110 | Air-mass meters
Hot-film air mass meter, type HFM 7
Design
Air mass meters consist of a measure-
ment tube into which the plug-in sensor
with the sensor element is inserted. The
dimensions of the measurement tube vary
depending on the measuring range require-
ments. There are measurement tubes of
different sizes and design to suit the re-
quired air throughput. It is basically also
possible to integrate the plug-in sensor di-
rectly in the intake tract, for example in the
air filter housing or intake connection.?The
sensor element is located in the air flow
(measurement duct) of the plug-in sensor
and forms part of a Wheatstone bridge.
The configuration is such that the inevita-
ble contamination does not affect the flow
of air around the sensor. This obviates the
need for a self-cleaning process as always
used to be necessary with earlier hot-wire
air mass meters prior to starting.
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Application
To comply with the pertinent legislation,
the pollutant levels in the exhaust gas
of internal combustion engines must be
minimized and the combustion process
optimized. This involves mixing the air
and fuel in a precisely defined ratio. It
is therefore necessary to exactly record
the air mass flow and transmit this in the
form of an electrical signal to the control
electronics.?Other applications include
measuring instruments, testers and control
units for all types of combustion system as
well as in special gas engines. Given ap-
propriate calibration, an air mass meter is
also suitable for recording the mass flow of
almost all non-corrosive gases.
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Hot-film air mass meter, type HFM 7

Part number 0 281 006 054

Technical data Figure
Measuring range { 250 ... 1050 kg/h
Rated supply voltage 14V
Supply-voltage range u 6 ... 17 V
Relative accuracy1) D}/} +5%
Temperature range2) -40 ... 130 C
Pressure drop at { < 12 hPa
Current input K <6A
Time constant 3) e 10 ms
Time constant 4) e 30 ms
1) for 0,04 e }/{ e 1,3
2) short-time (e 3 min.) to 130 C.
3) Time required for step response of output voltage to 63% of final value given an abrupt change in air mass from
10 kg/h to 310 kg/h.
4) Delay on switch-on and after any change in flow rate until the output voltage has attained the relative measure-
ment deviation |D}/}| e 5 %.

Dimensional drawings

50,3
1

41

2 2
81,1
59,5

2 2
76
70

20 22,3
96

1 Plug-in sensor
2 Flow direction
3 Measurement tube

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