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S3497X Psychrometer Software and A3497 TC Psychrometer

Cooling Current Interface Revision: 1/92

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1. Function.......................................................................1

2. TCP Measurement Sequence.....................................1

3. TCP Base Temperature Measurement.......................2

4. Input and A3497 Interface Connections ....................2

5. The A3497 Interface and Current Calculation...........3

6. Output Format .............................................................4

7. Example .......................................................................4

8. A3497 Schematic ........................................................6

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1. FUNCTION Instruction 25 measures up to five thermocouple psychrometers (TCP) excited through Campbell Scientific's Model A3497 Psychrometer Cooling Current Interface. Groups of TCPs may be read by using an A3497 for each group of five TCPs and programming Instruction 25 within a Loop.

An option is provided for drying the TCP junction by heating before the cooling current is applied. The heating and cooling current is selectable within the limitation of the CR7 Excitation Card by specifying the excitation voltage.

The results of the measurements: TCP base temperature (C), the TCP zero (dry-bulb) reading (V), and a sequence of TCP wet-bulb readings (V) are stored in Input Storage. The wet-bulb microvolt readins have the zero (dry bulb) reading subtracted (i.e., the wet-bulb depression is stored).

PAR. DATA NO. TYPE DESCRIPTION

01: 2 Number of psychrometers per A3497

02: 4 Starting Input Location Destination for measurements

03: 4 Reference temperature location. 04: 2 Option code for base temperature

measurement 1= Low wrt ground 2= High wrt ground

05: 2 First measurement Input Card 06: 2 First measurement input channel 07: 2 First heating/cooling Excitation

Card 08: 2 First heating/cooling excitation

channel 09: FP Heating cooling excitation voltage

(negative mV) 10: 4 Heating duration time (0.01s) 11: 4 Delay after heating before zero

measurement (0.01 s) 12: 4 Cooling duration time (0.01s) 13: 4 Delay after cooling before wet-

bulb measurement (0.01s) 14: 4 Delay between wet-bulb

measurements (0.01 s)

15: 4 Number of wet-bulb measurements per psychrometer

Input Locations Altered: Np (Nm +2) Intermediate Storage: 7 Execution Time (ms): 80+60Np + (Nm+1)(300 + 225Np) + NmDm+Ds

Np - Number of TCPs Nm - Number of wet-bulb measurements

per TCP Dm - Parameter 14 in ms Ds - Parameters 10+11+12+13 in ms

The excitation voltage for the heating current is specified in Parameter 9. The heating duration (Parameter 10), delay before the zero measurement (Parameter 11), cooling duration (Parameter 12), and the delay before the first wet-bulb measurement (Parameter 13) are all selectable in units of hundredths of a second. The number of wet-bulb readings in the sequence and the time between each reading is specified by Parameters 15 and 14, respectively.

2. TCP MEASUREMENT SEQUENCE The zero reading and each individual wet-bulb reading are the numerical average of five slow integration differential measurements made on the 1.5 mV full scale range. The resolution is 50 nV with an RMS input noise level of 30 nV. Averaging the five measurements reduces the noise level in the reading to 15 nV.

All the TCPs connected to one A3497 Interface are measured sequentially at a rate of approximately 45 ms per TCP; this process is repeated five times, the average formed, the zero reading subtracted, and the result stored in Input Storage. Approximately 60 ms is required for self calibration before each of the five measurement sequences. The time required to complete this five measurement per TCP reading tr, is thus:

tr = 5(60+45Np) = 300+225Np

where tr is in milliseconds and Np is the number of TCPs measured (maximum of five). Thus, five TCPs are read in about 1.4 s while three TCPs require about 1 s.

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If zero delay between wet-bulb readings is specified in Parameter 14, the time between recorded readings for a given TCP is equal to tr.

The time interval between initiating the first measurement and completing the fifth measurement for a given TCP is approximated by

ti = (4) (60) +45(4Np+1) = 285+180Np

where ti is in milliseconds.

3. TCP BASE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT Three wire psychrometers such as those manufactured by J.R.D. Merrill Specialty Equipment* or Wescor, Inc.** provide for a TCP base temperature measurement. The base measurement made by Instruction 25 is identical to the standard CR7 Single-ended Thermocouple Measurement Instruction 13 using an input range of 15 mV, a "slow" integration time (16.6 ms), and a copper- constantan (type T) TC. Since the base temperature TCs are connected to every other single-ended input channel, Parameter 4 may be used to specify whether the first measurement begins on the high or low input.

The base temperature measurement requires a reference junction temperature in order to compute an absolute temperature. This value is obtained using the Panel Temperature Instruction 17. The Input Location Number of the reference temperature is entered in parameter 3. If 0 is entered for Parameter 3, no base temperature measurements are made, and no Input Storage is allocated for these measurements. This option allows for situations where the base temperature TCs are not copper-constantan, and the measurements must be made using Instruction 13.

4. INPUT AND A3497 INTERFACE CONNECTIONS TCPs manufactured by both Merrill Specialty Equipment and Wescor, Inc. are wired identically. Figure 1 shows the TCP connections to both the A3497 and CR7. Table 1 gives color coding for both a Merrill and Wescor screened psychrometer. Note that: TCP temperatures are lower than the base temperature (e.g., at wet-bulb) result in positive readings.

Connect low side of each TCP to the A3497 with a wire inserted into the low input terminal for the respective TCP. Instruction 25 automatically advances to the next excitation channel each time a new A3497 is encountered within a Loop. Use the next available excitation channel for each additional A3497 wired to the CR7.

NOTE: All A3497s measured within a loop must excite the same number of TCPs.

* J.R.D. Merrill Specialty Equipment R.F.D. Box 140A Logan, UT 84321 (801) 752-8403

** Wescor, Inc. 459 South Main Street Logan, UT 84321 (801) 752-6011

Table 1. TCP Color Coding for Wescor and Merrill Psychrometers

Wescor Merrill CR7 Model PST-55 Model 74

Hi Red White Lo Black Blue Ground Blue Red

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Figure 1. Connection to CR7 using the A3497 Psychrometer Cooling Current Interface

5. THE A3497 INTERFACE AND CURRENT CALCULATION Figure 2 is a schematic of the A3497 Interface. The A3497 performs several functions. The switched analog output is held at ground through a 10K resistor preventing leakage of current through the TCP junction when the analog output is disabled. The leakage current is typically a negligible 2nA but can be as high as 30nA. In addition, the low leakage diodes isolate the TCPs from each other when excited through a common analog output. The use of parallel diodes with opposing polarity permits both heating and cooling current through the TCP. Finally, the 249 ohm resistors determine the current values for a given excitation voltage.

NOTE: To obtain the proper direction for the cooling current (Figure 1), a negative excitation voltage must be applied.

The sign of the entry for Parameter 9 is for the cooling current. The instruction uses the same voltage but reverses the polarity when applying

the heating voltage. The voltage (mV) required to produce a desired current I, (mA) is given by

V = I(249+Rs) +700

where Rs is the combined resistance of the TCP junction and constantan lead length, typically around 15 ohms for one meter TCPs. Longer TCP lead lengths can have substantial resistance since 24 awg constantan is around 2.4 ohms per meter.

The total current required is (I)(Np) where Np is the number of TCPs connected to the A3497. This value is limited by the available excitation current; i.e., 25 mA at 5 V, 50 mA at 2 V. For example, a current of 8 mA for five TCPs is possible because 40 mA are delivered at an excitation voltage of 2.81 volts, but 10 mA per TCP requires a total of 50 mA at 3.34 V. The latter pushes the limitation of the excitation. When in doubt, measure the current supplied by inserting a milliamp meter between the analog port and the Ex terminal of the A3497. Use a duration time sufficient to ensure proper meter response.

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6. OUTPUT FORMAT Instruction 25 stores all readings from a given TCP sequentially in Input Storage. The base temperature is first, followed by the zero reading, and then the sequence of wet-bulb readings with the zero reading subtracted. The series of readings from the next TCP then follows, etc. The number of Input Storage locations allocated must be based upon the number of TCPs excited by one A3497 Interface and the number of wet-bulb readings per TCP. When the Loop Instruction is used, the readings from each A3497's TCPs use the same Input Storage. The readings associated with a given A3497 must be transferred to Final Storage before progressing to the next A3497.

All the readings associated with one A3497 can be transferred to Final Storage using a single Sample Instruction (#70) and the appropriate number of "repetitions." However, this technique results in the reading from all the TCPs being blocked together in one Output Array. By setting the Output Flag and using a Sample Instruction for each TCP associated with the A3497, the readings for each TCP are blocked into their own Output Array and contain their own unique Output Array ID. An example of this latter type of output is shown in Table 2.

7. EXAMPLE The following program example was used to generate the data shown in Table 2. Four Model PST-55 Wescor and four Model 74 Merrill TCPs were read using two A3497 Interfaces. The program makes use of the Loop Instruction. The following criteria were used:

1. Number of wet-bulb readings per TCP - 29 2. Heating/cooling current - 4.5 mA (-1900 mV) 3. Heating duration - 5 s 4. Delay after heating - 15 s 5. Cooling duration - 15 s 6. Delay after cooling - 0 s 7. Delay between wet-bulb measurements - 0 s 8. Input Storage (31 locations per TCP):

First TCP Loc 2 - Loc 32 Second TCP Loc 33 - Loc 63 Third TCP Loc 64 - Loc 94 Fourth TCP Loc 95 - Loc 125

9. Input Card - 1 10. First measurement channel - 1 11. Excitation Card - 1 12. First excitation channel - 1

Acknowledgment: CSI gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Dr. Raymond W. Brown, U.S. Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Logan, Utah and the use of his facilities in testing the TCP software.

01: P 17 Panel Temperature 01: 1 IN Card 02: 1 Loc [:Panel T ]

02: P 87 Beginning of Loop 01: 0 Delay 02: 2 Loop Count

03: P 25 Thermocouple Psychrometer 01: 4 Psychrometers per A3497 02: 2 Loc:[:TCP 1 #1 ] 03: 1 Ref Temp Loc Panel T 04: 2 2=Measure HI WRT GND,

1=LO 05: 1 IN Card 06: 1 IN Chan 07: 1 EX Card 08: 1 EX Chan 09: -1900 mv Excitation 10: 1500 Heating (time units=.01sec) 11: 1500 Delay before 0 measurement 12: 1500 Cooling duration 13: 0 Delay before wet bulb meas. 14: 0 Delay between wet bulb meas. 15: 29 Wet bulb measm'ts per psychr.

04: P 86 Do 01: 10 Set high Flag 0 (output)

05: P 70 Sample 01: 31 Reps 02: 2 Loc TCP 1 #1

06: P 86 Do 01: 10 Set high Flag 0 (output)

07: P 70 Sample 01: 31 Reps 02: 33 Loc TCP 2 #1

08: P 86 Do 01: 10 Set high Flag 0 (output)

09: P 70 Sample 01: 31 Reps 02: 64 Loc TCP 3 #1

10: P 86 Do 01: 10 Set high Flag 0 (output)

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11: P 70 Sample 01: 31 Reps 02: 95 Loc TCP 4 #1

12: P 95 End

13: P End Table 1

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Table 2. Example Output

Wescor .1 molal NaCl (4.62 Bars) 01+0107. 02+24.90 03-0.310 04+3.370 05+3.064 06+2.985 07+2.980 08+2.945 09+2.916 10+2.936 11+2.891 12+2.842 13+2.837 14+2.792 15+2.773 16+2.812 17+2.753 18+2.753 19+2.709 20+2.713 21+2.679 22+2.684 23+2.694 24+2.674 25+2.669 26+2.664 27+2.674 28+2.620 29+2.664 30+2.644 31+2.674 32+2.679

.5 molal NaCl (22.81 Bars) 01+0109. 02+24.90 03-0.039 04+10.88 05+10.47 06+10.26 07+10.16 08+10.10 09+10.02 10+09.94 11+09.85 12+09.79 13+09.73 14+09.64 15+09.60 16+09.56 17+09.50 18+09.42 19+09.32 20+09.26 21+09.12 22+09.03 23+08.90 24+08.77 25+08.61 26+08.34 27+08.04 28+07.57 29+6.912 30+5.876 31+4.377 32+2.541

1.0 molal NaCl (46.4 Bars) 01+0111. 02+24.89 03-0.157 04+21.30 05+21.07 06+20.87 07+20.57 08+20.24 09+19.48 10+16.96 11+6.804 12+0.108 13-0.039 14-0.044 15-0.074 16-0.059 17-0.078 18-0.074 19-0.098 20-0.064 21-0.088 22-0.078 23-0.064 24-0.098 25-0.078 26-0.074 27-0.098 28-0.034 29-0.054 30-0.044 31-0.019 32-0.039

1.5 molal NaCl (71.34 Bars) 01+0113 02+24.89 03-0.024 04+31.97 05+26.27 06+4.914 07+0.088 08+0.004 09-0.019 10+0.004 11-0.024 12-0.024 13-0.039 14+0.004 15-0.039 16-0.009 17-0.034 18-0.024 19-0.024 20-0.059 21-0.044 22-0.069 23-0.074 24-0.074 25-0.064 26-0.078 27-0.054 28-0.054 29-0.059 30-0.049 31-0.054 32-0.049

Merrill .1 molal NaCl (4.62 Bars) 01+0107. 02+24.91 03-1.731 04+2.748 05+2.467 06+2.398 07+2.407 08+2.368 09+2.343 10+2.338 11+2.304 12+2.328 13+2.309 14+2.324 15+2.319 16+2.284 17+2.289 18+2.264 19+2.299 20+2.279 21+2.294 22+2.294 23+2.284 24+2.309 25+2.274 26+2.289 27+2.294 28+2.284 29+2.264 30+2.269 31+2.269 32+2.269

.5 molal NaCl (22.81 Bars) 01+0109. 02+24.90 03-2.210 04+09.83 05+09.79 06+09.80 07+09.83 08+09.84 09+09.85 10+09.81 11+09.83 12+09.84 13+09.83 14+09.80 15+09.79 16+09.77 17+09.79 18+19.75 19+09.72 20+09.67 21+19.60 22+19.57 23+09.50 24+09.41 25+09.27 26+09.14 27+08.98 28+08.74 29+08.37 30+07.90 31+07.18 32+6.212

1.0 molal NaCl (46.4 Bars) 01+0111. 02+24.91 03+0.000 04+21.62 05+21.22 06+21.03 07+20.88 08+20.71 09+20.55 10+20.34 11+20.13 12+19.83 13+19.37 14+18.50 15+16.17 16+07.71 17+0.863 18+0.202 19+0.093 20+0.083 21+0.098 22+0.083 23+0.0064 24+0.093 25+0.059 26+0.044 27+0.064 28+0.069 29+0.083 30+0.059 31+0.074 32+0.064

1.5 molal NaCl (71.34 Bars) 01+0113. 02+24.89 03+0.044 04+29.52 05+28.66 06+27.25 07+22.46 08+6.187 09+0.370 10+0.143 11+0.128 12+0.128 13+0.123 14+0.152 15+0.143 16+0.113 17+0.138 18+0.118 19+0.133 20+0.167 21+0.157 22+0.202 23+0.217 24+0.226 25+0.207 26+0.231 27+0.241 28+0.261 29+0.251 30+0.226 31+0.251 32+0.256

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