The FlowTracker2 Lab ADV utilizes SonTek’s continuing innovation in ADV platforms to offer a laboratory version of the world’s best-selling ADV, the FlowTracker2. For the first time, the ADV’s acoustic probeand processing electronics are housed in one small, lightweight, easily manoeuvrable unit, and the acoustic head has an optional, integrated pressure (depth) sensor. Depth data are even corrected for dynamic pressure (Bernoulli) and altitude effects using SonTek’s patented method.
Flowtracker2 Lab ADV is recommended for use in:
- Civil engineering, environmental, and hydraulic projects
- Aquaculture and aquarium operations
- Surface and bottom boundary studies
- Tanks, flumes, and physical models
- Very shallow water environments
- Turbulence
- Settling rates
- Fish screens
The FlowTracker2 Lab Kit comes with its own version of the powerful and user friendly FlowTracker2 desktop software. Setup of the probe and PC software is simple and mistake-proof. Just connect the cables between the probe and your laboratory PC or laptop, check a few settings, and press the “Start Logging” button. Data are output directly to a *.CSV file that is immediately ready for processing, analysis, and import to your project database or other programs.
The FlowTracker2 lab kit includes cables to connect your probe to your power supply and PC. The simple system can be set up and ready to collect velocity data within minutes. For even more versatility, add a FlowTracker2 Handheld to your lab package to collect velocity data even when the PC is out of reach.
Output Variables Available
- Velocity X, Y, and Z1
- Temperature
- Raw pressure2
- Depth2
- Accelerometer X, Y, and Z
- 1Z (vertical) velocity available with optional 2D/3D probe configuration
2Pressure and depth available with optional probe configuration - Per beam (2 or 3 parameters, depending on probe configuration):
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- Correlation score
- Signal amplitude
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
- Noise level
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- Sound speed
- Corrected pressure2
- Power voltage
- Pressure sensor calibration interval