Optimizing vital industrial processes has become extremely important. This provides the opportunity for temperature measurement to reduce fuel costs and energy consumption significantly.
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There are new challenges in the world today that contribute to the pressures faced by industry. The shortage of essential parts and considerable increases in the price of materials, fuel, and energy have impacted manufacturing and supply chains.
As an extensively measured criterion, temperature always requires accurate and reliable measurements to maintain the highest levels of efficiency and safety in a process.
Selecting the right equipment is key to ensuring safe and reliable long-term operation, in the harshest conditions.
ABB temperature transmitters have a default ambient temperature range of -40 to +85 °C. This is outside the “safe” zone, requiring an individual to wear protective clothing.
Keeping Cool
Choosing the correct temperature equipment often involves a variety of options. What type of resistance thermometer (RTD) or thermocouple is required? Is a duplex sensor required for automatic redundancy or sensor drift monitoring? What accuracy class is needed? Is a transmitter required, and does it need to be integrated or mounted remotely?
Before choosing a thermowell, a protective covering for the temperature sensor, these questions must be answered. Some important considerations are the insertion length, type, construction, and stress calculation like wake frequency. There is now a simple answer.
Being Disruptive
Surface-mounted temperature sensors have been used for years. Their performance and ability to provide consistent measurements can be impacted by how they are mounted and environmental conditions.
These issues have been resolved by innovative technology that uses the pipe as a thermowell, preventing installation damage. This provides the ability to check and predict the sensor’s operation throughout the design stage.
ABB’s NINVA non-invasive temperature sensor is mounted outside a pipe or vessel. It measures surface and environmental temperatures together, utilizing dual RTD sensors.
ABB's simplified and economical installation requires no drilling or production shutdowns. It achieves the “class A” accuracy expected from traditional thermowell temperature sensors.
The easy installation and lower costs of multiple sensors on a single application provide improved process temperature monitoring. The sensors can be quickly retrofitted, providing corroboration for existing thermowell sensors.
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Why It Pays to Take a Fresh Perspective
Temperature sensors are a vital part of the process, and selecting the right equipment can be easily overlooked. It can become routine to fit like-for-like devices after multiple failures without addressing the root cause. It may be time to step back and consider a different approach. To investigate the advantages of non-invasive temperature measurement and for more information, visit ABB’s webpage on Ninva.
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