2 weir control of a water power station – VEGA VEGAMET 625 User Manual

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8 Application examples

VEGAMET 625 • Double channel HART

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to 5 %, this corresponds to 181 litres. The volume should be displayed

in litres.

Carry out the adjustment in the signal conditioning instrument as

described in chapter "Setup steps". No additional adjustment must

hence be carried out on the sensors. For the max. adjustment, fill the

vessel up to the requested max. level and accept the actually meas-

ured value. If this is not possible, the respective current value can be

entered alternatively. For the min. adjustment, empty the vessel up to

the min. level or enter the respective current value.

To display the percentage level correctly, select under "Measurement

loop - Linearization curve" the entry "Cylindrical tank".

To display the volume in litres, you have to enter "Volume" as unit in

litres under "Measurement loop - Scaling". The allocation is then car-

ried out, in this example 100 % ≙ 10000 litres and 0 % ≙ 0 litres.

Percent is selected as reference value for the relays. The mode of re-

lay 1 is set to overfill protection, relay 2 gets mode dry run protection.

To ensure that the pump switches off in case of failure, the reaction

in case of failure should be adjusted to switching status OFF. The

switching points are adjusted as follows:

Relay 1: Switch-off point 90 %, switch-on point 85 %

Relay 2: Switch-off point 5 %, switch-on point 10 %

Information:

The switch on and off point of the relays must not be adjusted to the

same switching point because this would cause a permanent switchin

on and off when this threshold is reached. To avoid this effect also

with fluctuating product surface, a difference (hysteresis) of 5 % is

useful between the switching points.

8.2 Weir control of a water power station

A water power turbine must be protected against impurities in flowing

water. These impurities get stuck on the weir like on a screen. The

must be removed cyclacylly so that the max. flow is ensured. If the

degree of impurity is too high, the water level in front of the system

raises because the total water volume can no longer flow through.

The difference between level in front of and after the weir is hence a

measure of the degree of impurity and can be used to control the weir

cleaner.

The water level in front of the weir (upstream water) and after the weir

(downstream water) is measured each with a VEGAWELL 72 HART.

VEGAMET 625 generates the difference (h3) out of these two levels

(measurement loop 3). If this difference is too high, a signal will be

outputted by one of the integrated relays triggering the weir cleaning.

Exemplary we assume a max. level of 2 m, the weir cleaning should

be started at a difference of 20 cm.

Adjustment

Linearization

Scaling

Relay

Functional principle

Example

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