall or consists of an acoustically absorbing material Try measuring on a liner free section of the pipe Highly viscous media strongly attenuate the ultrasonic signal Measurements on media with a viscosity gt 1000 mm s are only possible under certain conditions A higher proportion of gas bubbles or solids in the medium scatter and
62. ection of the arrow if the displayed volumetric flow rate is negative e g 54 5 m h 9 9 Interruption of the Measurement The measurement is interrupted by pressing key B if it is not protected by a program code see section 11 8 Note Be careful not to stop a current measurement by inadvertently pressing key B 34 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 10 Displaying the Measured Values Portalok 7S 10 Displaying the Measured Values The physical quantity is set in the program branch Output Options see section 10 1 During the measurement the designation of the physical quantity is displayed in the upper line the measured value in the lower line The display can be adapted see section 10 2 10 1 Selection of the Physical Quantity and of the Unit of Measurement The following physical quantities can be measured sound speed flow velocity calculated on the basis of the measured transit time difference volumetric flow rate calculated by multiplying the flow velocity by the cross section of the pipe mass flow rate calculated by multiplying the volumetric flow rate by the operating density of the medium The physical quantity is selected as follows Select the program branch Output Options Press ENTER par mea gt OPT lt sf Output Options Select the physical quantity in the scroll list Press ENTER Physic Quant Volume flow For the selected physical quantity except for the sound speed a scroll list with th
63. ed with each additional decimal place decimal places max value max display 0 spa 9999999999 1 lt 108 99999999 9 2 lt 107 9999999 99 3 108 999999 999 4 lt 10 99999 9999 Note The number of decimal places and the max value defined here only affect the display of the totalizers For setting the behavior of the totalizers when the max value is reached see section 11 3 1 15 7 Manual Reset of the Totalizers If the manual reset of the totalizers is activated the totalizers can be reset to zero during the measurement by pressing key C three times even if a program code is activated Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Measuring Miscellaneous Press ENTER until the menu item 3xC clear totals is displayed Select on to activate the manual reset of the totalizers of f to deactivate it Press ENTER 3xC clear totals off gt ON lt Note The manual reset of the totalizers is still active after the deactivation of the SuperUser mode Note If the manual reset of the totalizers is activated the manual reset function for the alarm outputs see section 16 6 4 will be deactivated In order to be able to reset the alarm outputs during the measure ment it will be necessary to deactivate the manual reset of the totalizers PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 61 Portalok 7S 15 SuperUser Mode 15 8 Display of the Sum of the Totalizers The sum of the totalizers for th
64. ent Length Roughness Temperature unit of measurement description unit of measurement mm millimeter wE inch inch F Pressure unit of measurement description bar a bar absolute bar g bar relative psi a pound per square inch absolute psi g pound per square inch relative Density unit of measurement description g cm3 gram per cubic centimeter kg cm3 kilogram per cubic centimeter Sound speed unit of measurement description m s meter per second Kinematic viscosity unit of measurement description mm2 s square millimeter per second 1 mm s 1 cSt Flow velocity unit of measurement description m s meter per second cm s centimeter per second in s inch per second fps ft s foot per second 88 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 B Units of Measurement Portalok 7S Volumetric flow rate Volume totalized unit of measurement description unit of measurement m3 d cubic meter per day m3 m3 h cubic meter per hour m3 m3 min cubic meter per minute m3 m3 s cubic meter per second m3 km3 h 1000 cubic meters per hour km3 ml min milliliter per minute 1 or m3 1 h liter per hour 1 or m3 1 min liter per minute 1 or m3 l s liter per second 1 or m3 hl h hectoliter
65. er supply transducer Fig 4 1 Connections and command panel of the transmitter Portalok 7S 2x 16 digit LCD display state indicator re e e backlit BATTERY E w ORTALOK lt Nx Ultrasonic Flowmeter re keyboard state indicator CHARGING RS232 interface oO Fig 4 2 Command panel of the transmitter Portalok 7S 14 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 4 Description of the Transmitter Portalok 7S 4 1 Keyboard The keyboard consists of 5 keys Tab 4 1 General functions PWR switching the transmitter on off switching the backlight on off Press key PWR briefly to switch on the transmitter or to switch on off the backlight when the transmitter is on Press key PWR for 3 seconds to switch off the transmitter ENTER confirmation of selection or entered value B C INIT Press these two keys while switching on the transmitter to perform an initialization see section 8 2 B C ENTER RESET Press these three keys simultaneously to correct a malfunction The reset has the same effect as restarting the transmitter Stored data are not affected B interruption of the measurement and selection of the main menu Be careful not to stop a current measurement by inadvertently pressing key B Tab 4 2 Navigation P scrolling to the right or up through a scroll list v scrolling to the left or down through a scroll list Tab 4 3 Input of digits gt moving the
66. er the medium temperature The value has to be within the operating temperature range Viro S RIPE of the transducers Press ENTER 1 9 3 Other Parameters 9 3 1 Transducer Parameters Select Standard to use the standard transducer parameters stored in the transmitter Transducer Type Standard Press ENTER This display will only be indicated if no transducers are connected to the transmitter 3 2 Extension Cable If the transducer cable has to be extended enter the additional cable length e g between Additionalscabre the junction box and the transmitter Press ENTER 65 0 i PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 31 Portalok 7S 9 Basic Measurement 9 4 Defining the Measuring Point Number Select program branch Measuring Press ENTER par MEA opt sf Measuring If this error message is displayed the parameters are not complete Enter the missing pa rameters in the program branch Parameter par MEA opt sf NO DATA Optional If the data logger or the serial interface is activated the measuring point number has to be entered Enter the measuring point number Press ENTER If arrows are displayed in the lower line on the right ASCII text can be entered If no arrows are displayed only digits point and hyphen can be entered Meas Point No xxx tpe 9 5 Defining the Number of Sound Paths A number of sound paths is recommended according to the connected transducers and the eouud d num
67. falls below the limit Example 1 High Limit 10 m h volumetric flow rate 9 9 m h the limit is exceeded the alarm switches volumetric flow rate 11 m h the limit is not exceeded the alarm does not switch Example 2 Low Limit 10 m h volumetric flow rate 11 m h the measured value is below the limit the alarm switches volumetric flow rate 9 9 m h the measured value is not below the limit the alarm does not switch If the switching condition Quant is selected in the scroll list func the limit of the output will have to be defined switching condition QUANT Enter the limit of the totalizer Press ENTER The alarm will switch if the measured value reaches the limit Quantity Limit 1 00 m3 A positive limit will be compared to the totalizer value for the positive flow direction A negative limit will be compared to the totalizer value for the negative flow direction The comparison will also take place if the totalizer of the other flow direction is displayed Note The unit of measurement of the limit corresponds to the unit of measurement of the selected physical quantity If the unit of measurement of the physical quantity is changed the limit has to be converted and en tered again Example 1 physical quantity volumetric flow rate in m h Quantity Limit 1m Example 2 physical quantity volumetric flow rate in m h Low Limit 60 m3 h The unit of measurement of the physical quantity
68. g extension cable dialogs and menus measuring outputs storing serial transmission miscellaneous set clock libraries measurement measured value transmission consistency check EM settings contains the following menu items Special Funct gt si lt system settings instrument information print measured values delete measured values program code install material install medium PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 8 Start up of the Transmitter Portalok 7S 8 3 3 Navigation A vertical arrow will be displayed if the menu item contains a scroll list The current list item will be displayed in the lower line Use key v and gt to select a list item in the lower line Press ENTER SYSTEM settings Dialogs Menus Some menu items contain a horizontal scroll list in the lower line The selected list item is displayed in capital letters and in angle brackets mE Press key vj or gt to scroll through the lower line and select a list item Press ENTER no gt YES lt Some menu items contain a horizontal scroll list in the upper line The selected list item is displayed in capital letters and in angle brackets The current value of the list item is displayed in the lower line Press key gt to scroll through the upper line and select a list item P
69. g Range of the Analog Outputs After an analog output has been activated in the program branch Output Options the measuring range of the source item has to be entered Select sign if the sign of the measured values is to be considered for the output Select absolut if the sign is not to be considered Meas Values gt ABSOLUT lt sign Enter the lowest expected measured value The unit of measurement of the source item will be displayed Zero Scale Val is the measured value that corresponds to the lower limit of the output range as defined in section 16 1 1 Zero Scale Val 0 00 m3 h ASCA TEAVA Enter the highest expected measured value 300 00 m3 h Full Scale Val isthe measured value that corresponds to the upper limit of the output range as defined in section 16 1 1 Example output current output output range 4 20 mA Zero Scale Val 0 m h Full Scale Val 300 m h volumetric flow rate 0 m h corresponds to 4 mA volumetric flow rate 300 m h corresponds to 20 mA 16 3 2 Function Test The function of the installed output can now be tested Connect a multimeter to the installed output Tt Test OUCDAC Select yes to activate the output Press ENTER no gt YES lt Enter a test value The value has to be indicated on the connected multimeter Press EN Il Test value TER 5 00 m3 h Tl Test output Select yes to repeat the test Press ENTER no gt YES lt 16 4 Activation of a Binary Outpu
70. gger mem ory is necessary measured values in the data logger should previously be deleted If the ringbuffer is deactivated the storing of measured values will be stopped Select the behavior of the ringbuffer Press ENTER Ringbuffer off gt ON lt Storage mode Select the storage mode Press ENTER If sample is selected the displayed measured value will be used for storing and online transmission of data If average is selected the average of all values measured during a storage interval will be used for storing and online transmission of data Storage mode gt SAMPLE lt average Note The storage mode does not affect the outputs Note Storage mode averag The average of the physical quantity will be calculated If the storage rate lt 5 s see section 12 1 2 is selected sample will be used If no average could be calculated over the complete storage interval the value will be marked as in valid The ASCII file will contain instead of invalid average values of the physical quantity Storing of the totalizers see section 11 3 Storing of the signal amplitude If on is selected and the data logger is activated the amplitude of the measured signal will M E be stored together with the measured values Press ENTER off gt ON lt Storing of the sound speed If on is selected and the data logger is activated the sound speed of the medium will be Stele TUMOR stored together wi
71. gs Measuring Quantity recall If on is selected the values of the totalizers will be stored and used for the next measure ment If of f is selected the totalizers will be reset to zero Quantity recall off gt ON lt 11 3 1 Overflow of the Totalizers The overflow behavior of the totalizers can be set Without overflow The value of the totalizer increases to the internal limit of 1038 if necessary the values will be displayed as exponential numbers 1 00000E10 The totalizer can only be reset to zero manually With overflow The totalizer will be reset to zero automatically when 9999999999 is reached Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Measuring Quant wrapping z Select on to work with overflow Select off to work without overflow Press ENTER Quant wrapping off gt ON lt Independently of the setting the totalizers can be reset to zero manually Note The overflow of a totalizer influences all output channels e g data logger online transmission of data The transmission of the sum of both totalizers the throughput XQ via an output will not be valid after the first overflow wrapping of one of the corresponding totalizers To signalize the overflow of a totalizer an alarm output with the switching condition QUANT and the type HOLD have to be activated 11 4 Upper Limit of the Flow Velocity Single outliers caused by heavily disturbed surroundings can appear among the measured
72. h the program branch Parameter the outer pipe diameter that corresponds to the entered pipe circumference will be displayed example 180 mm x 57 3 mm Outer Diameter 57 43 mm Note The pipe circumference is only edited temporarily When the transmitter switches back to the display of the pipe circumference internal recalculation slight rounding errors may occur Example entered pipe circumference 100 mm displayed outer pipe diameter 31 8 mm When the transmitter switches back to the display of the pipe circumference 99 9 mm will be dis played 14 2 2 Measuring Point Number eaa PEINE NGN Select 1234 if the measuring point is to be identified only by numbers point and dash 1234 Sta Em e Select 11 if the measuring point is to be designated with ASCII characters 14 2 3 Transducer Distance recommended setting user Transd Distance V zuto SUSER lt user Will be selected if the measuring point is always the same auto can be selected if the measuring point changes often In the program branch Measuring the recommended transducer distance will be dis played in parentheses followed by the entered transducer distance if the recommended and the entered transducer distance are not identical Transd Distance 50 8 50 0 mm During transducer positioning in the program branch Measuring Transd Distance 50 8 zou only the entered transducer distance will be displayed if Tran
73. he average sound speed is defined by the transmitter user The area around the average sound speed has to be entered c Medium range auto gt USER lt Enter the area around the average sound speed of the medium Press ENTER This display will only be indicated if user has been selected c Medium 1500m s range 150m s Enter the kinematic viscosity of the medium Press ENTER Kinem Viscosity 1 01 mm2 s Enter the density of the medium Press ENTER Density 1 00 g cm3 13 3 Extended Library 13 3 4 Introduction If the extended library is activated it is possible to enter material and medium parameters as a function of the temperature or of the pressure These data can be entered into the transmitter directly Tab 13 2 Material and medium parameters that can be stored parameter parameter is necessary for material parameter transversal sound speed flow measurement longitudinal sound speed flow measurement type of sound wave flow measurement typical roughness profile correction of the flow velocity medium parameter sound speed start of measurement viscosity profile correction of the flow velocity density calculation of mass flow rate Enter only the parameters needed for the measuring task The dependence of the material medium parameters on the temperature and pressure can be described as constants as linear function with polynomials of grade 1 to 4 with customi
74. he main menu will be displayed in the selected language The selected language remains activated when the transmitter is switched off and on again After an initialization the de fault language set by EESIFLo is activated 28 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 9 Basic Measurement Portalok 7S Basic Measurement The pipe and medium parameters are entered for the selected measuring point see chapter 5 The parameter ranges are limited by the technical characteristics of the transducers and of the transmitter Note During the parameter input the transducers should be connected to the transmitter Note The parameters will only be stored when the program branch Parameter has been edited in its en tirety 9 1 Input of the Pipe Parameters Select the program branch Parameter Press ENTER gt PAR lt mea opt sf Parameter 9 1 1 Outer Pipe Diameter Pipe Circumference Enter the outer pipe diameter Enter the actual pipe diameter not the nominal pipe diame puter opener ter Press ENTER 100 0 mm An error message will be displayed if the entered parameter is outside of the range The limit will be displayed Example upper limit 1100 mm for the connected transducers and for a pipe wall thickness of 50 mm Outer Diameter 1100 0 MAXIMAL It is possible to enter the pipe circumference instead of the outer pipe diameter see section 14 2 1 If the input of the pipe circumference has been activated and 0
75. he pipe no bubbles accumulate Note Even bubble free media can form gas bubbles when the medium expands e g before pumps and after large increases of the pipe diameter Observe the notes in the following table 16 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 5 Selection of the Measuring Point Portalok 7S Tab 5 1 Recommended transducer position Horizontal pipe Select a measuring point where the transducers can be mounted on the side of the pipe allowing the sound waves to propagate in the pipe horizontally Thus solid at the bottom or gas bubbles at the top of the pipe will not influence the propagation of the signal correct disadvantageous sp qe ILLO Vertical pipe Select the measuring point at a pipe location where the medium flows upward The pipe has to be completely filled correct disadvantageous Bj in l Free inlet or outlet pipe section Select the measuring point at a pipe location where the pipe cannot run empty correct disadvantageous E Ae gt T r n d qn correct disadvantageous PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 17 Portalok 7S 5 Selection of the Measuring Point 5 2 Undisturbed Flow Profile
76. hree times is activated see section 15 7 This makes it impossible to manually reset the alarm outputs Deactivate the manual reset of the totalizers A measurement is impossible or the measured values substantially differ from the expected values see section 17 1 The values of the totalizer are wrong see section 17 6 17 1 Problems with the Measurement A measurement is impossible because no signal is received A question mark is displayed in the lower line on the right Check if the entered parameters are correct especially the outer pipe diameter the pipe wall thickness and the sound speed of the medium Typical errors The circumference or the radius was entered instead of the diameter The inner pipe diameter was entered instead of the outer pipe diameter Make sure that the recommended transducer distance was adjusted when mounting the transducers Make sure that an appropriate measuring point has been selected see section 17 2 Try to establish better acoustic contact between the pipe and the transducers see section 17 3 Enter a lower value for the number of sound paths The signal attenuation might be too high due to a high medium vis cosity or deposits on the inner pipe wall see section 17 4 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 73 Portalok 7S 17 Troubleshooting The measuring signal is received but no measured values can be obtained An exclamation mark in the lower line on the right indicates that
77. iability for any inaccuracies C 1 Sound Speed of Selected Pipe and Lining Materials at 20 C 68 F The values of some of these materials are stored in the internal database of the transmitter Column Cow shows the sound speed longitudinal or transversal used for the flow measurement material display explanation Ctrans Cion Cflow m s m s Carbon Steel carbon steel 3 230 5 930 trans Stainless Steel stainless steel 3 100 5 790 trans DUPLEX duplex stainless steel 3272 5 720 trans Ductile Iron ductile cast iron 2 650 trans Asbestos Cement asbestos cement 2 200 trans Titanium titanium 3 067 5 955 trans Copper copper 2 260 4 700 trans Aluminium aluminum 3 100 6 300 trans Brass brass 2 100 4 300 trans Plastic plastic 1 120 2 000 long GRP glass reinforced plastic 4 600 2 300 long PVC polyvinyl chloride 2 395 long PE polyethylene 540 1 950 long PP polypropylene 2 600 2 550 trans Bitumen bitumen 2 500 trans Acrylic acrylic glass 1 250 2 730 long Lead lead 700 2 200 long Cu Ni Fe alloy of copper nickel and iron 2 510 4 900 trans Grey Cast Iron gray cast iron 2 200 4 600 trans Rubber rubber 1 900 2 400 trans Glass glass 3 400 5 600 trans PFA perfluoroalkoxy 500 1 185 long PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride 760 2 050 long Sintimid Sintimid 2472 long Teka PEEK Teka PEEK 2 534 long Tekason Tekason 2 230 long The
78. in Reynolds number at which the flow is turbulent Turbulent flow if R 0 range 0 25 500 rounded to hundreds 0 the default value 3 000 is used This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated and Pro file bounds user is selected request if an additional correction of the flow velocity is to be defined Calibration SOFF lt oh on the correction data can be defined off no correction of the flow velocity will be used This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated input of the slope for the correction formula Slope 1 00 R 0 no correction This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated and Cali bration on is selected input of the offset Offset j 0 0 enis range 12 7 12 7 cm s 0 no offset This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated and Cali bration on is selected SYSTEM settings Proc outputs selection of the displays for the setting of the outputs of the transmitter SYSTEM settingst Proc outputs selection of the output to be installed Install Output 1 Current I1 SYSTEM settings Storing z selection of the displays for the storing of measured values in the data logger SYSTEM settings Storing selection the starting time of the storing of measured values x Start logger t Promptly setting of the overflow behavior of the data logger X Ringbuffer off gt ON lt selection of the sample mode x Storage mode i i
79. ion Flow Velocity i Select uncorr to display the flow velocity without profile correction Press ENTER gt NORMAL lt uncorr If uncorr is selected it has to be confirmed each time the program branch Measuring is selected if the profile correction is to be used PROFILE CORR gt NO lt yes 7 If no is selected the profile correction will be switched off FLOW VELOCITY i 2 60 s All physical quantities will be calculated with the uncorrected flow velocity During the measurement the designation of the physical quantity will be displayed in capi tal letters to indicate that the value is uncorrected Press ENTER If yes is selected the uncorrected flow velocity will only be used if the flow velocity is se lected as the physical quantity in the program branch Output Options All other physical quantities volumetric flow rate mass flow rate etc will be determined with the corrected flow velocity During the measurement the designation of the physical quantity will be displayed in capi tal letters to indicate that the value is uncorrected Press ENTER In both cases the corrected flow velocity can also be displayed Flow Velocity ONE uud U 54 5 m s Press key v to scroll until the flow velocity is displayed The uncorrected flow velocity is marked with U Uncorrected flow velocities transmitted to a PC are marked with uncorr 40 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 11 Advance
80. ion of the program branch Measuring par gt MEA lt opt sf Measuring input of the measuring point number Meas Point No NL MS ione dps This display will only be indicated if Output Options Store Meas Data and or Serial Output are activated activation deactivation of the flow profile correction PROFILI SNO lt This display will only be indicated if Special Funct SYSTEM settings Measuring Flow Velocity 7 uncorr has been selected display of the transducer distance to be adjusted between the inner edges of the Transd Distance transducers 54 mm Reflex Program Branch Output Options main menu selection of the program branch Output Options par mea gt OPT lt sf Output Options selection of the physical quantit Physic Quant t pay q y Volume flow selection of the unit of measurement for the physical quantity Volume in input of the duration over which a floating average of the measured values has to be determined range 1 600 s Damping 10 S activation of the data logger Store Meas Da no gt Y PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 77 Portalok 7S A Menu Structure INIT resistant activation of the measured value transmission to a PC or a printer via the serial Serial Output interface no 2YES selection of the storage rate for storing measured values in the data logger This display will only be indicated if Output Options Store Meas Data an
81. is changed to m min The new limit to be entered is 1 m min PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 69 Portalok 7S 16 Outputs 16 5 3 Defining the Hysteresis A hysteresis can be defined for the alarm output R1 to prevent a constant triggering of the alarm due to small fluctuations of the measured values around the limit The hysteresis is a symmetrical range around the limit The alarm will be activated if the measured values exceed the up per limit and deactivated if the measured values fall below the lower limit Example High Limit 30 m h Hysterese 1 m h The alarm will be triggered at values 30 5 m h and deactivated at values 29 5 m h Switching condition MIN or MAX R1 Hysterese 1 00 iu3 f Enter the value for Hysterese or Enter 0 zero to work without a hysteresis Press ENTER 16 6 Behavior of the Alarm Output 16 6 1 Apparent Switching Delay Measured values and totalizer values will be displayed rounded to two decimal places The limits however will be com pared to the non rounded measured values This might cause an apparent switching delay when the measured value changes marginally less than two decimal places In this case the switching accuracy of the output is greater than the accuracy of the display 16 6 2 Reset and Initialization of the Alarm After an initialization the alarm output will be initialized as follows Tab 16 5 Alarm state after an initialization func OFF
82. isplay does not work at all or fails regularly Check the contrast setting of the transmitter see section 14 4 Check if the battery is inserted and charged Connect the power supply If the power supply is ok the transducers or an in ternal component of the transmitter are defective The transducers and the transmitter have to be sent to EESIFLo for re pair The message SYSTEM ERROR is displayed Press key B to return to the main menu If this message is displayed repeatedly write down the number in the lower line Track down the situations when the error is displayed Contact EESIFLo The transmitter does not react when key B is pressed during the measurement A program code has been defined Press key C and enter the program code The backlight of the display does not work but all other functions are available The backlight is defective This problem does not affect the other functions of the display Send the transmitter to EESIFLo for repair Date and time are wrong the measured values are deleted when the transmitter is switched off The data backup battery has to be replaced Send the transmitter to EESIFLo An output does not work Make sure that the outputs are configured correctly Check the function of the output as described in section 16 1 3 If the output is defective contact EESIFLo It is not possible to manually reset the alarm output by pressing key C three times The manual reset of the totalizers by pressing key C t
83. it has to be es timated For the roughness of some materials see annex C 2 Enter the roughness of the selected pipe or liner material Roughness ve 0 4 mm Change the value according to the condition of the inner pipe wall Press ENTER 9 2 Input of the Medium Parameters Select the medium from the scroll list If the medium is not in the scroll list select Other Medium Press ENTER Medium Water l It is possible to specify which media will be displayed in the scroll list see section 13 5 For the programmed parameters of common media see annex C 3 If a medium is selected from the scroll list the menu item for the input of the medium temperature is displayed directly see section 9 2 4 If Other Medium is selected the medium parameters have to be entered first average sound speed of the medium range around the average sound speed of the medium kinematic viscosity density wo o PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 9 Basic Measurement Portalok 7S 9 2 1 Sound Speed The sound speed of the medium is used for the calculation of the transducer distance at the beginning of the measure ment However the sound speed does affect the measuring result directly Often the exact value of the sound speed for a medium is unknown Therefore a range of possible values for the sound speed has to be entered EEA Enter the average sound speed of the medium Press ENTER 1500 0 ms This display will only be indicated if
84. ith up to 11 places e g 74890046 03 For the definition of the number of decimal WEINE fies Press key gt to scroll through the upper line to the display of the totalizers 54 5 m3 h The value of the totalizer will be displayed in the upper line here the volume which has passed through the pipe at the measuring point in the positive flow direction after the acti vation of the totalizers 3245 54 5 m3 h 3 Co Select the command Clear totalizer in the upper line to reset the totalizers to zero Press ENTER This error message will be displayed if the totalizers are to be activated The flow velocity NO COUNTING cannot be totalized 3 5 m s PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 11 Advanced Measuring Functions Portalok 7S Selection of the totalizers for storing It is possible to store the totalizer for one flow direction or the totalizers for both flow directions Select Special Funct NSYSTEM settings NStoringNQuantity Storage If one is selected only the totalizer whose value is changing will be stored This can apply to the totalizer for the positive or the negative flow direction If both is selected the values of the totalizers for both flow directions will be stored Press ENTER Quantity Storage one gt BOTH lt When the measurement is stopped The behavior of the totalizers when the measurement is stopped or after a RESET of the transmitter is set in Special Funct SYSTEM settin
85. ivated if the switch ing condition is no longer met The alarm will remain activated min 1 s even if the switching condition is met for a shorter period of time An alarm output with the switching condition QUANT will be activated if the limit is reached An alarm output with the switching condition ERROR will only be activated after several unsuccessful measuring attempts Therefore typical short term disturbances of the measurement e g switching on of a pump will not activate the alarm An alarm output with the switching condition gt and of the type NON HOLD will be activated with each change of the flow direction for approx 1 s see Fig 16 2 An alarm output with the switching condition gt gt and of the type HOLD will be active after the first change of the flow direction It can be reset by pressing key C three times see Fig 16 2 A flow t flow type NON HOLD type HOLD SL LL tp xD approx 1s reset of the alarm 3x key C Fig 16 2 Behavior of a relay when the flow direction changes If there is an internal adaptation to changing measuring conditions e g to a considerable rise of the medium temperature the alarm will not switch An alarm output with the switching condition OFF will be set automatically to the switching func tion NO Cont 16 6 5 Indication of the Alarm State Note There is no visual or acoustic indication of alarm output switching
86. layed Select Special Funct Instrum Inform Press ENTER Special Funct Instrum Inform The type and the serial number of the transmitter will be displayed in the upper line EESXXXX XXXXXXXX 18327 The available data logger memory will be displayed in the lower line here 18 327 addition al measured values can be stored Press key B twice to return to the main menu Free Max 100 series of measured values can be stored The number of series of measured values depends on the total num ber of measured values stored in the previous series of measured values The time at which the data logger memory will be full can be displayed during the measurement All totalizers and other values will be considered Falle 26 01 07 39 Press key gt during the measurement to scroll through the displays of the upper line 54 5 m3 h laste 26 01 07 39 If the ringbuffer is activated and has overflown at least once this display will be indicated 54 5 m3 h AB R PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 12 Data Logger and Transmission of Data Portalok 7S 12 2 Transmission of Data The measured values can be transmitted to a PC via the serial interface RS232 12 2 1 Online Transmission of Data The measured values are transmitted during the measurement If the data logger is activated the measured values will also be stored Tab 12 1 Overview online transmission of data serial interface transmission of data see
87. lection of the Measuring Point Portalok 7S Tab 5 2 Recommended distance from disturbance sources D nominal pipe diameter at the measuring point recommended distance disturbance source T piece supply line 50 D return line 2 10 D k d dj F man j disturbance source diffuser supply line 2 30D return line 12 5 D T disturbance source valve supply line 2 40D return line 2 10 D disturbance source reducer supply line 2 10D return line 2 5 D rtp ini PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 19 Portalok 7S 5 Selection of the Measuring Point Tab 5 2 Recommended distance from disturbance sources D nominal pipe diameter at the measuring point recommended distance disturbance source pump supply line 2 50D 5 3 Selection of the Measurement Arrangement Taking onto Account the Measuring Range and the Measuring Conditions Diagonal arrangement Reflection arrangement wider flow velocity and sound speed range compared to smaller flow velocity and sound speed range compared the reflection arrangement to the diagonal arrangement use in the presence of deposits on the inner pipe wallor transverse flow effects a
88. mea suring instrument All reasonable effort has been made to ensure the correctness of the content of this user manual However If you find any erroneous information please inform us We will be grateful for any suggestions and comments regarding the concept and your experience working with the measuring instrument This will ensure that we can further develop our products for the benefit of our customers and in the interest of technologi cal progress If you have any suggestions about improving the documentation and particularly this user manual please let us know so that we can consider your comments for future reprints The contents of this user manual are subject to changes without prior notice All rights reserved No part of this user man ual may be reproduced in any form without EESiFlo s written permission 1 2 Safety Instructions The user manual contains instructions that are marked as follows Note This text contains important information about the use of the measuring instrument Attention This text contains important instructions which should be observed to avoid damage or destruction of the measuring instrument Proceed with special caution Observe these safety instructions 1 3 Warranty The Portalok 7S measuring instrument is guaranteed for the term and to the conditions specified in the sales contract pro vided the equipment has been used for the purpose for which it has been designed and operated ac
89. mit ERROR The alarm will switch if a measurement is not possible OFF The alarm is switched off typ NON HOLD If the switching condition is not true anymore the alarm will return to the idle state holding behavior after approx 1 s HOLD The alarm remains activated even if the switching condition is not true anymore mode NO Cont The alarm is energized if the switching condition is true and de energized if idle switching function NC Cont The alarm is de energized if the switching condition is true and energized if idle Note If no measurement is made all alarms will be de energized independently of the programmed switching function o PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 16 Outputs Portalok 7S 16 5 2 Setting the Limits If the switching condition MAX or MIN is selected in the scroll list func the limit of the output will have to be defined Select in the scroll list Input the physical quantity to be used for the comparison The fol lowing list items are available for the alarm output R1 selected physical quantity signal amplitude sound speed of the medium Press ENTER R1 Input 1 Volume flow switching condition MAX High Limit io 10 00 m3 h Enter the upper limit Press ENTER The alarm will switch if the measured value exceeds the limit switching condition MIN Low Limit jv 10 00 m3 h Enter the lower limit Press ENTER The alarm will switch if the measured value
90. mmended value which had been calculated on the basis of the sound speed range entered in the program branch Parameter If the difference between the optimum and the entered transducer distance is less than specified in Tab 9 1 the measure ment is consistent and the measured values are valid The measurement can be continued If the difference is greater adjust the transducer distance to the displayed optimum value Afterwards check the signal quality and the signal amplitude bar graph see section 9 6 1 Press ENTER Tab 9 1 Standard values for signal optimization transducer frequency difference between the optimum and the entered transducer distance mm M 10 P 10 Enter the new adjusted transducer distance Press ENTER Transd Distance 50 0 mm Press key D again to scroll until the transducer distance is displayed and check the dif ference between the optimum and the entered transducer distance Repeat the steps if necessary L 51 1 50 0 mm 54 5 m3 h Note If the transducer distance is changed during the measurement the consistency check will have to be repeated PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 33 Portalok 7S 9 Basic Measurement 9 6 3 Value of the Sound Speed The sound speed of the medium can be displayed during the measurement by pressing key v If an approximate range for the sound speed has been entered in the program branch Parameter and the transducer dis tance has
91. ng of stored measured values confirmation for the deleting of measured values This display will only be indicated if measured values are stored in the data log ger selection of the displays for the input of the pipe and lining materials Install Material with Special Funct SYSTEM settings Libraries Extended Library selection whether a user defined material is to be edited or deleted selection of a user defined material input of a designation for the selected material input of the sound speed of the material range 600 6553 5 m s input of the roughness of the material Install Material with Special Funct SYSTEM settings Libraries Extended Library on selection of the function for the temperature and pressure dependence of the material properties selection of a user defined material selection whether the user defined material is to be edited or deleted This display will only be indicated if the selected material already exists input of a designation for the selected material input of the constants for the transversal sound speed of the material The number of constants depends on the function selected above 85 Portalok 7S A Menu Structure INIT resistant input of the constants for the longitudinal sound speed of the material L SOUNDSP 1500 0 i we The number of constants depends on the function selected above selection of the sound wave type for the flow measurement Default sound
92. ngle brackets The complete designation of the select ed program branch is displayed in the lower line Select a program branch by pressing key gt or x Press ENTER Note By pressing key B the measurement will be stopped and the main menu is selected Note In this user manual all program entries and keys are indicated with typewriter characters Parame ter The menu items are separated from the main menu by a backslash PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 25 Portalok 7S 8 Start up of the Transmitter 8 3 2 For an overview of the program branches see figure below For a detailed overview of the menu structure see annex A SYSTI 26 Program Branches Program branch Parameter input of the pipe and medium parameters Program branch Measuring processing of the steps for the measurement Program branch Output Options setting of the physical quantity the unit of measurement and the parameters for the measured value transmission Program branch Special Funct contains all functions that are not directly related to the measurement Parameter gt par lt Measuring gt mea lt Output Options gt opt lt pipe parameters measuring point number medium parameters physical quantity sound path transducer type transducer positioning unit of measurement l dampin
93. nu Structure INIT resistant Input of the cut off flow for the absolute value of the measured values x Cut off Flow 2 5 cwe range 0 12 7 cm s default 2 5 cm s This display will only be indicated if Cut off Flow absolut and Cut off Flow user has been selected Input of the max signal amplification x Gain threshold TIME range 0 255 ED EO e 0 no limit of the signal amplification This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated Input of the fixed upper limit of the sound speed X Bad SON UR range 0 3 000 m s ELLE AULUS 0 the default value 1 848 m s is used This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated Input of the offset X p DAE RE range 0 900 m s De eee oe E 0 the default value 300 m s is used This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated activation of the overflow of the totalizers X Quant wrapping off gt ON lt activation of the taking over of the totalizer values after a restart of the measure x Quantity recall off 2ON ment input of the time interval without any valid measured values after which the X transmitter recognizes a long measurement failure 0 the default value 30 s is used This display will only be indicated if the SuperUser mode is activated Do not total if no meas 0 s input of the number of decimal places for the totalizers x Automatic dynamic adjustment Fixed to x digit 0
94. number of user defined media PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 79 Portalok 7S A Menu Structure INIT resistant display of the occupancy of the coefficient memory eme MONT confirmation of the selected partition no gt YES lt FORMATIGA the coefficient memory is being partitioned HEHHEH SYSTEM settings Libraries Extended Library l selection of the displays for the activation of the extended library Libraries 1 Extended Library activation of the extended libra x Extended Library Y off gt ON lt SYSTEM settings Dialogs Menus mmm selection of the displays for the activation deactivation or setting of the menu nade EDS items in the other program branches Dialogs Menus EE ca m activation of the menu item for the input of the pipe circumference in the pro X Ru M c E MS gram branch Parameter off gt ON lt Vesa ease eae selection of the input mode for the measuring point number in the program x branch Measuring 1234 t11 gt lt d 1234 digits point hyphen 11 2 ASCII editor ea DES CAREE setting for the display for the input of the transducer distance in the program x branch Measuring auto gt USER lt i user only the entered transducer distance will be displayed if the recom mended and the entered transducer distances are identical auto only the recommended transducer distance will be displayed recommended setting user selection of the error val
95. o be edited Press key v and C to edit the selected digit Press ENTER DATE 2011 01 25 Set Date The new date is displayed Select ok to confirm the date or new to set the date again DATE 2011 01 26 Press ENTER gt OK lt new 4 2 Dialogs and Menus Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Dialogs Menus Press ENTER SYSTEM settings Dialogs Menus Note The settings of the menu item Dialogs Menus Will be stored at the end of the dialog If the menu item is quit before the end of the dialog the settings will not be effective 14 2 1 Pipe Circumference Select on if the pipe circumference is to be entered instead of the pipe diameter in the pro P pe scent gram branch Parameter Press ENTER OR gt ON lt If on has been selected for Pipe Circumfer the outer pipe diameter will nevertheless be requested in the program branch Parameter To select the menu item Pipe Circumfer enter 0 zero Press ENTER Outer Diameter 100 0 mm The value displayed in Pipe Circumfer is calculated on the basis of the last displayed value of the outer pipe diameter example 100 mm 2 314 2 mm Pipe Circumfer 314 2 mm Enter the pipe circumference The limits for the pipe circumference are calculated on the Pues basis of the limits for the outer pipe diameter 180 mm Q R PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 Portalok 7S E P n oO 3 a a During the next scroll throug
96. ocity of the medium is calculated as follows V kre Ka At 2 tp with V flow velocity of the medium kge fluid mechanics correction factor ka acoustic calibration factor At transit time difference ig transit time in the medium 10 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 3 General Principles Portalok 7S transducer emitter transducer receiver reduction in distance in the transducer pipe wall flow direction of the medium sound path without fl sound path with flow Fig 3 2 Sound path of the signal in the flow direction transducer receiver transducer emitter increase in distance in the transducer flow direction of the medium sound path with flow Fig 3 3 Sound path of the signal against the flow direction signal in the signal against flow direction the flow direction lt At Fig 3 4 Transit time difference At PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 11 Portalok 7S 3 General Principles 3 3 Measurement Arrangements 3 3 1 Terms and Definitions Diagonal arrangement The transducers are mounted on the opposite sides of the pipe see Fig 3 5 Reflection arrangement The transducers are mounted on the same side of the pipe see Fig 3 6 E i N Fig 3 5 Diagonal arrangement Fig 3 6 Reflection arrangement Number of sound paths The number of times the ultrasonic signal traverses the liquid before arriving at the re
97. od uct of the flow velocity v and the cross sectional pipe area A Fluid mechanics correction factor kre With the fluid mechanics correction factor kre the measured value of the flow velocity in the area of the sound beam is converted into the value of the flow velocity across the whole cross sectional pipe area In case of a fully developed flow profile the fluid mechanics correction factor only depends on the Reynolds number and the roughness of the inner pipe wall The fluid mechanics correction factor is recalculated by the transmitter for each new measurement Mass flow rate m m V p The mass of the medium that passes through the pipe per unit time The mass flow rate is calculated from the product of the volumetric flow rate V and the density p 3 2 2 Measurement of the Flow Velocity The signals are emitted and received by two transducers alternatively in and against the flow direction If the medium moves the signals propagating in the medium are displaced with the flow This displacement causes a reduction in dis tance for the signal in the flow direction and an increase in distance for the signal against the flow direction in the wedge of the receiving transducer see Fig 3 2 and Fig 3 3 This causes a change in the transit times The transit time of the signal in the flow direction is shorter than the transit time against the flow direction This transit time difference is proportional to the average flow velocity The flow vel
98. on have to be entered Press ENTER after each input If an already defined material is edited for each parameter there will be a request whether it is to be edited Select yes or no Press ENTER Change the values if necessary Select the type of sound wave to be used for the flow measurement Press ENTER Default soundsp For most materials a transversal sound wave has to be selected long gt TRANS lt Enter the typical roughness of the material Press ENTER Roughness 0 4 mm Select yes to store the entered parameters or no to quit the menu item without storing Suede Press ENTER no 2YES PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 51 Portalok 7S 13 Libraries longitudinal sound speed kinematic viscosity density Depending on the selected function 1 5 values have to be entered Press ENTER after each input If an already defined medium is edited for each parameter of some of the functions there will be a request whether it is to be edited Select yes or no Press ENTER Change the values if necessary Select yes to store the entered parameters no to quit the menu item without storing Press Save changes ENTER no SYES lt 13 4 Deleting a User Defined Material Medium To delete a user defined material medium proceed as follows Select Special Funct Install Material orInstall Medium Press ENTER If the extended library is activated press ENTER until the request for deleting is displayed r Select dele
99. ored The val ues of the totalizers remain unchanged In the SuperUser mode it is possible to set the time interval Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Measu ring Miscellaneous Press ENTER until the menu item Do not total if no meas is displayed Enter the time If 0 zero is entered the default value 30 s will be used Do not total if no meas gt 0 s Q o PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 15 SuperUser Mode Portalok 7S 15 6 Number of Decimal Places of the Totalizers The values of the totalizers can be displayed with up to 11 places e g 74890046 03 In the SuperUser mode it is pos sible to define the number of decimal places Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings MMeasuringMMiscellaneous Press ENTER until the menu item To tal digits is displayed Select one of the following list items Automatic dynamic adjustment Fixed to x digit x decimal places range O 4 Press ENTER Total digits 1 Automatic Total digits Automatic The number of decimal places will be adjusted dynamically Low values will first be displayed with 3 decimal places With greater values the number of decimal places will be reduced max value display 106 0 00 999999 999 107 1000000 00 9999999 99 108 10000000 0 99999999 9 lt 1010 1000000000 9999999999 Total digits Fixed to x digit The number of decimal points is constant The max value of the totalizer is reduc
100. ram code has to be entered 7 break code Enter the program code with the keys gt and v Press ENTER If the entered program code is not valid an error message will be displayed for a few sec INPUT BREAK CODE onds If the entered program code is valid the measurement will be stopped If a command is selected To execute a command it is sufficient to enter the first three digits of the program code INP ACCESS CODE access code Eun 900009 Enter the first three digits of the program code with the keys gt and v Press ENTER At first 000000 is displayed If the program code starts with 000 ENTER can be pressed immediately 11 8 3 Deactivation of the Program Code Select Special Funct Program code The program code is deleted by entering Press ENTER If the character is entered less than six times this character sequence will be used as the new program code PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 41 Portalok 7S 12 Data Logger and Transmission of Data 12 Data Logger and Transmission of Data The transmitter has a data logger in which the measured values are stored during the measurement see section 12 1 The measured values are transmitted to a PC via the serial interface directly during the measurement see section 12 2 For the connection of the serial interface see section 6 5 12 1 Data Logger The following data will be stored da
101. re compensated for because the with strongly attenuating media only 1 sound path beam crosses the pipe in 2 directions higher accuracy of measurement because the accuracy increases with the number of sound paths 20 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 5 Selection of the Measuring Point Portalok 7S 5 4 Selection of the Sound Plane Near an Elbow On vertical pipes On horizontal pipes flow direction l X lt eibow plane elbow plane d R P j flow direction The sound beam plane see section 3 3 has an angle The sound beam plane see section 3 3 has an angle of 90 to the elbow plane The elbow is upstream of the of 90 45 to the elbow plane The elbow is upstream measuring point of the measuring point With measurements in both directions flow direction The sound beam plane see section 3 3 is selected ac cording to the nearest elbow horizontal or vertical de pending on the pipe orientation see above PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 21 Portalok 7S 6 Installation of the Transmitter Portalok 7S 6 Installation of the Transmitter Portalok 7S 6 1 Location Select the measuring point according to the recommendations in chapter 5 The ambient temperature has to be within the operating temperature range of the transducers Select the location of the flowmeter within cable reach of the measuring point The ambient temperature has to be within the operating
102. ress key v to scroll through the lower line and select a value for the selected list item Press ENTER R1 FUNC lt typ mode Function MAX 8 4 HotCodes A HotCode is a key sequence that activates certain functions and settings function HotCode see section deactivation language selection 9090xx 8 5 manual input of the lower limit for 071001 11 7 the inner pipe diameter activation of the SuperUser mode 071049 15 1 HotCode 071049 change of the transmission param 232 0 12 2 4 eters of the RS232 interface resetting the contrast of the display 555000 14 4 to medium Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Miscellaneous SYSTEM settings Miscellaneous Select yes to enter a HotCode Enter the HotCode Press ENTER Please input a HOTCODE 000000 An error message will be displayed if an invalid HotCode has been entered Press ENTER INVALID HOTCODE hotcode 000000 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 27 Portalok 7S 8 Start up of the Transmitter 8 5 Language Selection The transmitter can be operated in the languages listed below The language can be selected with the following Hot Codes Tab 8 1 HotCodes for language selection 909031 Dutch 909033 French 909034 Spanish 909044 English 909049 German Depending on the technical data of the transmitter some of the languages might not be implemented When the last digit has been entered t
103. rut ert F e ER Er ha rre denk ee Prod nere P Ea Pha ers 38 11 3 TotallZers eren SER m OC RE REOR SUDO RUNE SM ee ECHTE E eS 38 11 4 Upper Limit of the Flow Velocity llleesee RR IH I e 39 11 5 Cut off Flow noo e bI ped Eee Ey A SU ATO AP MeL ke Mord Ble Seb a eee 40 11 6 ricorrected Flow Velocity s t ps tiron hee eth ae Siw REEL E EE ERE E Sq 40 11 7 Change of the Limit for the Inner Pipe Diameter llle III 41 11 8 Program Code i ce tuer Ree se Pe die PAS Pete der tu dea p teddies eer ded S bed 41 12 Data Logger and Transmission of Data lliillllllllslllll tee 42 12 1 Data Logger oie Rhe RII ta bee bbe hbk beta prie herpes 42 12 2 Transmission of Data nere tede batt ws bal A E Run Soke Ae RUN Ab ate 45 13 Libraries oce reru DRE RR EE PARERE YA Ee DECIR ER tu Adenia eed tace de E ga d 48 13 1 Partitioning of the Coefficient Memory ssssseee RR I 3 48 13 2 Input of Material Medium Parameters Without the Extended Library 0 eere 49 13 3 Extended Library seisi oen beh e mp MESR bee eben hee ra esa xs 50 13 4 Deleting a User Defined Material Medium lslleeee IRR 52 13 5 Arrangement of the Material Medium Scroll List llle 52 14 Settings corone ee eis ER eee ie ele eee Ie eee eh eee Neb 54 14 1 gt Time and Dates c cr en ee ee ee wae ERE M IRA CEDE ee en 54 14 2 Dialogs and Menus 0 000 lr rh 54 14 3 Measurement Settings eet RI ex ee
104. s ENTER gt Remove Material All materials media of the current scroll list will be displayed in the lower line Select the material medium Press ENTER The material medium will be removed from the scroll list gt Remove Material Stainless Steel Note User defined materials media will always be displayed in the scroll lists of the program branch Pa rameter They cannot be removed 13 5 5 Removing all Materials Media from the Scroll List Select Remove a11 to remove all materials media from the scroll list Press ENTER User Material ae tg defined materials media will not be removed gt Remove all PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 53 Portalok 7S 14 Settings 14 Settings 14 1 Time and Date The transmitter has a battery powered clock 14 1 1 Time Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Set Clock Press ENTER SYSTEM settings Set Clock The current time is displayed Select ok to confirm the time or new to set the time Press ENTER Press key gt to select the digit to be edited TIME 11 00 i a Set Time Press key vj and C to edit the selected digit Press ENTER The new time is displayed Select ok to confirm the time or new to set the time again Press TIME JW iT ENTER gt OK lt new 14 1 2 Date After the time has been set DATE is displayed Select ok to confirm the date or new to set the date Press ENTER Press key gt to select the digit t
105. s if 1b f t3 is to be used as the of measureme y no gt YES lt i Select g cm3 or kg m3 as the unit of measurement for the density Press ENTER This display will only be indicated if 1b t3 has not been selected as the unit of measure ment for the density Density unit g cm3 gt kg m3 lt Select mm2 s or cst as the unit of measurement for the kinematic viscosity Press ENTER Viscosity unit mm2 s gt cSt lt Select m s or fps as the unit of measurement for the sound speed Press ENTER Soundspeed unit gt m s lt fps 14 2 7 Setting for the Medium Pressure It is possible to set whether the absolute or the relative pressure will be used Select on or of f Press ENTER If on has been selected the absolute pressure p will be displayed input output If o has been selected the relative pressure pg will be displayed input output Pg Pa 1 01 bar Pressure absolut otf gt ON lt The pressure and its unit of measurement will e g be displayed in the program branch Parameter It will be followed by the selected pressure indicated in parentheses a absolute pressure g relative pressure Fluid pressure 1 00 bar a Note All changes will be stored at the end of the dialog 14 3 Measurement Settings Select Special Funct V SYSTEM settings Measuring Press ENTER SYSTEM settings Measuring Note The settings of the menu item Measuring will be stored at the end of the di
106. sd Distance user has been selected and the recommended and the entered transducer distances are identical only the recommended transducer distance will be displayed if Tcansd Distance auto has been selected 14 2 4 Error Value Delay The error value delay is the time after which an error value will be sent to an output if no valid measured values are avail able Select edit to enter an error value delay Select damping if the damping factor is to be used as the error value delay For further information on the behavior of missing measured values see section 16 1 2 and 16 2 14 2 5 Alarm State Indication Select on to display the alarm state during the measurement SHOW RELAIS STAT i off SON lt Fur further information on the alarm outputs see section 16 5 14 2 6 Units of Measurement It is possible to set the units of measurement for the length temperature pressure density kinematic viscosity and sound speed Select mm or inch as the unit of measurement for the length Press ENTER Length unit mm inch Select c or F as the unit of measurement for the temperature Press ENTER Temperature gt C lt F PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 55 Portalok 7S 14 Settings Select bar or psi as the unit of measurement for the pressure Press ENTER Pressure gt bar lt psi lect if lb t3 is t the unit of m urement for the density Press EN Density 15 ft3 EE ye
107. sound speed depends on the composition and the manufacturing process of the material The sound speed of alloys and cast materials fluctuates strongly The values only serve as an orientation PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 93 Portalok 7S C Reference C 2 Typical Roughnesses of Pipes The values are based on experience and measurements material absolute roughness mm drawn pipes of non ferrous metal glass plastics and light metal 0 0 0015 drawn steel pipes 0 01 0 05 fine planed polished surface max 0 01 planed surface 0 01 0 04 rough planed surface 0 05 0 1 welded steel pipes new 0 05 0 1 after long use cleaned 0 15 0 2 moderately rusted slightly encrusted max 0 4 heavily encrusted max 3 cast iron pipes bitumen lining gt 0 12 new without lining 0 25 1 rusted 1 1 5 encrusted 1 5 3 94 PORTALOK 7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 C Reference Portalok 7S C 3 Properties of Water at 1 bar and at Saturation Pressure medium temperature medium temperature medium pressure density PC F bar kg m 0 32 1 999 8 10 50 1 999 7 20 68 1 998 3 30 86 1 995 7 40 104 1 992 3 50 122 1 988 0 60 140 1 983 2 70 158 1 977 7 80 176 1 971 6 90 194 1 965 2 100 212 1 013 958 1 120 248 1 985 942 9 140 284 3 614 925 8 160 320 6 181 907 3 180 356 10 027 886 9 200 392 15 55 864 7 220 428 23 20 840 3 240 464 33 48 813
108. sp long gt TRANS lt input of the roughness of the material Roughness 0 4 mm confirmation that the changes are to be stored Save changes n SYES lt This display will only be indicated if a new material has been entered or the properties of an existing material have been changed Install Medium selection of the displays for the input of media Special Funct Install Medium Install Medium with Special Funct SYSTEM settings Libraries Extended Library off selection whether a user defined medium is to be edited or deleted Install Medium gt EDIT lt delete selection of a user defined medium USER Medium 1 01 not used input of a designation for the selected medium input of the sound speed of the medium range 500 0 3500 0 m s input of the range around the average sound speed of the medium c Medium 1500m s range 50 999 m s range 150m s z z z input of the kinematic viscosity of the medium Kinem Viscosity 1 01 mm2 s range 0 01 30 000 00 mm s input of the operating density of the medium Density 1 00 g cm3 Install Medium with Special Funct SYSTEM settings Libraries Extended Library on selection of the function for the temperature and pressure dependence of the Pdre Medru 1 medium properties Basics Y m X n selection of a user defined medium USER Medium 1 01 not used selection whether the user defined medium is
109. t as a Pulse Output A pulse output is an integrating output which emits a pulse when the volume or the mass of the medium which has passed the measuring point reaches a given value Pulse Value The integrated quantity is the selected physical quantity Inte gration is restarted as soon as a pulse is emitted Note The menu item Pulse Output will only be indicated in the program branch Output Options ifa pulse output has been installed Select yes to activate the output Press ENTER Pulse Output Bl no gt YES lt This error message will be displayed if the flow velocity has been selected as the physical quantity The use of the pulse output is not possible in this case because integrating the flow velocity does not result in a reasonable value Pulse Output NO COUNTING PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 67 Portalok 7S 16 Outputs Enter the pulse value The unit of measurement will be displayed according to the current physical quantity When the totalized physical quantity reaches the pulse value a pulse will be emitted Pulse Value 0 01 m3 Enter the pulse width Pulse Width 100 fis The range of possible pulse widths depends on the specification of the measuring instru ment e g counter PLC that is to be connected to the output The max flow that the pulse output can work with will be displayed now This value is calculated on the basis of the en tered pulse value and pulse width If the flow
110. t range is not min 10 of the max output range The next possible value will be displayed Repeat the input Example Imax Imin 2 2 MA for a 4 20 mA current output Il Output MAX 12 0 minimal 16 1 2 Error Output In the following dialog an error value can be defined which is to be output if the source item cannot be measured e g if there are gas bubbles in the medium Tab 16 2 Error output error value result Minimum output of the lower limit of the output range Hold last value output of the last measured value Maximum output of the upper limit of the output range Other value The value has to be entered manually It has to be within the limits of the output Example source item volumetric flow rate output current output output range 4 20 mA error value delay t4 see section 16 2 0 The volumetric flow rate cannot be measured during the time interval to t4 see Fig 16 1 The error value will be output vim h DS ORG J t Fig 16 1 Error output PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 o R 16 Outputs Portalok 7S Tab 16 3 Examples for the error output list item for the error output output signal Error value 1 I mA A inimum 4 0mA 20 ty H 4L Error value t Itma 4 Hold last value 20 4 Error value t I ma 4 aximum 20 0mA
111. te time measuring point number pipe parameters medium parameters transducer data sound path reflection or diagonal arrangement transducer distance damping factor storage rate physical quantity unit of measurement measured values physical quantity and input quantities totalizer values diagnostic values if storing of diagnostic values is activated In order to store the measured data the data logger has to be activated see section 12 1 1 The available data logger memory can be displayed see section 12 1 6 The storing of each measured value will be signaled acoustically This signal can be deactivated see section 12 1 3 in Acoustic Signal 12 1 1 Activation Deactivation of the Data Logger Select program branch Output Options Press ENTER until the menu item Store Me as Data is displayed Select yes to activate the data logger Press ENTER Store Meas Data no gt YES lt 12 1 2 Setting the Storage Rate The storage rate is the frequency at which the measured values are transmitted or stored If the storage rate is not set the storage rate which was selected previously will be used Min 4 s is recommended Select a storage rate or EXTRA Press ENTER This display will only be indicated if Store Meas Data and or Serial Output are acti vated Storage Rate 1 Once per 10 sec If EXTRA has been selected enter the storage rate Press ENTER Storage Rate 1 S 12 1 3 Settings
112. te Press ENTER Install Material edit gt DELETE lt Select the material medium to be deleted Press ENTER USER Material 01 Polystyrol Really Delete Select yes or no Press ENTER no gt YES lt 13 5 Arrangement of the Material Medium Scroll List The materials and media to be displayed in the program branch Parameter are arranged in the material scroll list and in the medium scroll list Note User defined materials media will always be displayed in the scroll lists of the program branch Pa rameter Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Libraries Press ENTER SYSTEM settings Libraries Select Material list to edit the material scroll list or Medium list to edit the medium scroll list Select go back to return to SYSTEM settings Press ENTER Libraries 1 Material list Select actory if all materials media of the internal database are to be displayed in the Maver te aes scroll list An already existing scroll list will not be deleted but only deactivated factory gt USER lt j Select user to activate the user defined scroll list Press ENTER I If user has been selected the material or medium scroll list can be edited see section Material list 1 13 5 1 13 5 3 gt Show list ESE Is Ry Select End of Edit to stop editing Press ENTER Material list 1 gt End of Edit Select yes to store all changes of the scroll list or no to quit
113. temperature range of the transmitter 6 2 Connection of the Transducer It is recommended to run the cables from the measuring point to the transmitter before connecting the transducers to avoid load on the connectors Connect the transducer to the transmitter see Fig 4 1 6 3 Power Supply The transmitter can be operated with the battery see section 6 3 1 or with the power supply unit see section 6 3 2 6 3 1 Power Supply with the Battery The transmitter has a Li lon battery and can be operated independently of the power supply unit At delivery the battery is charged approx 30 The battery does not need to be fully charged before it is used for the first time This message will be displayed if the battery is almost empty The capacity is sufficient for the display and storing of the current parameter record A E E E TOW BATTERY measurement is no longer possible Charging the battery Connect the power supply unit to the transmitter see Fig 4 1 Switch on the transmitter Charging starts automatically The max charging time is approx 8 h During the charging process the ambient temperature should be in the range 0 45 C 32 113 F A measurement can be made during the charging process Charging will be stopped automatically when the battery is fully charged Storage of the battery The battery remains in the transmitter After storage the transmitter can immediately be operated with the battery
114. th the measured values Press ENTER off gt ON lt Storing of the diagnostic values If on is selected and the data logger is activated the diagnostic values will be stored to gtorendiagnostie gether with the measured values Press ENTER off gt ON lt PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 43 Portalok 7S 12 Data Logger and Transmission of Data 12 1 4 Measurement with Activated Data Logger Start the measurement Enter the measuring point number Press ENTER If arrows are displayed in the lower line on the right ASCII text can be entered If digits are displayed only digits point and hyphen can be entered For the setting of the input mode see section 14 2 2 Meas Point No xxx tie gt If Output Options NMStore Meas Data has been activated and Special Funct SYSTEM settings Ringbuf fer is deactivated this error message will be displayed as soon as the data logger is full Press ENTER The error message will be displayed periodically The storing will be stopped 12 1 5 Deleting the Measured Values Select Special Funct Delete Meas Val Press ENTER Special Funct Delete Meas Val Really Delete Select yes or no Press ENTER no gt YES lt 12 1 6 Available Data Logger Memory If the data logger is empty and a measurement is started with one physical quantity without storing the totalizer approx 100 000 measured values can be stored The available data logger memory can be disp
115. the defined upper limit of the flow velocity is exceed ed and therefore the measured values are marked as invalid The limit has to be adapted to the measuring conditions or checking has to be deactivated see section 11 4 If no exclamation mark is displayed a measurement at the selected measuring point is not possible Loss of signal during the measurement If the pipe had run empty Was there no measuring signal afterwards Contact EESIFLo Wait briefly until acoustic contact is reestablished The measurement can be interrupted by a temporarily higher propor tion of gas bubbles and solids in the medium The measured values substantially differ from the expected values Wrong measured values are often caused by wrong parameters Make sure that the entered parameters are correct for the measuring point Ifthe parameters are correct see section 17 5 for the description of typical situations in which wrong measured values are obtained 17 2 Selection of the Measuring Point Make sure that the recommended min distance to any disturbance source is observed see chapter 5 Tab 5 2 Avoid measuring points with deposit formation in the pipe Avoid measuring points in the vicinity of deformations and defects on the pipe and in the vicinity of welds Measure the temperature at the measuring point and make sure that the transducers are suitable for this temperature Make sure that the outer pipe diameter is within the m
116. the menu item without storing 1 E 7y zave UE Press ENTER no gt YES lt Note If the material medium scroll list is quit by pressing key B before storing all changes will be lost 91 N PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 13 Libraries Portalok 7S 13 5 4 Displaying a Scroll List Select Show list Press ENTER to display the scroll list as in the program branch Pa Material list 1 ins ek gt Show list The current scroll list is displayed in the lower line Current list 1 j Press ENTER to return to the scroll listMaterial list orMedium list Other Material Fed e N Adding a Material Medium to the Scroll List E Select Add Material or Add Medium to add a material medium to the scroll list Press Material list 1 ENTER Add Material All materials media that are not contained in the current scroll list will be displayed in the Stainless Steel i i 3 Select the material medium Press ENTER The material medium will be added to the scroll list Note The materials media are displayed in the order in which they have been added 13 5 3 Adding all Materials Media to the Scroll List Select Add all to add all materials media of the database to the current scroll list Press Material list 1 ENTER gt Add all 13 5 4 Removing a Material Medium from the Scroll List Mean Te Select Remove Material or Remove Medium to remove a material medium from the EET scroll list Pres
117. the transmitter see section 12 2 4 and of the terminal program PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 75 Portalok 7S A Menu Structure gt Menu Structure INIT resistant Program Branch Parameter main menu selection of the program branch Parameter gt PAR lt mea opt sf Parameter input of the outer pipe diameter Outer Diameter 100 0 mm input of the pipe circumference Pipe Circumfer f Ee 314 2 Aim This display will only be indicated if Special Funct SYSTEM set tings Dialogs Menus Pipe Circumfer is activated and Outer Diam eter 0 has been entered input of the pipe wall thickness range depends on the connected transducers default 3 mm Wall Thickness w mm selection of the pipe material Pipe Material Carbon Steel input of the sound speed of the pipe material c Material 3230 0 m s range 600 6553 5 m s This display will only be indicated if Other Material has been selected selection whether the pipe is lined Lining no gt YES lt m selection of the lining material Lining 1 i Ads p p AE j S Bitumen This display will only be indicated if Lining yes has been selected input of the sound speed of the lining material c Material 3200 0 dis range 600 6553 5 m s This display will only be indicated if Other Material has been selected input of the liner thickness default 3 mm Liner Thickness 3 0 mm input of the roughness of the inner pipe wall Roughness
118. the transmitter are shown on the nameplate The transducer type is printed on the trans ducers 2 2 General Precautions Portalok 7S is a precise measuring instrument and has to be handled with care To obtain good measurement results and not damage the measuring instrument it is important that great attention is paid to the instructions given in this user man ual particularly to the following points Protect the transmitter from shocks Keep the transducers clean Manipulate the transducer cables with caution Avoid excessive cable bend Make sure to work under correct ambient and operating temperatures The ambient temperature has to be within the operating temperature range of the transmitter and the transducers Observe the degree of protection 2 3 Cleaning Clean the transmitter with a soft cloth Do not use detergents Remove traces of the coupling compound from the transducers with a soft paper towel 8 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 3 General Principles Portalok 7S 3 General Principles For the ultrasonic measurement of the flow rate the flow velocity of the medium flowing in a pipe is determined Further physical quantities e g volumetric flow rate mass flow rate are derived from the flow velocity and from additional physi cal quantities if necessary 3 1 Measurement System The measurement system consists of a transmitter the ultrasonic transducers with the transducer cables and the pipe on which
119. tions and make sure that the PC is ready to receive data ERIAL ERROR Print Meas Val 12 2 7 Structure of the Data The header is transmitted at the beginning of the measurement The first 4 lines contain general information about the transmitter and the measurement The following lines contain the parameters Example NDEVICE EESXXXX8X27 XXXXXXXX MODE ONLINE DATE 2011 01 09 TIME 19 56 52 Par Record Meas Point No F5050 Pipe Outer Diameter 60 3 mm Wall Thickness 5 5 mm Roughness 0 1 mm Pipe Material Carbon Steel Lining WITHOUT LINING Medium Water Medium Temperat 38 C Fluid pressure 11 00 bar Transducer Type XXX Sound Path 3 NUM Transd Distance 15 6 mm Damping 20 s Full Scale Val 4 50 m3 h Physic Quant Volume flow Unit Of Measure m3 h m3 Numb Of Meas Val 100 46 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 12 Data Logger and Transmission of Data Portalok 7S The line NDATA will be transmitted next Afterwards the column titles will be transmitted see Tab 12 3 The measured val ues are transmitted afterwards Example NDATA MEASURE Q POS Q NEG In every storage interval one data line is transmitted The line will be transmitted if there are no measured values available for the storage interval Example With a storage interval of 1 s 10 lines with will be transmitted if the measurement has been re started
120. to be edited or deleted This display will only be indicated if the selected medium already exists ER MEDIUM 2 EDIT delete 86 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 A Menu Structure Portalok 7S INIT resistant 2 Input Name USER MEDIUM 2 SOUNDSPEED 1500 0 m s VISCOSITY 1 0 mm2 s DENSITY 1 0 g cm3 Save changes no 2YES Program Code Special Funct set program code set program code INPUT BREAK CODE CODE 000000 INP ACCESS CODE CODE 000000 input of a designation for the selected medium input of the constants for the longitudinal sound speed of the medium The number of constants depends on the function selected above input of the kinematic viscosity of the medium input of the operating density of the medium confirmation that the changes are to be stored This display will only be indicated if a new medium has been entered or the properties of an existing medium have been changed selection of the displays for the input of a program code defining a program code input of the break code program code input of the access code the first three digits of the program code PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 87 Portalok 7S B Units of Measurement description degree Celsius degree Fahrenheit B Units of Measurem
121. turbed Flow Profile 2 Duda cx egeRre eure ted va Varela alb den ALS PRCR EN ie ded 18 5 3 Selection of the Measurement Arrangement Taking onto Account the Measuring Range and the Measuring Conditions llle teeta 20 5 4 Selection of the Sound Plane Near an Elbow 0200 c eet eee 21 6 Installation of the Transmitter Portalok 78 000 0 600 22 6 1 LOCatON ee esto ellc en stu eh Oe Me bo ee Saath cute the sae dee ane ale ses 22 6 2 Connection of the Transducer 0 000 cece tenets 22 6 3 Power Suppi ar ers dd este weg legs Avi tlewas aeesa ptled eh els md errpua En Da Ti feu bia ues 22 6 4 Connection of the Output oues reve Berd eae rr dure Pe ee ee eer cles aan Eom She dee en 23 6 5 Connection of the Serial Interface 1 2 0 0 0 0 ln 23 7 Installation of the Transducers 0 000 ccc cece eet 24 7 1 Preparation of the Pipe nee e a Ee ed She Wate ei etn es 24 7 2 Orientation of the Transducers and Transducer Distance 00 00 e eee eee eee 24 7 3 Installation 3 os erue ee lh ee eA a tact dea Pede tt idee late AN len te oe abe 24 8 Start up of the Transmitter 0 00 0000 lh 25 8 1 Switching ON 2 5 ee ee ea eet eed eal ey Que ROC bee bel ea S 25 8 2 Initialization 1 5 2e ee eed eg es ee ely ee a ee ie a ed ete 25 8 3 Display uet not fe Becks Mi Meal gata he Bae ee eet ela he oii Be lee ph ed 25 8 4 HotGodes 5 ches se tose Malas Cue sacs v s ste es Ee
122. ue delay X Error val delay damping gt EDIT lt damping The damping factor will be used edit The menu item for the input of the error value delay in the program branch Output Options will be activated SON BELATE GAT activation of the display of the alarm state during the measurement x off gt ON lt selection of the unit of measurement for the length X Length unit mm inch selection of the unit of measurement for the temperature X Temperature selection of the unit of measurement for the pressure X Pressure bar psi 80 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 A Menu Structure Portalok 7S INIT resistant selection if the absolute pressure p or the relative pressure p is to be used x Pressure absolut off gt ONK lt 7 selection of the unit of measurement for the sound speed X Soundspeed unit gt m s lt fps selection if 15 t is to be used as the unit of measurement for the density X Density 1b ft3 no gt YES lt selection of the unit of measurement for the density X Density unit B ar 3 g cm3 gt kg m3 lt This display will only be indicated if 10 ft has not been selected as the unit of measurement for the density selection of the unit of measurement for the kinematic viscosity x Viscosity unit mm2 s gt cSt lt SYSTEM settings Measuring l selection of the displays for the settings of the measurement SYSTEM settings Measuring SYSTEM settings Measuring Miscell
123. ust or loose paint Use coupling foil or apply a bead of acoustic coupling compound along the center line of the contact surface of the transducers Observe that there must be no air pockets between the transducer contact surface and the pipe wall T 2 Orientation of the Transducers and Transducer Distance Mount the transducers onto the pipe in such way that the engravings on the transducers form an arrow see Fig 7 1 The transducer cables show in opposite directions The transducer distance is the distance between the inner edges of the transducers see section 3 3 and Fig 7 1 For the determination of the flow direction see section 9 8 transducer distance Fig 7 1 Correct orientation of the transducers and transducer distance 7 3 Installation Fix the transducers onto the pipe using the supplied mounting hardware 24 PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 8 Start up of the Transmitter Portalok 7S 8 Start up of the Transmitter 8 1 Switching on Press key PWR to switch on the transmitter The serial number of the transmitter is dis played for a short time A EL Met Data cannot be entered while the serial number is displayed After the transmitter is switched on the main menu is displayed in the default language The language of the display can be set see section 8 5 gt PAR lt mea opt sf Parameter 8 2 Initialization During an initialization INIT of the transmitter the settings in the
124. values of the flow velocity If the outliers are not ignored they will affect all derived physical quantities which will then be unsuitable for the integration e g pulse outputs It is possible to ignore all measured flow velocities higher than a upper limit These measured values will be marked as outliers The upper limit of the flow velocity is setin Special Funct SYSTEM settings Measuring Velocity limit Enter 0 zero to switch off the checking for outliers Velocity limit 0 0 is Enter a limit gt 0 to switch on the checking for outliers The measured flow velocity will then be compared to the entered upper limit Press ENTER If the flow velocity is higher than the upper limit the flow velocity will be marked as invalid The physical quantity cannot be determined I will be displayed after the unit of measurement in case of a normal error is displayed Note If the upper limit is too low a measurement might be impossible because most of the measured val ues will be marked as invalid PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 39 Portalok 7S 11 Advanced Measuring Functions 11 5 Cut off Flow The cut off flow is a lower limit for the flow velocity All measured flow velocities that are lower than the limit and their de rived values are set to zero The cut off flow can depend on the flow direction or not The cut off flow is set in Special Funct SYSTEM set tings Measuring Cut off Flow
125. ved under optimum conditions and evaluated correctly Due to the variety of applications and the different factors that influence the measurement there is no standard solution for the transducer positioning The correct position of the transducers is influenced by the following factors diameter material lining wall thickness and shape of the pipe medium gas bubbles in the medium Avoid measuring points in the vicinity of deformations and defects of the pipe and in the vicinity of welds Avoid locations with deposit formation in the pipe The ambient temperature at the measuring point has to be within the operating temperature range of the transducers Select the location of the transmitter within cable reach of the measuring point The ambient temperature at the location has to be within the operating temperature range of the transmitter 5 1 Acoustic Penetration The pipe has to be acoustically penetrable at the measuring point The acoustic penetration is reached when pipe and me dium do not attenuate the sound signal so strongly that it is completely absorbed before reaching the second transducer The attenuation in the pipe and in the medium depends on kinematic viscosity of the medium proportion of gas bubbles and solids in the medium deposits on the inner pipe wall pipe material The following requirements have to be met at the measuring point the pipe is always filled completely no material deposits in t
126. wall signals e g if the pipe has run empty from being interpreted as useful sig nals it is possible to define a max signal amplification If the signal amplification is greater than the max signal amplifica tion the flow velocity will be marked as invalid The physical quantity cannot be determined ahash symbol will be displayed after the unit of measurement in case of a normal error is displayed PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 59 Portalok 7S 15 SuperUser Mode Select Special Funct SYSTEM settings Measuring Miscellaneous Press ENTER until the menu item Gain threshold is displayed Enter the max signal amplification Enter 0 zero if no limit of the signal amplification is to Gain threshold be used Fail if gt 90 dB f Press ENTER The current value of the signal amplification GAIN can be displayed in the upper line in GAIN 91dB FAIL the program branch Measuring If the current value of the signal amplification is higher than the max signal amplification FAIL will be displayed after the current value Attention The limit of the signal amplification is still active after the deactivation of the SuperUser mode 15 4 Upper Limit of the Sound Speed When the plausibility of the signal is evaluated it will be checked if the sound speed is within a defined range The upper limit used for the evaluation is the greater of the following values fixed upper value default 1 848 m s v
127. zed interpolation functions In most cases constants or a linear function are sufficient If e g the temperature fluctuations at the measuring point are low compared to the temperature dependence of the mate rial parameters the linearization or the complete neglect of the temperature dependence will not result in a considerable additional measuring error If however the process conditions fluctuate strongly and the medium parameters depend strongly on the temperature e g viscosity of a hydraulic oil polynomials or customized interpolation functions should be used Contact EESIFLo to find the best solution for the measuring task Customized interpolation functions Some dependencies are only approximated insufficiently by polynomials A number of customized interpolation functions Basics Y F X Z are available to interpolate multidimensional dependencies y f T p Contact EESIFLo for more in formation a o PORTALOK_7SV4 5 1EN 2014 09 01 13 Libraries Portalok 7S 13 3 2 Activation of the Extended Library z Select Special Funct NSYSTEM settings Libraries Extended Library Extended Library Press ENTER off gt ON lt Select on to activate the extended library Press ENTER 13 3 3 Input of Material Medium Parameters The parameters of a user defined material medium can be entered now The input of a material or a medium is almost identical Therefore the displays for a medium will only be shown and de
128. zero is entered for the Outer Diameter the menu item Pipe Circumfer will be displayed If the pipe circumference is not to be entered press key B to return to the main menu and start the parameter input again 9 1 2 Pipe Wall Thickness Wall Uh ckness Enter the pipe wall thickness Press ENTER 3 0 mm Note The inner pipe diameter 7 outer pipe diameter 2x pipe wall thickness is calculated internally If the value is not within the inner pipe diameter range of the connected transducers an error message will be displayed It is possible to change the lower limit of the inner pipe diameter for a given transducer type see sec tion 11 7 9 1 3 Pipe Material The pipe material has to be selected to be able to determine the sound speed The sound speed for the materials in the scroll list are stored in the transmitter Select the pipe material Pipe Material MAE f If the medium is not in the scroll list select Other Material Press ENTER Carbon Steel It can be specified which materials will be displayed in the scroll list see section 13 5 When the pipe material has been selected the corresponding sound speed is set automatically If Other Material has been selected the sound speed has to be entered Enter the sound speed of the pipe material Press ENTER c Material 3230 0 m s Note Enter the sound speed of the material i e longitudinal or transversal speed which is nearer to 2500 m s

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