ANEROID BAROMETER

ANEROID BAROMETER
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ANEROID BAROMETER
ANEROID BAROMETER
ANEROID BAROMETER
ANEROID BAROMETER
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• Aneroid means without liquid. A sealed chamber
made of very thin metal, having a partial vacuum
inside it, is connected by a system of levers and
springs to a pointer fitted over a circular, graduated
scale. The thin metal has an elastic effect.
• When the atmospheric pressure increases, the
chamber gets compressed and the inward
movement of its wall is transmitted mechanically to
the pointer that then registers a higher reading on
the scale.
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• When the atmospheric pressure decreases, the
opposite happens. The expansion of the chamber is
assisted by a spring. The larger the chamber, the
greater the accuracy of the aneroid barometer.
• ERRORS OF AN ANEROID BAROMETER:
• Atmospheric pressures are always the ones at the
sea level, and not those at the height of eye level.
The wheel house of a ship can be anywhere from 30
to 60 feet or more from the sea level, depending on
the size of the ship. Atmospheric pressure is always
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• maximum at sea level, and it decreases as the
height above the sea level increases. Hence, the
readings of an aneroid barometer needs two
corrections, (i)index error(instrument error) and
• (ii) height of eye correction.
• INDEX ERROR:
• This is most likely to be caused by the imperfect
elasticity of the vacuum chamber. Index error is
likely to change and should be obtained once every
year( frequency as per the PMS under SMS) . This
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• Could be done by comparison with another aneroid
barometer whose index error is known.
Representatives of the Port Meteorological Offices
bring their aneroid barometer on board for
comparison, free of charge, on a request from the
ship.
• The index error is displayed near the instrument,
clearly visible to the observer. In case of large errors,
same can be corrected/reduced by the use of a small
adjustment located on the rear of the instrument.
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• (ii) HEIGHT OF EYE CORRECTION:
• The atmospheric pressure falls at a steady rate of one
millibar for every 10m rise in altitude, accordingly, the
height of eye correction needs to be added to the very
reading taken from the instrument.
• Some of these instruments have a correction for the
height of eye, to be adjusted depending on the ship’s
draft, but it is best for the observer to apply the
corrections arithmetically, towards avoiding continuous
changes to the adjustments on a day to day basis.
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• Location of the Aneroid Barometer:
• The instrument should be so located to be :
• (i) Away from undue vibration or sudden jerks ( which
would cause changes in its index error).
• (ii)Away from draughts of air,
• (iii) Away from places liable to be exposed to
abnormal changes of temperature.
• (iv) Close to the centreline of the ship as possible.
This would minimize fluctuations caused by change of
height above sea level during rolling.
• (v)At eye level towards ease of observation.
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• Precautions while in use:
• Tap the face of the instrument lightly to release any
sticking of levers or pointer due to friction.
• Advantages of aneroid barometer:
• It is a robust and compact instrument. Changes of
pressure are easily detectable. For this purpose, a
fixed pointer is provided, attached to the glass face
of the instrument. After tapping the instrument, the
fixed pointer is aligned with the dial pointer, taking
care to avoid the error of parallax. After some time,
ERROR OF PARALLAX
ERROR OF PARALLAX
 ERROR OF PARALLAX
• After some time, the instrument is tapped again. If
the dial pointer lies to the right of the fixed pointer,
the pressure has risen and vice versa. The actual
changes too can be noted.
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• This is a compact (small), robust (strong), accurate,
aneroid barometer that has replaced the large,
delicate, mercury barometer that was fitted on ships in
the earlier days. It has a micrometer arrangement for
reading to 0.1 of a millibar.
• Construction:
• The vacuum capsule consists of three metal chambers
attached together like the bellows of an accordion. The
shorter end of a pivoted lever rests lightly on the top
of the vacuum capsule with the help of a hairspring.
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• The pivot is jewelled to eliminate sticking due to
friction. Increase or decrease of atmospheric pressure
causes the top of the capsule to move in or out and the
longer end of the lever to move up or down. This
movement can be measured by a micrometer
arrangement with a digital display showing the
readings in millibars and the decimal of a millibar.
• To obtain correct reading, the bottom of the
micrometer arrangement should just touch the end of
the lever. To assist in achieving this, a small cathode ray
tube( magic eye) and a small battery are provided.
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• A continuous line on the magic eye indicates
contact and a broken line indicates a break in
contact. To prolong the life of the battery, a spring-
loaded switch is provided. When the switch is
depressed, the magic eye is energized. When the
finger-pressure on the spring is released, the latter
automatically switches off.
• Corrections to be applied:
• (i) the index error, (ii)the height of eye correction.
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• Damping minor fluctuations due to gusts:
• To make the instrument insensitive to sudden, small
changes of pressure caused by gusts of wind,
rolling, pitching, heaving, etc, the outer casing is
airtight except for one small air inlet that is fitted
with a damping device.