Description
Descripción
Non-contact discharge measurement for open rivers and channels. – Comfortable all-in-one system with integrated data logger and GPRS / GSM communication.
FEATURES AND ADVANTAGES
- Integrated data logger
- Integrated GPRS / GSM communication
- Contact free measurement, maintenance free system
- No structural work is necesary in the water
- No threat to the system through flooding
- Low power consumption enables operation using solar cells
- Recognition of flow direction
- Measuring range from +/- 0.10 to +/- 15 m/s (depending on the flow conditions)
- Recognition of hysteresis-effects
- Measurement in backwater situations
- Measures even where weed growth prevails and sensor is not affected by turbidity
- Measurement in tidal waters
TECHNICAL DETAILS
GENERAL
- Total weight 19.5 kg
- Protection IP 66
- Battery 24 Ah / 12 V
- Recommended solar panel (for mid-latitude) 20 W
- Power consumption active operation 150 mA (total system)
- Power consumption standby 3 mA (total system)
- operating temperature – 20° … 60° C
- mischellaneous integrated lightening protection
WATERLEVEL MEASUREMENT
- Measuring range 0 … 15 m standard version / 0 … 35 m extended version
- Resolution 1 mm
- Accuracy +/- 2 mm
- Radar frequency 26 GHz (K-Band)
- Radar opening angle 10°
VELOCITY MEASUREMENT
- Measuring range 0.10 … 15 m/s (depening on flow conditions)
- Accuracy +/- 0.01 m/s; +/- 1 % FS
- Resolution 1 mm/s
- Direction recognition +/-
- Measurement duration 5 … 240 sec.
- Measurment interval 8 sec. … 5h
- Measuring frequency 24 GHz (K-Band)
- Radar opening angle 12°
- Distance to water surface 0.50 … 35 m
DATA TRANSMISSION
- Supported networks quad band EGSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz networks
- Transmission power class 4 (2W) with 850 / 900 MHz; class 1 (1W) with 1800 / 1900 MHz
- GPRS asynchronous, transparent, circuit-switched communication method up to 14.4 kbps; asynchronous, non-transparent, circuit-switched communication method up to 9.6 kbps
- Data transfer FTP server: CSV or xHydro format via ftp protocol; MDS server: CSV format via http protocol. MDS server is a complete solution, including database, station- /user management and data visualisation via web browser.
DATA LOGGER
- Storage up to 600,000 values