Flow sensors monitor building air

Omron's D6FW and D6FV MEMS-based sensors both incorporate a dust segregation system (DSS) that separates up to 99.5% of dry airborne particulates.

Omron has added a more compact and lower cost version to its range of air and gas flow sensors, designed to detect clogged air intake filters and air velocity flows in office automation equipment, domestic air purifiers and coolers, and HVAC applications.

The new sensors offer a monitoring solution at below the cost of a Pitot tube.

The new Omron D6FV is less than half the size of the existing D6F-W, and is also available at typically half the cost.

D6FV has dimensions of 24 x 14 x 8mm and is specified to handle air velocities from 0 to 3m/s.

Omron will continue to offer the D6F-W, however, which is available in versions designed for 0-1m/s and 0-4m/s, and also features a temperature compensation circuit to improve performance over a wide range of ambient temperatures.

The D6FW has dimensions of 39 x 20 x 9mm and an accuracy of +/-5% full-scale deflection.

Omron's D6FW and D6FV MEMS-based sensors both incorporate a dust segregation system (DSS) that separates up to 99.5% of dry airborne particulates normally encountered in both domestic and commercial environments to ensure an extremely stable measurement characteristic over the product life time.

They are an ideal alternative to single-point Pitot tubes and thermal dispersion sensors in heating ducts and building/ environmental management systems.

Each is supplied as standard, optimally adjusted at the factory so easy and rapid user application is guaranteed.

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