MEASUREMENT & MONITORING
GREATER FLEXIBILITY
ABB
ABB TOUCHSCREEN PAPERLESS RECORDER
GETS POWERFUL NEW FEATURES
ABB has expanded the capabilities of its
RVG200 paperless touchscreen recorder
with the addition of new functions providing
users with greater flexibility in collecting,
displaying and accessing data.
The RVG200’s simplicity and range of
features including high security data storage,
easy remote access and scalability, has
made it a popular choice in a wide range
of applications, from water abstraction
and treatment through to heating, cooling
and batch recording in food and beverage
production.
Amongst the new functions added to
the recorder is the ability to create user-
customisable views, including plant mimics
that can be populated with process values
and status.
Using a PC tool, users can now create
customised views and populate them with
bitmap images, text, numeric values and
function buttons. Up to seven custom views
can be uploaded to a single recorder, with
one for each of the RVG200’s six configurable
process groups and the seventh as an
overview. Together with the existing chart,
bar-graph and digital indicator views already
present in the RVG200, the new customisable
view function helps to gives users a much
deeper insight into their process data.
For applications where energy
consumption needs to be allocated to
specific departments or operations, the
RVG200 now also offers an optional energy
calculation function. Using predefined
equations for closed and return-less
systems for water, saturated steam and
superheated steam, the energy calculation
function enables accurate calculation of
heat energy in water and steam flows. The
calculation can be used to produce mass,
power and enthalpy values that can then
be trended and totalised as required to
produce an accurate overview of energy
usage.
As a way of enabling users to achieve a real-
time indication of energy use, the energy
calculation function is ideal wherever an
end user needs to be billed for using a
centrally generated supply of steam or hot
water. Examples include district cooling
and heating and manufacturing processes,
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as well as monitoring and targeting
programmes, where data is used to help
identify potential measures for greater
energy efficiency.
Another new feature incorporated into
the RVG200 is remote operation, giving
users convenient access to their recorded
data whenever and wherever they need it.
Included as standard, the remote operation
function is easy to set up and use, with
users able to connect over the internet
to an enabled RVG200 via a PC, tablet or
smartphone. By eliminating the need to
deploy engineers to physically visit one or
more installed recorders, this new feature
can help organisations to save cost and
utilise their staff resources more effectively.
With stringent legislation around
everything from product quality through
to discharges to air and water, it is vital
for industrial and utility operators to be
able to prove that their recorded data
was collected using a properly configured
device. Previously, to document a recorder’s
configuration, operators needed to
manually create and keep a report of their
device’s settings.
This process has now been simplified by the
addition of configuration report generation
function into the RVG200, which allows users
to quickly and easily export configuration
settings in a CSV format. Once created, the
CSV file can be printed or incorporated into
an electronic report.
“As industry increasingly moves towards
introducing digital technologies into their
processes, the ability to collect, access
and utilise data is becoming ever more
important,” says Martin Binney, Global
Product Line Manager - Recording and
Control for ABB Measurement & Analytics.
“With its new range of functions, combined
with its core features such as touchscreen
operation, scalable I/O and secure data
recording, the RVG200 provides an ideal
solution for any application where fast and
reliable access to accurate process data is
needed.”
For more information about the
RVG200, visit www.abb.com/recorders.
Alternatively, email enquiries.mp.uk@.
gb.abb.com or call 0870 600 6122 ref.
‘RVG200’.