Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Calibration Services and Automation System

Accurate calibration and measurement of strategic quantities such as flow, temperature, and pressure is an essential part of the control or monitoring of operation of any process. A physical quantity called the measured value and process variable is converted by a measurement system in a measured value, usually an electrical or pneumatic signal which can be used for display of control.

Now, from the chart of control (automation) system we can see that the measurement device is most important for the control or to run the all system smoothly, accurately & in some hazardous chemical process most important to prevent an accident.

In any chemical plant for to neutralize the acid, pH control system is run. Let us take an example of an Automation system, which is run to stop the acidic chemical entering into the vessel in such type of neutralization process. In the system the pH sensing probe sense the pH value of the chemical and converts into corresponding mili volt and thus process value is fed to the control device (pH controller). In the pH meter calibration controller reference value of pH is feed. Now the neutralization process gives the corrected signal to the process until the pH value of the chemical will be equal to reference value after that it will feed to the vessel. In this process the sensor (measuring device) is most imp portion because the final pH value of the chemical depends on that. If the measuring device is not calibrated and it gives incorrect signal to the system then there may be chances of entering acidic chemical into the vessel and the vessel may blast. So to prevent an accident monitoring of measuring devices (calibration) must be required.

In any chemical plant to neutralize the acid, pH control system is run. In the calibration services of instruments the pH sensing probe sense the pH value of the chemical and converts into corresponding mili volt and thus process value is fed to the control device (pH controller). In the pH controller reference value of pH is feed. Now the neutralization process gives the corrected signal to the process until the pH value of the chemical will be equal to reference value after that it will feed to the vessel. In this process the sensor (measuring device) is most imp portion because the final pH value of the chemical depends on that. So to have accurate measurement and to get desired value of substance the measuring device must be accurate and to maintain its accuracy the calibration is essential.