Experimental Validation of a New Cost-Effective and Nonintrusive BTU Meter

Xiaobing Liu; Som S. Shrestha

doi:10.2172/1479739

Experimental Validation of a New Cost-Effective and Nonintrusive BTU Meter

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This report summarizes the research conducted under a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement with FluxTeq LLC for experimental validation of a new inexpensive and nonintrusive thermal energy meter (referred as a BTU meter). BTU meters measure thermal energy flows in energy systems (e.g., chillers or boilers); measurements of these flows are essential for performance monitoring, fault detection and diagnostics, and control of these energy systems. The key component of a BTU meter is the device for measuring flow rate. Most flow rate meters available today are either intrusive and difficult to install, especially on existing energy systems, or built around sophisticated,very expensive ultrasonic sensors.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	United States
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/1479739
State	Published - 2018

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