
Reference Manual
00809-0200-4801, Rev CA
July 2010
Rosemount 3051S
6-22
L is the impulse line length in meters
r is the radius of the impulse line.
The “C” formula shows the strong influence of air trapped in a liquid filled
impulse line, or an impulse line with air only. Both potential issues indicate the
value of short impulse lines. One installation best practice for DP flow
measurements is the use of the Rosemount 405 series of integrated compact
orifice meters with the 3051S Pressure transmitter. These integrated DP flow
measurement systems provide perhaps the shortest practical impulse line
length possible while significantly reducing overall installation cost and
improved performance. They can be specified as a complete DP flowmeter.
NOTE
The Plugged Impulse Line diagnostic capability in the Rosemount 3051S
F
OUNDATION fieldbus Pressure Transmitter calculates and detects significant
changes in statistical parameters derived from the input process variable.
These statistical parameters relate to the variability of the noise signals
present in the process variable. It is difficult to predict specifically which noise
sources may be present in a given measurement or control application, the
specific influence of those noise sources on the statistical parameters, and
the expected changes in the noise sources at any time. Therefore, it is not
absolutely warranted or guaranteed that the Plugged Impulse Line Diagnostic
will accurately detect each specific plugged impulse line condition under all
circumstances.
Plugged Impulse Line
(PIL) Functionality
The Advanced Diagnostics Suite provides the Plugged Impulse Line (PIL)
diagnostic, as an easy way to apply Statistical Process Monitoring technology
specifically for detecting plugging in pressure measurement impulse lines.
Similar to SPM, PIL also calculates the mean and standard deviation of the
pressure measurement and generates an alert when the standard deviation
exceeds an upper or lower limit.
Figure 6-19 illustrates a block diagram of the plugged impulse line diagnostic.
Notice that it is very similar to the diagram for SPM shown in Figure 6-3.
However, there are a couple of notable differences with PIL:
• The pressure measurement is fixed as the input
• Statistical values (mean and standard deviation) are not available as
outputs
• The PlantWeb alert generated specifically indicates “Plugged Impulse
Line Detected”
Comentarios a estos manuales