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Calibration Instrument Procedure
Instrument Turndown Ratio
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An important performance parameter for transmitter instruments is something often referred to as turndown or rangedown.
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“Turndown” is de ned as the ratio of maximum allowabe span to the minimum allowable span for a particular instrument.
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Suppose a pressure transmitter has a maximum calibration range of 0 to 300 pounds per square inch (PSI), and a turndown of
20:1. This means that a technician may adjust the span anywhere between 300 PSI (e.g. range = 0 to 300 PSI) and 15 PSI (e.g. range
= 0 to 15 PSI). This is important to know in order to select the proper transmitter for any given measurement application. The odds Categories
of you nding a transmitter with just the perfect factory-calibrated range for your measurement application may be quite small,
meaning you will have to adjust its range to t your needs. The turndown ratio tells you how far you will be able to practically Select Category
adjust your instrument’s range.

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For example, suppose you were working at a facility where the operations personnel requested a pressure transmitter installed on
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a process vessel with a measurement range of 50 PSI to 90 PSI. You go to the warehouse where all the new instruments are
stocked, and nd a pressure transmitter with a (maximum) range of zero to 1000 PSI, and a turndown ratio of 20:1. Dividing the
maximum span of 1000 PSI by 20, we arrive at a minimum span of 50 PSI. The span requested by operations for this pressure A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

transmitter is 40 PSI (90 PSI − 50 PSI), which means the transmitter you found in the warehouse will not be able to “turn down”
that far. At best, we could range it for 50 PSI to 100 PSI, or perhaps for 40 PSI to 90 PSI, but not the 50 PSI to 90 PSI requested by
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operations. At this point, you could return to the operations personnel to ask if a 50 PSI span would be acceptable – if not, you will
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have to order a di erent pressure transmitter with a smaller span (or with a greater turndown ratio).

Another important consideration with turndown is the accuracy of the instrument at the stated turndown. The further an
instrument is “turned down” from its maximum span, generally the worse its accuracy becomes at that reduced span. For
example, the Micro Motion “ELITE” series of Coriolis mass owmeters are advertised to perform within an accuracy envelope of Like our FB Page – Get Updates
±0.05% at turndown ratios up to 20:1, but that measurement uncertainty increases to ±0.25% at a turndown of 100:1, and to
±1.25% at a turndown of 500:1. It should be noted that the degradation of measurement accuracy at large turndown ratios is not InstrumentationTools
some defect of Micro Motion owmeters (far from it!), but rather an inescapable consequence of pushing an instrument’s 66,950 likes

turndown to its limit.

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Typical turndown ratio of various meter types

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The examples are here for gas ow, but the same meter types can be used on liquids as well, with similar turndown ratios. Note Latest Comments
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that meter manufacturers state their products’ turndown ratios—a speci c product may have a turndown ratio that varies from
the list below. kalidhrashanee
fantastic explanation. simple and great.
even non instrument...
1. A Thermal Mass Flow Meter has a turndown ratio of 1000:1.
2. An ori ce plate meter has a practical turndown ratio of 3:1. Feeroz
Information...
3. A Turbine Meter has a turndown ratio of 10:1.
4. Rotary positive displacement meters have a turndown ratio of between 10:1 and 80:1, depending on the manufacturer and the Asif Attari
application. For control valve seat leakage, now as per
new standard ANSI...
5. Diaphragm meters are considered to have a turndown ratio of 80:1.
6. Multipath ultrasonic meters often have a stated turndown ratio of 50:1. amore
thank you this was very informative and
helpful...
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