Saturday, May 12, 2018

9 Reasons to Use Temperature Transmitters Over Direct Wiring

Temperature transmitter
Temperature transmitter
(Moore Industries)
  1. Protect Signals From Plant Noise - Convert a sensor’s “weak” low-level signal to a high-level, RFI/EMI resistant signal that will accurately withstand long distance transmission through a noisy plant.
  2. Reduce Hardware Costs and Stocking Requirements - Convert RTD, T/C, mV, and ohm signals to a standard 4-20mA output. You can standardize on (and stock) inexpensive 4-20mA DCS and PLC input cards.
  3. Stop Ground Loops - Inherent input/output/power signal isolation protect against signal inaccuracies caused by ground loops. In place of costly isolated T/C and RTD DCS/PLC input cards, you can use far-less-expensive 4-20mA cards.
  4. Cut Wiring Costs - Fragile sensor extension wires cost three times more than the common shielded copper wire used for our transmitter’s 4-20mA signal.
  5. Lower Maintenance Time and Expense - Be able to keep track of sensor operation and quickly find and diagnose sensor failures.
  6. Enhance Measurement Accuracy - DCS and PLC systems measure readings over the entire (very wide) range of a sensor. Transmitters can be calibrated to any range within a sensor’s capabilities. Using a narrower range produces more accurate measurements.
  7. Avoid Lead Wire Resistance Imbalances - Transmitters accept true 4-wire RTD inputs. So you’ll be able to avoid lead wire resistance imbalances that inevitably result from wire corrosion and aging.
  8. Simplify Engineering and Maintenance and Prevent Mis-wiring - Instead of numerous sensor lead-wire and DCS/PLC input board combinations, your designs and drawings will only need to show one wire type (twisted wire pair) and one input board type (4- 20mA). Since your system will need only one type of wire and input board, maintenance is greatly simplified, and the chances of loop mis-wiring are virtually eliminated.
  9. Match the Best Sensor to the Application - Universal transmitters take nearly any RTD and T/C input. This lets you use whatever sensor is best for each particular process point. Direct DCS inputs aren’t nearly as flexible because they handle only one type of sensor input per card.
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Abstracted from Moore Industries "Why Use Temperature Transmitters Instead of Direct Wiring".