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Device description, 4 terms and abbreviations – KROHNE OPTIBAR DP 7060 C EN User Manual

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DEVICE DESCRIPTION

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OPTIBAR DP 7060 C

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04/2014 - 4003292001 - MA OPTIBAR DP 7060 C R01 en

2.4 Terms and abbreviations

The following terms and abbreviations are used in this document.

URL

URL

URL

URL

Upper Range Limit

Upper measuring range limit. Also called nominal range. The highest value

that can be measured by a particular device.

LRL

LRL

LRL

LRL

Lower Range Limit

Lower measuring range limit. The lowest value that can be measured by a

particular device.

URV

URV

URV

URV

Upper Range Value

The calibrated measuring range or the highest adjusted measured value.

This value corresponds to 20 mA signal.

LRV

LRV

LRV

LRV

Lower Range Value

The calibrated measuring range or the lowest adjusted measured value.

This value corresponds to 4 mA signal.

SPAN

SPAN

SPAN

SPAN

Span

Measuring span or measuring range. SPAN = URL – LRL

CAL SPAN

CAL SPAN

CAL SPAN

CAL SPAN

Calibrated Span

Calibrated or adjusted measuring span. CAL SPAN = URV – LRV. Also called

"cSPAN".

This is the span set to the 4…20 mA output.

TD

TD

TD

TD

Turn Down

The ratio from the measuring span to the adjusted measuring span.

TD= SPAN/(CAL SPAN) = (+URL)/(CAL SPAN)

The following applies: URV ≤ URL, CAL SPAN ≤ SPAN, TD ≥ 1

Example for TD

TD

TD

TD Turn Down

LRL

LRL

LRL

LRL= 0 bar

URL

URL

URL

URL= 3 bar / 43.5 psi

SPAN

SPAN

SPAN

SPAN= 3 bar / 43.5 psi

URV

URV

URV

URV= 2 bar / 29 psi

LRV

LRV

LRV

LRV= 0.5 bar / 7.25 psi

CAL SPAN

CAL SPAN

CAL SPAN

CAL SPAN= 1.5 bar / 21.75 psi TD

TD

TD

TD= 2:1

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