Manometer Calibration

Delgado Ivan, Ordoñez Laura, Perez Andrés

(Dated: Marzo 2020)

I. ABSTRACT
TABLE II. Weight used for manometer 2
No m(kN )
On this practice it’s necessary to calibrate two differ- 1 0, 00098
ent Bourdon manometer by knowing their pressure when 2 0, 00098
applying different forces, besides, load up and load down 3 0, 00098
results will be compared. These will be experimental re- P 0, 00098
sults which afterwards will be compared to theoretical
results; this comparison will allow the error calculation.
On this case the obtained errors are fewer than 20
To calculate theoretical pressure was necessary to use
equation 1 where A is the piston area; which is 0,000315.
II. INTRODUCTION
F
RP = (1)
Pressure is a measure of potential energy; it’s given in A
relation to the unit volume of the fluid. This practice pur- Having calculated theoretical pressure and having exper-
pose is to calculate experimental pressure on manometers imental pressure it’s possible to calculate the error by
when a force is applied and also to calculate theoretical using equation 2.
pressure by using the press hydraulic advantage equation.
A manometer is an element with circular oval sections |RP − MP |
which start deforming when applying pressure; for this e= ∗ 100 (2)
RP
reason, it’s possible to obtain pressure, this is also gov-
erned by the principle of hydro statics which says that Finally the obtained data for manometer 1 was:
all the body submerged by a liquid will have a pressure
just for being under a liquid.
TABLE III. Load up obtained data (1A)
No W (kN ) RP (kN/m2 ) MP (kN/m2 ) e
III. METHOD AND RESULTS 1 0, 0098 31, 1 29 ± 5 6, 75
2 0, 0045 45, 3 43 ± 5 5, 13
3 0, 0049 60, 9 58 ± 5 4, 75
To make this practice two manometer were submitted 4 0, 0098 91, 9 93 ± 5 1, 17
to three different weights (table1) and three weights for 5 0, 0098 123 127 ± 5 3, 28
manometer two (table 2). These weights were put on one 6 0, 0045 137, 2 141 ± 5 2, 78
by one over the piston on the manometer to get load up
pressure; afterwards, every weight was removed from the
piston to calculate load down pressure.

TABLE IV. Load down obtained data (1A)

TABLE I. Weight used for manometer 1 No W (kN ) RP (kN/m2 ) MP (kN/m2 ) e
No m(kN ) 1 0, 0045 137, 2 141 ± 5 2, 78
1 0, 00098 2 0, 0098 123 129 ± 5 4, 91
2 0, 0045 3 0, 0098 91, 9 94 ± 5 2, 25
3 0, 0049 4 0, 0049 60, 9 53 ± 5 12, 96
P 0, 0098 5 0, 0045 45, 3 50 ± 5 10, 31
6 0, 0098 31, 12 30 ± 5 3, 53
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TABLE V. Load up obtained data (2A) TABLE X. Load down obtained data (2B)
No W (kN ) RP (kN/m2 ) MP (kN/m2 ) e No W (kN ) RP (kN/m2 ) MP (kN/m2 ) e
1 0, 0098 31, 1 30 ± 5 3, 53 1 0, 0098 124, 5 116 ± 5 10, 06
2 0, 0045 45, 3 40 ± 5 11, 75 2 0, 0098 93, 4 84 ± 5 1, 98
3 0, 0049 60, 9 58 ± 5 4, 75 3 0, 0098 62, 2 61 ± 5 10, 03
4 0, 0098 91, 9 93 ± 5 1, 17 4 0, 0098 31, 1 28 ± 5 6, 82
5 0, 0098 123 123 ± 5 0, 03
6 0, 0045 137, 2 139 ± 5 1, 32

TABLE VI. Load down obtained data (2A) IV. DISCUSSION

No W (kN ) RP (kN/m2 ) MP (kN/m2 ) e
1 0, 0045 137, 2 139 ± 5 1, 32
2 0, 0098 123 125 ± 5 1, 66 The obtained data allows to compare the pressures
3 0, 0098 91, 9 94 ± 5 2, 25 (graphics ahead)
4 0, 0049 60, 9 63 ± 5 3, 46
5 0, 0045 45, 3 48 ± 5 5, 9
6 0, 0098 31, 12 30 ± 5 3, 53

And the obtained data for manometer 2 was:

TABLE VII. Load up obtained data (1B)

No W (kN ) RP (kN/m2 ) MP (kN/m2 ) e
1 0, 0098 31, 1 27 ± 5 13, 18
2 0, 0098 62, 2 58 ± 5 6, 8 FIG. 1. RP Vs MP Load Up
3 0, 0098 93, 4 84 ± 5 10, 03
4 0, 0098 124, 5 112 ± 5 10, 03

TABLE VIII. Load down obtained data (1B)

No W (kN ) RP (kN/m2 ) MP (kN/m2 ) e
1 0, 0098 124, 5 112 ± 5 10, 03
2 0, 0098 93, 4 90 ± 5 3, 6
3 0, 0098 62, 2 60 ± 5 3, 58
4 0, 0098 31, 1 28 ± 5 10, 06

FIG. 2. RP Vs MP Load down

TABLE IX. Load up obtained data (2B)
No W (kN ) RP (kN/m2 ) MP (kN/m2 ) e
1 0, 0098 31, 1 28 ± 5 9, 97
2 0, 0098 62, 2 55 ± 5 11, 62
3 0, 0098 93, 4 82 ± 5 12, 17
4 0, 0098 124, 5 116 ± 5 6, 82

FIG. 3. RP Vs MP Load Up
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FIG. 8. RP Vs MP Load down

FIG. 4. RP Vs MP Load down

Finally it’s necessary to obtain error graphics:

FIG. 5. RP Vs MP Load Up

FIG. 9. Error 1A up

FIG. 6. RP Vs MP Load down

FIG. 10. Error 1A down

FIG. 7. RP Vs MP Load Up

FIG. 11. Error 1B up

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FIG. 12. Error 1B down FIG. 16. RP Vs MP Load down

These results show the precision of the measured data.

V. CONCLUSIONES

• As can be seen in the results table, it is found that

there is a margin of error, this was calculated with
FIG. 13. Error 2A up the experimental pressure vs. the theoretical pres-
sure. One of the main reasons why this could hap-
pen was because when taking data to calculate the
theoretical, the values obtained were not the most
accurate.

• In manometer one and two, two data captures were

made at different times, which consisted of loading
and unloading the imposed weights. On gauge one,
the loading part gives us an average margin of error
of 3.86

FIG. 14. Error 2A down

• Thanks to the graphics it’s possible to say that
some of the pressures tend to be more accurate.

VI. BIBLIOGRAFÍA

• [1] Jordan, D. R. (2019). Pressure. Salem Press

Encyclopedia of Science.

FIG. 15. Error 2B up