Chapter5
Configureprocessmeasurement
Topicscoveredinthischapter:
♦Characterizetheowmeter
♦Conguremassowmeasurement
♦Congurevolumeowmeasurementforliquidapplications
♦Conguregasstandardvolumeowmeasurement
♦CongureFlowDirection
♦Conguredensitymeasurement
♦Conguretemperaturemeasurement
♦Congurepressurecompensation
♦Congurethepetroleummeasurementapplication
♦Conguretheconcentrationmeasurementapplication
5.1Characterizetheflowmeter
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ProLinkII
ProLink→Conguration→DensityProLink→Conguration→Flow
FieldCommunicatorCongure→ManualSetup→Characterize
Characterizingtheowmeteradjuststhetransmitter’smeasurementalgorithmstomatchtheunique
traitsofthesensoritispairedwith.Thecharacterizationparameters(alsocalledcalibrationparameters)
describethesensor’ssensitivitytoow,density,andtemperature.Dependingonyoursensortype,
differentparametersarerequired.Valuesforyoursensorareprovidedby
MicroMotiononthesensor
tagorthecalibrationcerticate.
Note
Ifyoursensorandtransmitterwereorderedtogether,thetransmitterhasalreadybeencharacterizedat
thefactory.However,youshouldstillverifycharacterizationparameters.
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