CHAUVIN ARNOUX PEL 51 Power and Energy Loggers Installation Guide
- June 9, 2024
- CHAUVIN ARNOUX
Table of Contents
CHAUVIN ARNOUX PEL 51 Power and Energy Loggers
INSTRUCTION
- Energy meters
- TRMS voltage and current measurement
- Power measurement W (P, Pf), VA and var (N, Qf and D)
- Measurement of PF, DPF/Cos φ
- Power supply via the phase
ENERGY EFFICIENCY & MEASUREMENT OF THE SAVINGS
When a building or factory is the focus of a global energy survey, electricity
consumption is often less than fuel oil or gas consumption, etc. All companies
and electricity users have a main meter at the supplier’s point of delivery
(RTE in France), but they only very rarely have submetering and may suffer
from the absence of a metering point at any time. The PEL loggers are placed
on these points to perform the measurements.
The French RE2020 environmental regulations have tightened the constraints for checking and controlling energy spending. Mandatory audits of large companies impose these checks on them. As a result, a number of major groups have failed in their attempts to achieve ISO 50001 certification, which takes this obligation into account and goes even further in terms of seeking out energy savings.
MEASUREMENT OF THE SAVINGS
The recordings made with PEL50 electrical measuring instruments are time/date-
stamped. This means it is possible to measure the economic gains achieved
simply by compa-ring the recordings made before and after modifications on an
installation. The analysis of the recordings made with the PEL50 before the
modifications corresponds to a represen-tative period of use. The various
operations for maintenance and improvement of the electrical network and
equipment, or other purposes, can then be carried out.
A correctly-positioned PEL50 enables you to quickly locate the most crucial points without wasting time. A monitoring period will allow you to establish whether the solutions pro-posed are correct and sufficient, but above all to precisely measure the savings achieved.
FUNCTIONS
- The PEL51 and PEL52 are power loggers. These tools are designed to seek ways of improving electrical consumption.
- To do this, they record the useful measurements (voltage, current, power values and energy values). They use Wifi to communicate via an access point or server.
The PEL 50 is the first instrument in this range and format to include the possibility of connection via an IRD server. This function was only available formerly on certain PEL100 models (See our detailed IRD Case Study on the CA website).
POWER MEASUREMENTS
- Active power P (W)
- Fundamental active power Pf (W)
- Fundamental reactive power Qf (var)
- Non-active power N (var)
- Distortion power D (var)
- Apparent power S (VA).
- And all the related energy measurements.
RECORDING
The aggregated measurements are recorded over periods from 1 min to 1 hour on
an SD or SDHC card. The data can be read directly on a PC.
COMPATIBLE CURRENT SENSORS
| MN93| MN93A| Mini94| MA194-250| MA194-350|
MA194- 1000| A193-450| A193-800| C193
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Range| 500 mA
to 200 Aac
| 5 mA
to 100 Aac
| 50 mA
to 200 Aac
| 200 mA
to 3 kAac
| 200 mA
to 3 kAac
| 200 mA
to 3 kAac
| 200 mA
to 3 kAac
| 1 A
to 1000 Aac
Diam/ length| 20 mm| 16 mm| 70 /
250 mm
| 100/
350 mm
| 300 /
1000 mm
| 140/
450 mm
| 250/
800 mm
| 52 mm
IEC 61010| 600 V CAT III /
300 V CAT IV
| 600 V CAT III /
300 V CAT IV
| 1000V CAT III / 600V CAT IV| 1000 V CAT III /
600 V CAT IV
| 600 V CAT IV
MINI94 CURRENT CLAMP
The Mini94 clamp can be used to measure AC currents from 50 mA up to 200 A,
without any intervention on the installation (no need to cut off the current
to be measured). Its excellent accuracy (gain and phase/Accuracy Class 0.2)
make it ideal for current measurements with power and energy loggers. In
particular, it can be used to check energy meters.
PEL TRANSFER SOFTWARE
The PEL Transfer® software offers a practical tool for configuring and
downloading the data recorded on the measuring instrument onto your computer.
Using clear dialogue boxes which are easy to use with tabs, the curves can be
displayed, saved and/or exported by the user.
WEB SERVER INTERFACE
Both instruments include this VNC mode function. When you know the IP address
of the PEL50, you can control your instrument from any web browser (Chrome,
Firefox, etc., Windows, Android, etc., or iOs). On the instrument’s touch-
sensitive screen, you can click on the required icon to access the various
measurements and menus.
| Models | PEL51 | PEL52 |
|---|
General functions
Display| Multi-display backlit LCD
Types of installations| Single-phase| Split-phase or 2 single-phase channels
Number of channels| 1V/1I| 2V/2I
Models| PEL51/52
General functions
Network frequency| 50 and 60 Hz
Voltage| 10 V to 690 V
Current range| See table on previous page
Ratios| Yes
Power/energy values| P, Pf, N, S, Qf, D / Up to 4 Exa
Min – Max| Yes
THD| Yes
Additional functions|
Acquisition rate| 1 measurements / s
Aggregation| 1 min to 60 min
Storage mode| SD / SD-HC card
8 GB (expandable to 32 GB)
Ethernet| Yes (via simplified Wifi)
Safety| IEC 61010 CAT III 600 V
Power supply| Via the measurement phase
(90 – 690 V)
Battery| NiMH – Battery life 1 hour
Dimensions| 180 x 88 x 87 mm
Weight| 400 g
Casing| IP54
ACCESSORIES & REPLACEMENT PARTS
STATE AT DELIVERY
| PEL 51 Power Logger with
MA194
| PEL 52 Power Logger
(PEL52 alone)
---|---|---
Bag| ■|
Battery (mounted)| ■|
SD card| ■| ■
Red banana voltage lead| ■| ■
Black banana voltage lead| ■| ■
Blue banana voltage lead| | ■
MA194-250 flexible AC current
sensor
| 1| 0
Crocodile clips| 2| 3
Type-C7 power supply cable| ■| ■
C8 adapter| ■| ■
Safety datasheet| ■| ■
Test report| ■| ■
Multilingual Quick Start Guide| ■| ■
Multilingual User’s Manual| Available for download from
our website
Data transfer and management
software.
| Available for download from
our website
Reference| P01 1571 66| P01 1571 67
PEL51 STATE AT DELIVERY
FRANCE Chauvin Arnoux
- address: 12-16 rue Sarah Bernhardt 92600 Asnières-sur-Seine
- Tél.: +33 1 44 85 44 85
- Fax: +33 1 46 27 73 89
- info@chauvin-arnoux.fr
- www.chauvin-arnoux.fr
UNITED KINGDOM
- address: Chauvin Arnoux Ltd Unit 1 Nelson Ct, Flagship Sq, Shaw Cross Business Pk Dewsbury, West Yorkshire – WF12 7TH
- Tel: +44 1924 460 494
- Fax: +44 1924 455 328
- info@chauvin-arnoux.co.uk
- www.chauvin-arnoux.com
Middle East
- address: Chauvin Arnoux Middle East P.O. BOX 60-154 1241 2020 JAL EL DIB – LEBANON
- Tel: +961 1 890 425
- Fax: +961 1 890 424
- camie@chauvin-arnoux.com
- www.chauvin-arnoux.com