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Side Mount Installation, is sometimes required
when tank top access is not possible. Figure
6 shows this kind of installation. If there is a
flange and cover on the side of the tank, the
bubbler pipe could enter through this flange.
This may simplify the mounting of the bubbler
pipe in the tank.
For this type of installation, it is important that
the interconnecting tubing run upward to a
point above the top of the tank and then back
down to the LevelCom 100. This is necessary
to prevent liquid from siphoning to the
interconnecting tubing system if the LevelCom
100 must be removed from the system for
service.
Specific Gravity
A LevelCom 100 with the automatic specific
gravity option needs a second bubbler pipe in
the tank. The second pipe should be shorter
than the main bubbler pipe. Figure 7 shows a
typical specific gravity installation. The ends
of the two bubbler pipes need to be a known
vertical distance apart. The two bubbler pipes
should also be mounted so that the bottom
ends of the pipes are in the same vertical line.
This will minimize any errors caused by side to
side trim changes in the ship.
With the specific gravity option, the LevelCom
100 will take separate measurements on each
of the two bubbler pipes. Using the known
distance between the ends of the bubbler pipes, the two pressure readings can be used to
calculate the specific gravity of the fluid. This kind of installation is useful where the specific
gravity of the fluid in the tank is variable.
Figure 7 Specific Gravity Example
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