Kipp & Zonen CT24 Instruction Manual

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SIGNAL AMPLIFIER 4 20 mA

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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IMPORTANT USER INFORMATION

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WARRANTY AND LIABILITY

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Declaration of Conformity

According to EC guideline 89/336/EEC 73/23/EEC

We Kipp & Zonen B.V.
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Declare under our sole responsibility that the product

Type: CT 24
Name: Solar Sensor Amplifier 4 – 20 mA

To which this declaration relates is in conformity with the following
standards:

Imissions EN 50082-1 Group standard
IEC 1000-4-2
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B.A.H. Dieterink

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

WARRANTY AND LIABILITY 2

Declaration of Conformity 3

1. GENERAL INFORMATION 7

2. SPECIFICATIONS 9

3. CONNECTION OF THE CT 24 11

3.1 Minimising interference 12

3.2 Selecting the supply voltage 13

3.3 Connection for current output 13

4. NEGATIVE INPUT SIGNALS 17

5. CALIBRATION PROCEDURE 19

5.1 Standard calibration 19

5.2 Special calibration. 20

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1. GENERAL INFORMATION

With the CT 24 it is possible to convert a low level voltage output
from a solar sensor to the standard level of 4 – 20 mA or (using the
supplied 500 Ohm resistor) to a 2 – 10 Volt signal.
The CT 24 amplifier is designed to use with Kipp & Zonen solar
sensors, to allow long cables between sensor and data logger
without external interference.

The large operation temperature range from - 30°C to + 70°C and
the waterproof housing (IP 65) makes that the CT 24 can be used
under the same conditions as all solar sensors.

The amplification can be adjusted from the standard 0 – 20 mV is
4 – 20 mA to a value that takes the calibration factor of the sensor
into account, like 0 – 1000 W/m² is 4 – 20 mA.
Even negative inputs are allowed through a positive shift of the zero
point from +4 to + 8 mA.
This allows for negative input signals of about 250 W/m² like a
pyrgeometer produces.

The CT 24 is protected against reversed polarity, voltage surges on
input and output lines and is shielded against EMF disturbance.
For pyranometers with temperature sensors there are special
connector strips in the CT 24 to connect these sensors from in going
to out-going cable.

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2. SPECIFICATIONS

Power supply @ RLd 125 :

+12 to +30 VDC

Input range -5 to +20 mV

Gain adjust +0.5 to +1.0 mA / mV

Zero adjust +3 to +8 mA

Temperature range (operating) -30°C to +70°C

Housing Aluminium, grey lacquered

Dimensions W x D x H 64 x 58 x 34 mm

Water proof IP 65 / DIN 40050

Cable glands size 4 to 6,5 mm

Voltage output +2 to +10 V

SPECIFICATIONS

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3. CONNECTION OF THE CT 24

The CT 24 is meant to boost the (low level) output signal of a solar
sensor. Therefore the CT 24 amplifier needs to be close to the
sensor to maintain a high signal to noise ratio in the cable.
The internal layout of the CT 24 is shown in figure 3.1.

figure 3.1 Internal layout of the CT 24

To prevent errors due to current loops between input
and output it is necessary that the sensor outputs

are floating (not connected to ground) or that the ( )
from the power supply is not connected to ground.

In case of doubt check the impedance of the sensor wires
against the sensor housing, this should be infinite.

CONNECTION OF THE CT 24

OUTPUTINPUT

GND

GNDZERO ADJUST

GAIN ADJUST

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3.1 Minimising interference

To obtain maximum signal to noise ratio both before and after the
CT 24, it is advised to connect the CT 24 as described in this
chapter.

All Kipp & Zonen sensor cables have an internal shield that has to
be connected to the ground (housing) of the CT 24. For this
purpose pin 1 of the input connector strips can be used or one of
the screws that holds the PC board in place. Also the outgoing
cable must have an internal shield connected to the ground inside
the CT 24. For this purpose pin 1 of the output connector strips can
be used or one of the screws that holds the PC board in place.

If you don’t want to connect the cable shields to the housing but
only interconnect with each other, use one of the interconnections
instead of pin 1. Make sure that the cable diameter is within the
size that the cable glands can hold (4 – 6.5 mm)

SHIELD 1 1 SHIELD

SIGNAL  INPUT

2 2

SIGNAL  OUTPUT

SIGNAL + INPUT 3 3 SIGNAL + OUTPUT
INTERCONNECTION 4 4 INTERCONNECTION
INTERCONNECTION 5 5 INTERCONNECTION
INTERCONNECTION 6 6 INTERCONNECTION
INTERCONNECTION 7 7 INTERCONNECTION
INTERCONNECTION 8 8 INTERCONNECTION
INTERCONNECTION 9 9 INTERCONNECTION

figure 3.2 internal connection strip

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3.2 Selecting the supply voltage

The CT 24 operates as a so-called 2 wire current transmitter. This
means that the amplifier receives its operating current from the
loop that represents the current output signal.
The loop has to be powered with a power supply capable of
providing a voltage between 12 and 30 Volt @ 125 Ohm. When
later on the current is to be transformed to a voltage, it is important
to select the power supply voltage in accordance with the desired
output voltage.

Example:

Required voltage over the CT 24 is 9 Volt (minimum value)

Required voltage over the 500 Ohm resistor is 10 Volt (@ 20 mA)

This implies that the supplied voltage has to be at least
9+10 = 19 Volt.

3.3 Connection for current output

When the CT 24 is used as a standard 420 mA amplifier
(transmitter) only 2 input and 2 output wires have to be connected
plus two times the shielding of both cables.

The cable coming from the sensor is lead through the cable gland
and directly connected to pin 2 (-) and 3 (+) of the input connector
strip.

Check your sensor manual for the colour of the wires.
The outgoing cable has the same number of wires as the input
cable and can be connected to the output strip. Make sure both
cables have their shield connected to ground.

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Input connector pins number 4 till 9 are interconnected with the
output connector pins and can be used to transfer the signal from
temperature sensors like a Pt100 or thermistor to the output cable.

figure 5.3 connection for current output

Shield

Signal +

Signal -

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3.4 Connection for voltage output

When a voltage signal is needed directly from the CT 24, the
conversion from current to voltage can be made inside the CT 24.
For this purpose a precision 500 Ohm resistor is supplied that can
be connected through the connection strip.
The wires used to supply the current and the wires that carry the
voltage output can not be combined. Even though the return from
the current loop and the low of the voltage output are connected to
the same level, the voltage drop over the cable makes it necessary
to use separate wires for the voltage output.

figure 3.4 voltage output connection

Power supply +
Signal +
Signal –
Power supply –

Shield

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So when the CT 24 is used with a voltage output, 2 input and 4
output wires have to be connected plus two times the shielding of
both cables.

Of course any other R

L

can be used to transform the output
current to a voltage, as long as the guideline from chapter 5 is
followed.

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4. NEGATIVE INPUT SIGNALS

When using a pyrgeometer as input, the signal can be both
positive and negative. To allow for negative inputs the zero point
from the CT 24 can be adjusted to + 8mA. (see fig 3.1 zero adjust)

Example with a CG 1:

Sensor output –250 to + 250 W/m2 = -3.750 mV to + 3.750 mV
Gain is set to 1 mA / mV
Output range is 3.75 x 2 = 7.5 mA

To see both negative and positive signals on the output the zero
has to be shifted +4 mA (3.75 minimal) to +8 mA.

See the next chapter for the calibration procedure.

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5. CALIBRATION PROCEDURE

Calibration can be performed in two ways, either the CT 24 is
calibrated standard with an amplification of 1mA per 1 mV and no
offset adjusted (see chapter 5.1)
Or a special calibration is made where the amplification and / or
offset are adapted to the sensor (see chapter 5.2).

Necessary equipment for calibration:

- accurate voltage source

- power supply ( +12 to +30 Volt)

- accurate multimeter ( current and voltage)

- small screwdriver to adjust the potentiometers

- Resistor (R

S

) equal to the sensor element impedance

5.1 Standard calibration

To perform a standard calibration, connect R

S

in the CT 24 to the
input terminal strip pin 2 and 3. The power supply has to be
connected to the output pins 2 and 3.
Measure the loop current with the multimeter on mA range.
In this situation a zero input is simulated and the zero output can
be adjusted to +4 mA with the zero adjust potentiometer.
Then a +16 mV signal has to be applied to the input. With the gain
potentiometer the output is adjusted to +20 mA.
This gives a maximum full-scale input of +16 mV.

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5.2 Special calibration.

With special calibration is meant that the sensitivity of the sensor
(pyranometer) is used to adjust the gain. This is to obtain for
instance a conversion of 200 W/m

2

per mA.

Example:

CM 11 with a sensitivity of 5.14 x 10-6 V / W/m2 and max.
irradiance of 2000 W/m

2

The zero point is set as described above under standard
calibration.

For 200 W/m

2

/ mA the applied voltage to the input to set the gain,

is calculated in the following way:

5.14 x 10

-6

x 2000 = 10,28 mV, and adjust the output to

+4 mA + (2000/200) = 14 mA

This should always be smaller than 20 mA.

An input signal change of 0 to 2000 W/m

2

gives an output change
of 4 to 14 mA.
With the 500 Ohm resistor this results in a voltage change of 2 to 7
Volt.

Depending on the sensor output it can be better to use a
conversion of 50 or 100 W/m2 per mA.
Of course using the total +16 mA range gives the optimal
resolution on the output.

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6. PART NUMBERS

CT 24 0305 710
Resistor 500: 2686 002
Instruction manual 0305 260

PART NUMBERS

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