Description of BS EN 12405-1:2021 - TC 2021
This document specifies the requirements and tests for the
construction, performance, safety and conformity of gas-volume
electronic conversion devices associated to gas meters, used to
measure volumes of fuel gases of the 1st and 2nd families according
to ENÂ 437 .
This document is intended for type testing, the detailed
relevant provisions of which are given in Annex A.
Only three kinds of conversion are treated in this document:
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conversion as a function of temperature only (called T
conversion);
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conversion as a function of the pressure and of the
temperature with constant compression factor (called PT
conversion);
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conversion as a function of the pressure, the temperature
and taking into account the compression factor (called PTZ
conversion).
This document is not relevant to temperature conversion
integrated into gas meters which only indicate the converted
volume.
Gas-volume conversion devices consist of a calculator and a
temperature transducer or a calculator, a temperature transducer
and a pressure transducer locally installed.
For application of this document, a conversion device may be, as
a choice of the manufacturer, considered as a complete instrument
(Type 1) or made of separate elements (Type 2), according to the
definitions given in 3.1.20.1 and 3.1.20.2.
In this last case, the provisions concerning pressure
transducers, temperature sensors and temperature transducers are
given in Annexes B, C and D respectively.
Any conversion device can provide an error curve correction for
a gas meter.
NOTE
When rendering an account to an end user the readings from the
conversion device can be used in conjunction with the readings
from a gas meter conforming to
ENÂ 1359 ,
ENÂ 12480 , or
ENÂ 12261 , as appropriate, or
to any other appropriate and relevant international or national
standard for gas meters, without prejudice of national
regulations.
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