Excellence in Industrial Flow Measurement with DVE Technology
The DVE Vortex Flow Meter is a refined instrument meticulously designed to deliver precise and reliable flow measurements in diverse industrial environments. Heinrichs ensures your commitment to excellence and innovation is embodied in the DVE product, making it the top choice for industries seeking accuracy and efficiency. The Vortex Flow Meter is equipped with advanced technology and features such as a high-resolution display and user-friendly interface, making it easy to install and operate. With Heinrichs’ reputation for quality and customer satisfaction, you can trust that the DVE Vortex Flow Meter will meet your flow measurement needs with unparalleled performance and durability. Choose Heinrichs for superior accuracy and peace of mind in your industrial processes.
Introduction to the DVE Vortex Flow Meter
Using the principle of vortex shedding, this innovative flow meter delivers precise measurements in various industrial applications. Inside the device, a cylindrical object is strategically placed in the fluid’s path. As the fluid flows around this object, it generates swirling patterns, or vortices, on both sides. The frequency of these vortices is directly linked to the fluid’s flow rate. By counting how often these vortices are produced, the meter can accurately gauge the fluid’s speed, ensuring consistent and reliable performance across diverse environments.
Key Features
- Advanced Design: The DVE Vortex Flow Meter is constructed with high-grade materials, ensuring durability and long service life even in the most challenging industrial environments. Its robust design makes it suitable for a broad range of applications, including those involving corrosive or abrasive media.
- High Accuracy: The DVE Vortex Flow Meter provides high accuracy in flow measurement, making it ideal for critical applications where precise flow rates are essential. Its advanced engineering ensures that it delivers reliable data, which is crucial for maintaining the integrity of industrial processes.
- Wide Measuring Range: This meter can handle a wide range of flow rates, providing flexibility and adaptability across various industrial processes. The wide measuring range allows a single meter to be used in multiple applications, reducing the need for different meters and simplifying inventory and maintenance.
- Ease of Installation and Maintenance: The DVE Vortex Flow Meter’s design ensures easy installation and low maintenance requirements, minimizing downtime and operational costs. Its straightforward design allows for quick installation, and its low maintenance needs translate to lower operational costs over its lifespan.
- Versatile Applications: Suitable for measuring the flow of liquids, gases, and steam, the DVE Vortex Flow Meter is versatile and adaptable to different industrial processes. Its versatility makes it a valuable tool across various industries, including chemical processing, water treatment, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, and food and beverage production.
Benefits of Using the DVE Vortex Flow Meter
- Improvement in Operations Control: By providing accurate and reliable flow measurements, the DVE Vortex Flow Meter enables better control over industrial processes, leading to increased efficiency and productivity.
- Financial Savings: The durable design and low maintenance requirements of the DVE Vortex Flow Meter result in reduced operational costs over the long term. Its robustness means fewer replacements and repairs, leading to lower maintenance costs and a longer service life.
- Improved Safety: Accurate flow measurement is critical to maintaining safe operating conditions, particularly in industries dealing with hazardous substances. The DVE Vortex Flow Meter contributes to safer operations by ensuring precise flow control, which is essential for preventing accidents and ensuring the safety of personnel and equipment.
- Sustainability Compliance: In industries where environmental regulations are stringent, the DVE Vortex Flow Meter helps ensure compliance by providing accurate data for monitoring and reporting purposes.
Details
The DVE Vortex Flow Meter is multipurpose and ideal for a wide range of industries. Here are some key applications:
- Pharmaceutical Industry: In the pharmaceutical industry, precise monitoring of drug and raw material flows is essential. The DVE Vortex Flow Meter is particularly valuable in drug manufacturing processes, where accurate flow measurement ensures the proper dosage and mixture of pharmaceutical ingredients. Its capability to measure temperature is crucial for sensitive pharmaceutical processes, where maintaining specific temperature ranges is critical for product quality and safety.
- Food and Beverage Industry: The food and beverage industry benefits greatly from the DVE Vortex Flow Meter’s accuracy. It ensures proper distribution of ingredients, whether it’s water, syrups, or detergents. This accuracy is vital for maintaining the consistency and quality of food and beverage products. The meter’s ability to handle various liquids makes it an indispensable tool in this sector.
- Energy Management: In energy management, the DVE Vortex Flow Meter excels by not only measuring liquid flow but also integrating temperature and pressure data. This multivariable capability is essential for energy-intensive processes, where monitoring these parameters can lead to significant efficiency improvements. Accurate flow measurement helps optimize energy usage and reduce costs.
- Industrial Water Processing: In most industrial water processing plants, the DVE Vortex Flow Meter plays a critical role in monitoring the flow of process water. Its ability to integrate temperature and pressure information is crucial for effective control of water processes. This integration helps in maintaining the desired quality and efficiency of industrial water systems.
- Drinking Water Quality Monitoring: Integrating temperature measurements into the DVE Vortex Flow Meter allows for early detection of changes in drinking water quality. By considering the effects of temperature fluctuations, the meter helps ensure that the water remains safe and meets quality standards.
- Power Plants and Wastewater Treatment: Power plants use the DVE Vortex Flow Meter in wastewater treatment processes to monitor the flow of wastewater and ensure compliance with environmental regulations. The meter’s precision in measuring the exact usage of chemicals, alongside temperature and pressure parameters, helps maintain the efficiency of water treatment and chemical processes.
- Environmental Monitoring: In environmental monitoring, the DVE Vortex Flow Meter’s ability to measure flow along with temperature and pressure data provides a comprehensive assessment of water quality. This is important for identifying potential environmental impacts and ensuring sustainable water management practices.
- Climate Studies: The DVE Vortex Flow Meter is also valuable in climate-related studies. It collects data on water flow, temperature, and pressure, supporting research on environmental impacts in the context of climate change. This data is crucial for understanding and mitigating the effects of climate change on water resources.
By offering precise and reliable measurements in a variety of applications, the DVE Vortex Flow Meter proves to be an essential tool across multiple industries. Its multivariable capabilities ensure that it meets the diverse needs of modern industrial processes, contributing to efficiency, safety, and sustainability.
Versatile Installation Options: Available with an immersion version that includes a cutting ring screw connection or a stuffing box, accommodating pipe sizes ranging from DN80 (3″) to DN600 (24″). This flexibility ensures compatibility with various installation requirements and pipe dimensions.
High-Temperature Capability: Designed to operate in extreme conditions, the DVE Vortex Flow Meter supports high temperatures up to 400 °C (750 °F). This makes it suitable for processes involving elevated temperatures, ensuring reliable performance even in challenging environments.
Robust Pressure Tolerance: Capable of withstanding a maximum operating pressure of 100 bar abs. (1500 psia). This high-pressure tolerance ensures the meter’s reliability and durability in high-pressure applications, enhancing its suitability for demanding industrial processes.
Multivariable Measurement: Equipped with three sensor elements, the DVE Vortex Flow Meter can measure multiple process variables, including:
- Volume Flow: accurately measures the amount of fluid passing through the meter.
- Mass Flow: Provides precise data on the mass of the fluid, essential for accurate process control.
- Temperature: monitors the temperature of the fluid, critical for processes where temperature control is crucial.
- Pressure: measures the pressure within the system, ensuring safe and efficient operation.
- Density: calculates the density of the fluid, useful for various applications where fluid density is a key parameter.
Versatile Fluid Measurement: Suitable for measuring both liquids and gases, the DVE Vortex Flow Meter offers flexibility in application across different types of fluids, making it a valuable tool in diverse industrial settings.
Steam Measurement: Particularly effective for steam measurement, including both saturated steam and superheated steam. The meter is a classic choice for applications involving steam, providing accurate measurements essential for steam-related processes.
Energy Consumption Measurement: Enables precise measurement of energy consumption by monitoring flow rates, temperature, and other parameters. This capability supports effective energy management and optimization, making it an essential tool for reducing energy costs and improving process efficiency.
Technical data
Accuracy
Process variable | Liquid | Gas & Steam |
Volume flow | ± 1,2% of rate | ± 1,5% of rate |
Mass flow | ± 1,5% of rate | ± 2,0% of rate |
Temperature | ±1°C(± 2°F) | ± 1°C (± 2°F) |
Pressure | ±0,3% of full scale | ±0,3% of full scale |
Density | ±0,3% of rate | ±0,5% of rate |
Repetability
- Mass flow ±0,2% of rate
- Volume flow ±0,1% of rate
- Temperature ± 0,1°C (±0,2°F)
- Pressure ±0,05% of full scale
- Density ±0,1% of rate
Stability (over 12 Months)
- Mass flow ±0,2% of full scale
- Volume flow negligible error
- Temperature ±0,5°C (±0,1°F)
- Pressure ±0,1% of full scale
- Density ±0,1% of rate
Response time
- Adjustable from 1 to 100s
Process and Ambient Temperature
- Standard temp.: -40…260°C (-40…500°F)
- High temp.: up to 400°C (750°F)
- Cryogenic temp.: down to -200°C (-330°F)
- Ambient temp.: -40…60°C (-40…140°F)
- Storage temp.: -40…85°C (-40…185°F)
Power supply (model dependent)
- 12…36 VDC 2-wire, loop powered
- 12…36 VDC, 4-wire
- 100…240 VAC, 50/60Hz
Display
- Alphanumeric 2 line x 16 character LCD digital display
- 6 pushbuttons for full field configuration
- Display rotatable in 90° intervals
Output signals
- 4…20 mA
- Alarm: Solid state relay, 40 VDC
- Totalizer Pulse: 50ms pulse, 40 VDC
- Volumetric: 1 analog, 1totalizer pulse
- Multivariable: up to 3 analog signals, 3 alarms, 1 totalizer pulse
- HART®
- Modbus RTU (RS 485)