Honeywell has added new flow ranges to Zephyr Analog and Digital Airflow Sensor portfolio to optimize system performance in medical and industrial applications. The new flow ranges will provide high sensitivity at very low flows for equipments, according to company officials.
Honeywell has included four standard flow ranges between ±50 SCCM and ±750 SCCM to its existing flow range of ±200 SCCM. The company has also added a new port/housing style, the short port fastener mount to the portfolio.
“With the addition of the new airflow ranges, Honeywell provides its customers with more options to integrate the sensor into their application,” AJ Smith, director of global product marketing for Honeywell Sensing and Control, said. “Customers will also benefit from the portfolio’s industry-leading accuracy and the ability to customize the sensor to meet their specific application needs.”
With the extended flow ranges, Honeywell Zephyr will be able to detect low-pressure drops that often crop up in medical applications. If these low-pressure drops are not detected, it can impact patient comfort, and can reduce noise and system wear on components, such as motors and pumps. However, in case of industrial applications, lower flow range detection helps optimize performance in gas leak detection and blocked HVAC air filter detection.
In medical segment, Honeywell Zephyr airflow portfolio could be useful anesthesia, hospital diagnostics (spectrometry/gas chromatography), nebulizers, oxygen concentrators, patient monitoring, sleep apnea, spirometers, ventilators, and ventricular assist devices. While in Industrial segment, Zephyr is useful for air-to-fuel ratio, analytical instrumentation (spectrometry, chromatography), fuel cells, gas leak detection, gas meters, HVAC filters, VAV system on HVAC systems, and meteorology.
Due to Total Error Band as low as ±2.25 %FSS (full scale span), Honeywell Zephyr is able to detect very accurate airflow measurement. Its stability lessens errors due to thermal effects and null shift, providing accurate readings over time and often eliminating system calibration after PC board mount. Honeywell Zephyr’s linear output provides a more intuitive signal than the raw output of basic airflow sensors, helping to reduce production costs and design and implementation time.
Honeywell was in news recently when it enhanced telehealth technology with new Genesis touch personal health device.
Edited by
Carrie Schmelkin
