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Survey of Airflow Measurement Devices
Theory of Operation Measurement Uncertainty Comparing Performance Potential
Annual Conference Anaheim 27 Apr 2012
Survey of Airflow Measurement Devices The information we will cover is intended to address the following issues in airflow rate determination: 1.
Instrument performance specs are misunderstood, misleading, not easily comparable, unverifiable in field conditions
2.
The ‘set and forget’ design philosophy conflicts with continuous operating objectives in a dynamic environment
3.
TAB guidelines/procedures overlook some superior measurement technologies that may be available to the technician at a site. The information contained here, may help you to evaluate site equipment for TAB use.
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Portable Instruments NEBB Requirements for Air Measurements FUNCTION
MINIMUM RANGE
MINIMUM ACCURACY
MINIMUM RESOLUTION
CALIBRATION INTERVAL
Air Temperature Measurement
-40 to 240 deg. F (US) -40 to 115 deg. C (SI)
± 1% of reading
0.2 deg. F (US) 0.1 deg. C (SI)
12 Months
Air Velocity Measurement
50 to 2500 fpm (US) 0.25 to 12.5 m/s (SI)
20 fpm (US) 0.1 m/s (SI)
12 Months
(Not for Pitot Traverse)
Air Volume Measurement (Direct Reading Hood)
*
100 to 2000 cfm (US) 50 to 1000 l/s
± 5% of reading
*
± 5% of reading ± 5 cfm (US) ± 2.5 l/s (SI)
Digital 1 cfm (US) Digital 0.5 l/s (SI)
12 Months
Analog - NA
Which instruments and sensors can reliably provide this required level of performance in the field? * ±5% of 50 fpm = ±2.5 fpm ONE commercial Air Velocity Meter can provide the following:
0 to 5000 fpm (US) 0 to 25.4 m/s (SI)
** also provides 0.1oC average temperature accuracy
± 2% of reading (tested to ± 3% duct average in field)
**
< 2 fpm (US) < 0.01 m/s (SI) [analog output]
Factory Calibrated, recalibration is not normally needed
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Survey of Common HVAC Airflow Measurement Devices Hand-held and Terminal Measurement Devices
resolution 5 cfm from 25–250 cfm 10 cfm from 100–500 cfm 20 cfm from 400–1000 cfm 50 cfm from 800–2000 cfm accuracy (±3% of reading, ± 7 cfm on one model) SUPPLY ±3% of full scale, except ± 20 cfm on 250 cfm scale (± 8%) EXHAUST ±3% of full scale, except ± 20 cfm on 250 cfm scale
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Duct Traverse Sampling and Data Points A large sample can reduce the impact from random errors and traversing a cross-sectional area of the duct is intended to compensate for irregular velocity profiles, thereby reducing the uncertainty in the average. [specifically as applied to the Pitot traverse]. ASHRAE 111-2008
§7.6.2.3 The Traverse
Since field-measured airflows are rarely steady and uniform, accuracy can be improved by increasing the number of measuring points. …
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Duct Traverse Points
(typ)
How many points are needed when using a Pitot-static tube? For hand-held thermal? For rotating-vane anemometer? For permanent instruments?
Are the requirements the same for different technologies with differing limitations? NO! They are not!
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AIR FLOW MEASUREMENT ACCURACY David M. Schwenk
A research paper prepared by the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in Champaign, IL (est. 1995-96) was presented at a USACE Regional Conference. The first three conclusions of their research are summarized below (based on test comparisons using an early ducted BiG Thermistor 3sensor probe): • An air flow straightener is not required to get an accurate airflow measurement • Air flow instrumentation need not be located more than 2 duct diameters downstream of an [unvaned - radiused] elbow • A 3-point averaging air flow measurement instrument can provide accuracy comparable to a 35-point traverse measurement and to a measurement based on ASHRAE or SMACNA guidelines.
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Duct Traverse Points
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Duct Traverse Sampling Points This paper does not suggest that three sensing points can compensate for a highly variable velocity profile, only that:
1. the technologies are substantially different and have different sources of potential error [suggests that requirements and limitations cannot be equated]
2. the total number of sampling points needed for an effective average should be DIFFERENT for each instrument [both should be increased with the severity of conditions selected for measurement]
