Index

Daniel 3818 LNG Liquid Ultrasonic Meter Installation Manual

May 2012

3-9000-771 Rev A

 

 

Meter safety

 

appropriately rated lifting slings ...............................

28

Base Enclosure security seals......................................

56

Base Enclosure wire seal installation ........................

56

electronics enclosure wire seal ..................................

55

end flanges tapped flat-counterbore hole .............

23

engineered swivel hoist rings .....................................

23

hoist ring and non-compliant eye bolt ....................

24

hoist ring lookup table..................................................

27

hoist rings and lifting slings.........................................

22

hoist rings in meter end flanges ................................

23

hoist rings part number lookup table ......................

27

how to obtain swivel hoist rings ................................

27

incorrect sling attachment..........................................

30

safety precautions using swivel hoist rings............

24

swivel hoist rings ............................................................

23

90 degree angle between slings................................

25

Meter specifications

 

Accuracy Limits .................................................................

8

analog Input(s)..................................................................

9

analog output(s).............................................................

10

body and flange pressure rating range (psi) ............

8

communications ..............................................................

9

Connectivity protocols ...................................................

9

Device compatibility .......................................................

9

Digital Input(s) ..................................................................

9

digital, analog, and frequency inputs ........................

9

digital, analog, and frequency outputs ...................

10

flange types........................................................................

8

frequency output/digital outputs .............................

10

meter type..........................................................................

8

power ...................................................................................

9

specific gravity ..................................................................

8

temperature.......................................................................

9

temperature base electronic enclosure ....................

9

transducers ........................................................................

9

Meter tube considerations

 

bi-directional flow ..........................................................

19

piping unidirectional flow............................................

19

MMU .............................................................................................

3

Mounting in heated or cooled pipelines .........................

31

O

 

Open source licenses.............................................................

83

Opensource

 

BSD Open Source License ............................................

99

GNU General Public License........................................

84

GNU Lesser General Public License...........................

95

M.I.T License ..................................................................

100

P

 

Piping recommendations

 

bidirectional flow ...........................................................

19

unidirectional flow.........................................................

19

Port A

 

communications ............................................................

45

Pre-installation considerations...........................................

11

Public domain..........................................................................

83

R

 

Reid Tools..................................................................................

27

S

 

Safety .........................................................................................

11

ATEX Directive 94/9/EC................................................

12

FCC compliance ..............................................................

13

Sealing the unit .......................................................................

57

Securing end caps ..................................................................

54

Serial Port A parameters.......................................................

45

Source code for executable files........................................

83

Startup

 

startup and configuration......................................

35, 59

systems that use flame-proof cable .........................

40

T

 

Transducer

 

LT-07 operating temperature ......................................

9

Transmitter Electronics Enclosure chassis ground.......

36

U

 

Ultrasonic type ..........................................................................

8

Transit-time based measurement ..............................

8

W

 

Wiring and connections

 

Ethernet cable to PC communication......................

44

Ethernet communications...........................................

44

Modbus ASCII ..................................................................

41

Modbus ASCII or RTU ....................................................

41

PC to meter serial connection....................................

46

PlantWeb® architecture..............................................

41

RS-485 full duplex ..........................................................

41

TCP/IP protocol...............................................................

41

Wiring and I/O .........................................................................

41

Numerics

 

3810 Series meter

 

design ..................................................................................

6

linearity................................................................................

8

repeatability.......................................................................

8

upper viscosity limit ........................................................

8

velocity range....................................................................

8

102

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