Electronic Remote Sensors

DP Level is a Proven and Successful

Technology
Process Level Market
Pressure by Technology*
Level =
Specific Gravity Other
26% DP 30%
 Straightforward measurement technique
 Easily verified and calibrated Ultrasonic
 Flexibility enables use in variety of 12%
Radar
applications (mass, density, interface) Switches 17%
15%
ERS Tuned-System Balanced System Wet Leg Dry Leg

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27-Jun-01, Slide 2 Global Process Level (2005), ARC Global Radar Study (2008), F&S Global Level Sensors (2005)
Electronic Remote Sensors Enhance DP
Level Technology

PLO DP Calculated Electronically

• Two Pressure Sensors
• Electronics Featureboard

Wire
Utilizes dPT Sensor
Platform

DP = PHI – PLO
4-20 mA Two-Wire 4-20 mA Output
with HART
PHI

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ERS Simplifies Installation Practices
1. Independently install each sensor
1 – Direct-mount without pipe stand, brackets,
and other hardware
– Can be installed by a single instrument tech
2. Wire sensors together
2 – Non-proprietary electrical wire
– Easy to install around catwalks, on
distillation columns, etc.
– Eliminate insulation and heat tracing
3. Perform a system zero trim
1
3 – Establishes true zero-based DP measurement
– No zero elevation calculation required

ERS Architecture Supports Flexible Installations

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ERS Digital Architecture Delivers Improved
Performance
Direct Connection to Tank Reduces Time Response

Transmitter with Direct-Mounted

10 ft (3 m) Capillary ERS Transmitter
Digital Architecture Eliminates Measurement Drift
Wet Leg Dry Leg Capillary ERS System

Evaporation
Electrical Wire

Condensation

Fill Fluid Density & Digital architecture

Volume Changes with eliminates temperature
Temperature effects

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 Easy, Integrated Solution
Do-it-Yourself (Two Transmitters) ERS
PLO
P2
P1

∆P P2 No error from ∆P
change in static
pressure (∆P)

DP DP
P1 PHI

• Not synchronized • Synchronized measurements

• 2x wiring costs • Single 2-wire 4-20mA loop
• 2x required I/O • No DCS programming
• DCS programming • Easily zeroed & calibrated
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 Electronic Remote Sensors Have
Proven Successes

ERS Applications
Characteristics
• Tall Spans
• Temperature
Variation
• Heat Tracing ERS
• Plugged Impulse System
Lines
• Low Static Pressure
• Excessive Impulse
Piping / Capillary
• Measurement Drift

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 Traditional DP Level Technologies Still
Have Key Applications and Benefits

Traditional DP Level Application

Technologies Characteristics
• Tuned-System • Short Spans
Assembly • High Pressures
• Balanced Capillary • Indoor Vessels
System • Stable Temperatures
• DP transmitter with wet • Simple Installations
leg • Wireless
• DP transmitter with dry
leg

Tuned-
System
Assembly
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