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ANEMOMETER CALIBRATION REPORT Davis, CA 95618-7726

Office: (530) 757-2264
Test Date: 29 March 2010 Revision No: 0
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Customer Information Instrument Under Test (IUT)
NRG Systems, Inc. Model No: NRG #40 Sine
110 Riggs Road Serial No: 179500149097
Hinesburg, VT 05461 Output: Sine Wave
USA IUT Power: 0 VDC
Heater Power: 0 VDC
Mount Diameter: 12.7 mm
Test Procedure: OTECH-CP-001
Wind Tunnel Test Facility Data Acquisition
Otech Tunnel ID: WT2B Hardware : National Instruments CDAQ-9172 USB 2.0 chassis
Type : Eiffel (open circuit, suction) with NI 9205 32-chan 16-bit AI module
Test Section Size : 0.61 m x 0.61 m x 1.22 m Software : National Instruments LabVIEW 8.5
Manufacturer : Engineering Laboratory Design, Inc. Signal Reduction Method for IUT: FFT to determine frequency
Measuring Equipment Test Conditions
Reference Speed : Four United Sensor Type PA Pitot-static Reference Speed Position Correction = 1
tubes sensed by an MKS Barotron Type 220D Reference Speed Blockage Correction = 1
Differential Pressure Transducer (NIST traceable) Mean Ambient Pressure = 100,930 Pa
Amb. Pressure : Setra Model 270 Barometer (NIST traceable) Mean Ambient Temperature = 24.4 deg C
Amb. Temperature : OMEGA HX94 SS Probe (NIST traceable) Mean Relative Humidity = 41.3% RH
Relative Humidity : OMEGA HX94 SS Probe (NIST traceable) Mean Density = 1.1762 kg/cubic meter

30 0.40
Reference Speed, V [m/s]

Speed Residual, ΔV [m/s]

25 0.30
0.20
20 0.10
15 0.00
10 -0.10
-0.20
5 -0.30
0 -0.40
0 10 20 30 40 0 10 20 30 40
Anemometer Signal, f [Hz] Anemometer Signal, f [Hz]

Transfer Function Test Results: V [m/s] = 0.757 f [Hz] + 0.40

Reference Anemometer Residual Ref. Speed
Regression Parameters Speed [m/s] Output [Hz] [m/s] Uncertainty
r = 0.99997 std. err. estimate =0.0629 m/s 3.956 4.838 -0.105 0.499%
slope =0.757 m/s per Hz std. err. slope =0.00199 m/s per Hz 7.957 9.969 0.013 0.558%
offset =0.40 m/s std. err. offset =0.04239 m/s 11.958 15.174 0.075 0.468%
15.926 20.454 0.047 0.479%
19.948 25.841 -0.008 0.486%
23.938 31.207 -0.079 0.471%
25.924 33.738 -0.008 0.477%
21.933 28.491 -0.029 0.474%
17.944 23.160 0.017 0.472%
13.949 17.806 0.074 0.486%
9.941 12.525 0.062 0.527%
5.977 7.448 -0.059 0.502%

Note: Generic photo of test set-up

Approved by: Adam Havner,
Lab Manager

This document reports that the above IUT was tested at Otech Engineering, Inc., a wind tunnel laboratory accredited in accordance
with the recognised International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (Certificate number CL-126). This accreditation demonstrates
technical competence for a defined scope and the operation of a laboratory quality management system (refer joint ISO-ILAC-IAF
Communiqué dated January 2009). Uncertainties estimated at 95 % confidence level. This report shall not be reproduced except in
full, without written approval from Otech Engineering, Inc.

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