improving differential pressure diaphragm seal system（提高差压膜片密封系统）.doc

Improving Differential Pressure Diaphragm Seal System Performance and Installed Cost Tuned-Systems?; Deliver the Best Practice Diaphragm Seal Installation To Compensate Errors Caused by Temperature Variations. Tuned-Systems? are the best practice for differential pressure diaphragm seal system configurations. Tuned-Systems contrast significantly to traditional symmetrical configurations; achieving the lowest temperature-induced errors, best time response, and lowest installed cost when measuring level in closed vessels. Differential pressure seal systems have traditionally been specified with identical capillary lengths and seal configurations on both the high and low pressure process connection. Specifying symmetrical systems was once believed to achieve best total system performance. Actually, the asymmetry of Tuned-Systems compensates for temperature-induced errors. The following discussion will explore how a diaphragm seal system works and prove the theory behind Tuned-Systems. What are Tuned-Systems? Tuned-Systems are an asymmetric configuration of a differential pressure diaphragm seal system. The simplest form of a Tuned-System directly mounts the diaphragm seal to the high pressure process connection. Elimination of the excess high pressure capillary immediately improves response time, and performance, while reducing installed cost. Total system error is compensated by leveraging diaphragm induced temperature errors against head effect temperature errors. Further performance improvements are achieved by adjusting configuration variables as detailed below. Installed cost is reduced by eliminating the excess high pressure capillary. Because the transmitter is direct mounted to the vessel, neither mounting stand nor mounting bracket are required for further reduce installed cost. How Do Seal Systems Work? Diaphragm seal systems respond to changes in both process pressures as the level changes, and in static pressure over the liquid. These variati