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9.17.051 MASS‐VIEW®series Page7
1.8 Sensor principle
The MASS‐VIEW
®
operates on the principle of direct thermal mass flow
measurement. The thru‐flow design sensor consists of a heater resistor and a
temperature sensing resistor. Both resistors are made of temperature sensitive
resistivematerialthatiscoveredwithastainlesssteeltube.Thenecessaryheating
power to keep the temperature
difference between the heater resistor and the
sensing resistor at a constant level depends on the mass flow. A different and
unique heater current is produced for each value of the flow. The measurement
principledescribediscalledConstantTemperatureAnemometry(CTA).
Thetransferfunctionbetweenmassflowandoutput
signalcanbedescribedbythe
equation:
V
signal
=outputsignal
K
=constantfactor
(includesλ–heatconductivity,C
p
–specificheat,μ–dynamicviscosityandρ–densityofthegas)
m
=massflow
1.9 Needle valve principle
Theneedlevalvehasanorificewithalong,taperedconicalseat.Aneedle‐
shapedplunger,ontheendofascrew,exactlyfitsthisseat.Asthescrew
is turned and the plunger retracted, flow between the seat and the
plungerincreases.Sinceittakesmanyturnsofthefine
‐threadedscrewto
retracttheplunger,preciseregulationoftheflowrateispossible.
1.10 Constant-flow controller principle
Flowcontrolwithaneedlevalveatconstantpressureresultsinaconstant
flowrate.Butwhenpressureconditionschange,theflowwillalsochange.
Withaconstant‐flowcontroller withvaryingupstreampressuretheflow
willalmostbeconstant.
Bykeepingthepressuredropacrossaneedlevalve
constanttheflowratealsoisconstant.Deviationsof
thepressuredroparecompensatedbyamembraneoperatedvalve.Thismembraneisactuatedbya
spring.Thespringforceclosesthevalve.
Theequilibriumbetweenclosing(valvespring)andopening(membrane)keepstheflowconstant.
Schematicflowdiagramconstant‐flowcontroller
msignal
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