Instrumentation importance,
characteristics and case
studies
December 9, 2010 1
Instrumentation importance,
characteristics and case studies
December 9, 2010 2
Presented To:
Dr. Ing- Naveed Ramzan
Presented By:
Adnan Ali
2007-Chem-50
The advent and rapid growth of automation in process
industry owes to the demand of precise measurement
and control.
This leads to
o economic viability of process
o mass production
December 9, 2010 3
Instrumentation importance,
characteristics and case studies
 Measurement is an integral way of interaction among
humanity and physical world.
 It provides us a dependable and reproducible path of
quantifying the world in which we live.
 Instrumentation is done for the sake of obtaining
the required information pertaining to the completion
of a process.
December 9, 2010 4
Importance of Instrumentation
December 9, 2010 5
Importance of Instrumentation
The basic variables need to be measured in a
process plant are:
 Temperature
 Pressure
 Level
 Flow rate
 pH
Temperature
• The temperature control comes from the
quality control too.
• In some units like plate type distillation
column
• In chemical reactors
December 9, 2010 6
Importance of Instrumentation
Pressure:
• For the safety of process plant personnel and
protection of the vessels, and equipments
• Key operations like vapor-liquid equilibrium, chemical
reaction rate, and fluid flow
• Inferential variable to measure other quantities like
level
December 9, 2010 7
Importance of Instrumentation
Level:
• Inventory Management:
Continuous supply of materials and for storage
• Control:
For operations like blending, and mixing and control and
stabilization of flow to the next process units.
• Alarming:
High or low limits and safety shut downs etc.
• Data Logging:
For data logging and billing purposes
December 9, 2010 8
Importance of Instrumentation
pH:
• It is used to measure the acidity or alkalinity of
liquids
• to measure
concentration of solutions inferentially.
• As per
rules of Environmental Protection Agency the
drinking water, wastes or pollutants coming out of a
plant should not exceed certain pH level.
December 9, 2010 9
Importance of Instrumentation
The importance of instrumentation can be
summarized as follows:
• Production specifications
• Product quality
• Economics
• Operational constraints
• Environmental regulations
• Safety
• Suppressing external influences
December 9, 2010 10
Importance of Instrumentation
These characteristics are broken down into two
main categories.
1. Static characteristics
2. Dynamic characteristics
December 9, 2010 11
Performance Characteristics of
Instrumentation
The static characteristic of an instrument includes:
a) Accuracy
b) Precision
c) Repeatability
d) Reproducibility
e) Tolerance
f) Range
December 9, 2010 12
Static Characteristics
g) Span
h) Linearity
i) Sensitivity
j) Threshold
k) Resolution
l) Drift
m) Hysteresis
n) Dead Space
December 9, 2010 13
Static Characteristics
The dynamic characteristics of an instrument describe
its behavior between measured quantity changes and
the time when the instrument output attains a steady
value in response.
Such characteristics are:
a) Speed of response
b) Fidelity
c) Lag
d) Dynamic response
December 9, 2010 14
Dynamic Characteristics
December 9, 2010 15
Case Studies
December 9, 2010 16
Bitumen storage tank
Challenge 1:
An asphalt production plant in southwest US have a
bitumen storage tank. The costumer had been using a TDR
type (Time dependent reflection) instrument but they were
not satisfied with the performance. Those instruments
were not accurate and several needed replacement
when sensor got caught in the mixer and pulled out of the
electronics. A combination of delivery temperatures higher
than 180 °C (356 °F) and the thick viscous nature of bitumen
is problematic.
December 9, 2010 17
Case Studies
December 9, 2010 18
Municipal irrigation
water distribution
Challenge 2:
Different pumps are used to provide the necessary
flow required for the distribution system. As the
different pumps or combination of pumps are used,
the customer wanted to monitor pump efficiency
by monitoring the continuous flow in cubic feet per
second (cfs). The customer was considering a
magnetic flow meter, but the initial cost for a
magnetic flow tube that was large enough was
more than they wanted to spend.
December 9, 2010 19
Case Studies
Challenge 3:
An ammonium nitrate fertilizer manufacturer was
lacking a pH sensor that offered accurate measurement
in high-temperature inline acid and ammonia
environments, resulting in under reacted chemicals with
lower production yields. The extreme process conditions
resulted in limited lifetime for the sensor; which rarely
exceeded days or weeks in the reactor and only
functioned for up to a month.
December 9, 2010 20
Case Studies
December 9, 2010 21
PNA 6241/6441-873-10
Inline pH Sensor
Books Consulted:
 Patranabis, D., “Principles of Industrial Instrumentation”, Tata
Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi, 2nd
Ed., Ch.1.
 Survey, W., G. and Andrew, H., B., “Applied Instrumentation in
Process Industries”, Williams Gulf Publishing Company, Vol. 1, Ed.
2.
 Fribance, A., E.,” Industrial Instrumentation Fundamentals”, Mc
Graw Hill Inc.
 Stephanopoulos, G., “Chemical Process Control- An Introduction
to Theory and Practice”, P T R Prantice Hall, Englewood Cliffs,
New Jersey.
 Morris, S., A., “Measurement and Instrumentation Principle”,
Butterworth Heinemann Publishers, Ch. 2, Pg. 16-21, 2001.
 Singh, S., K., “Industrial Instrumentation and Control”, Tata Mc
Graw Hill Education Private Limited, New Delhi, Ed. 3, 2009.
December 9, 2010 22
References
Web Links:
 http://www.scribd.com/doc/38865900/1st-Lec, retrieved on
13.10.2010
 http://pec.org.pk/sCourse_files/APCS/
AppliedProcessControlSystems.pdf, retrieved on 13.10.2010
 http://water.epa.gov/drink/info/index.cfm, retrieved on
10.10.2010
 http://fluidinpipe.com/sensors.html, retrieved on 16.10.2010
 http://www.sea.siemens.com/us/internet-dms/ia/
ProcessInstruments/Level/docs_RadarLevel/
LR250_Asphalt_Case_Study_SII.pdf, retrieved on 31.10.2010
 http://www.sea.siemens.com/us/internet-dms/ia/
ProcessInstruments/Level/docs_UltrasonicLevel/
IrrigationSonokit_CaseStudy.pdf, retrieved on 31.10.2010
 http://www.astisensor.com/Case_Study_1.pdf, retrieved on
08.10.2010
December 9, 2010 23
References

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  • 1. Instrumentation importance, characteristics and case studies December 9, 2010 1
  • 2. Instrumentation importance, characteristics and case studies December 9, 2010 2 Presented To: Dr. Ing- Naveed Ramzan Presented By: Adnan Ali 2007-Chem-50
  • 3. The advent and rapid growth of automation in process industry owes to the demand of precise measurement and control. This leads to o economic viability of process o mass production December 9, 2010 3 Instrumentation importance, characteristics and case studies
  • 4.  Measurement is an integral way of interaction among humanity and physical world.  It provides us a dependable and reproducible path of quantifying the world in which we live.  Instrumentation is done for the sake of obtaining the required information pertaining to the completion of a process. December 9, 2010 4 Importance of Instrumentation
  • 5. December 9, 2010 5 Importance of Instrumentation The basic variables need to be measured in a process plant are:  Temperature  Pressure  Level  Flow rate  pH
  • 6. Temperature • The temperature control comes from the quality control too. • In some units like plate type distillation column • In chemical reactors December 9, 2010 6 Importance of Instrumentation
  • 7. Pressure: • For the safety of process plant personnel and protection of the vessels, and equipments • Key operations like vapor-liquid equilibrium, chemical reaction rate, and fluid flow • Inferential variable to measure other quantities like level December 9, 2010 7 Importance of Instrumentation
  • 8. Level: • Inventory Management: Continuous supply of materials and for storage • Control: For operations like blending, and mixing and control and stabilization of flow to the next process units. • Alarming: High or low limits and safety shut downs etc. • Data Logging: For data logging and billing purposes December 9, 2010 8 Importance of Instrumentation
  • 9. pH: • It is used to measure the acidity or alkalinity of liquids • to measure concentration of solutions inferentially. • As per rules of Environmental Protection Agency the drinking water, wastes or pollutants coming out of a plant should not exceed certain pH level. December 9, 2010 9 Importance of Instrumentation
  • 10. The importance of instrumentation can be summarized as follows: • Production specifications • Product quality • Economics • Operational constraints • Environmental regulations • Safety • Suppressing external influences December 9, 2010 10 Importance of Instrumentation
  • 11. These characteristics are broken down into two main categories. 1. Static characteristics 2. Dynamic characteristics December 9, 2010 11 Performance Characteristics of Instrumentation
  • 12. The static characteristic of an instrument includes: a) Accuracy b) Precision c) Repeatability d) Reproducibility e) Tolerance f) Range December 9, 2010 12 Static Characteristics
  • 13. g) Span h) Linearity i) Sensitivity j) Threshold k) Resolution l) Drift m) Hysteresis n) Dead Space December 9, 2010 13 Static Characteristics
  • 14. The dynamic characteristics of an instrument describe its behavior between measured quantity changes and the time when the instrument output attains a steady value in response. Such characteristics are: a) Speed of response b) Fidelity c) Lag d) Dynamic response December 9, 2010 14 Dynamic Characteristics
  • 15. December 9, 2010 15 Case Studies
  • 16. December 9, 2010 16 Bitumen storage tank
  • 17. Challenge 1: An asphalt production plant in southwest US have a bitumen storage tank. The costumer had been using a TDR type (Time dependent reflection) instrument but they were not satisfied with the performance. Those instruments were not accurate and several needed replacement when sensor got caught in the mixer and pulled out of the electronics. A combination of delivery temperatures higher than 180 °C (356 °F) and the thick viscous nature of bitumen is problematic. December 9, 2010 17 Case Studies
  • 18. December 9, 2010 18 Municipal irrigation water distribution
  • 19. Challenge 2: Different pumps are used to provide the necessary flow required for the distribution system. As the different pumps or combination of pumps are used, the customer wanted to monitor pump efficiency by monitoring the continuous flow in cubic feet per second (cfs). The customer was considering a magnetic flow meter, but the initial cost for a magnetic flow tube that was large enough was more than they wanted to spend. December 9, 2010 19 Case Studies
  • 20. Challenge 3: An ammonium nitrate fertilizer manufacturer was lacking a pH sensor that offered accurate measurement in high-temperature inline acid and ammonia environments, resulting in under reacted chemicals with lower production yields. The extreme process conditions resulted in limited lifetime for the sensor; which rarely exceeded days or weeks in the reactor and only functioned for up to a month. December 9, 2010 20 Case Studies
  • 21. December 9, 2010 21 PNA 6241/6441-873-10 Inline pH Sensor
  • 22. Books Consulted:  Patranabis, D., “Principles of Industrial Instrumentation”, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi, 2nd Ed., Ch.1.  Survey, W., G. and Andrew, H., B., “Applied Instrumentation in Process Industries”, Williams Gulf Publishing Company, Vol. 1, Ed. 2.  Fribance, A., E.,” Industrial Instrumentation Fundamentals”, Mc Graw Hill Inc.  Stephanopoulos, G., “Chemical Process Control- An Introduction to Theory and Practice”, P T R Prantice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.  Morris, S., A., “Measurement and Instrumentation Principle”, Butterworth Heinemann Publishers, Ch. 2, Pg. 16-21, 2001.  Singh, S., K., “Industrial Instrumentation and Control”, Tata Mc Graw Hill Education Private Limited, New Delhi, Ed. 3, 2009. December 9, 2010 22 References
  • 23. Web Links:  http://www.scribd.com/doc/38865900/1st-Lec, retrieved on 13.10.2010  http://pec.org.pk/sCourse_files/APCS/ AppliedProcessControlSystems.pdf, retrieved on 13.10.2010  http://water.epa.gov/drink/info/index.cfm, retrieved on 10.10.2010  http://fluidinpipe.com/sensors.html, retrieved on 16.10.2010  http://www.sea.siemens.com/us/internet-dms/ia/ ProcessInstruments/Level/docs_RadarLevel/ LR250_Asphalt_Case_Study_SII.pdf, retrieved on 31.10.2010  http://www.sea.siemens.com/us/internet-dms/ia/ ProcessInstruments/Level/docs_UltrasonicLevel/ IrrigationSonokit_CaseStudy.pdf, retrieved on 31.10.2010  http://www.astisensor.com/Case_Study_1.pdf, retrieved on 08.10.2010 December 9, 2010 23 References