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Experiment No. 1
I. TITLE: LEVEL SENSOR
II. APPARATUS/EQUIPMENT:
1. DL 2314
2. Digital Multi-meter
3. Set of leads
III. OBJECTIVE:
To determine the characteristic of the differential transformer as position transducer
IV. PROCEDURE:
After checking the knowledge of the prerequisites, the instructor gives to the students
the sheet 1.1 which shows the connections of the level with the relevant interface
(Fig. 1.1and Fig. 1.2) and sets the process simulation panel as follows:
➢ DELIVERY VALVE fully open (turn the knob counter-clockwise)
➢ MOTOR VALVE fully open (angular rotation = 0)
➢ SOL VALVE open (ON) using the interface ON-OFF DRIVER
➢ MAN VALVE fully open (turn the knob counter-clockwise)
➢ DRAIN VALVE fully close (turn the knob clockwise)
➢ NEEDLE VALVE fully close (turn the knob clockwise)
➢ AIR VALVE fully open (turn the knob counter-clockwise)
➢ PROCESS TANK with 4 cm level of water
The students shall do the following:
1. Connect, through leads, bush N01 of the Level Sensor to bush N01 of the correspondent interface and bush N 02 to
bush N02 (Fig. 1.1).
2. Insert a terminal of the digital voltmeter, set in DC, in bush N0 13 of the Level Interface and the other one on the
earth bush (Fig. 1.1).
3. Connect bush N0 18 of the LINEAR DRIVER to the bush of SET POINT 1, bush N 0 19 to bush N0 19 and bush N0
20 to bush N0 20 (Fig. 1.2).
4. Press the main switch (ON).
5. Start the pump regulating the voltage on SET POINT 1 and bring the level of the water in the PROCESS TANK to
6 cm.
6. Once the level is reached, stop the pump, setting to 0 V the voltage value of SET POINT 1.
7. Gradually decrease the level of the water in the tank by turning counter-clockwise the knob NEEDLE VALVE
and/or the knob DRAIN VALVE, back to 4 cm.
8. Verify that the voltage value, read on the voltmeter, corresponds to 0 V, otherwise regulate the OFFSET trimmer
until the desired value is obtained. This way the minimum working point of the Level Sensor is fixed.
9. Start the pump and increase the level of the water to 14 cm.
10. Stop the pump and verify that the voltage value corresponds to 10 V, otherwise regulate the GAIN trimmer until
the desired value is obtained.
11. Verify that the voltage and the level values are correct by repeating the steps from step N0 7.
12. Slowly drain the tank until level values shown in Table 1.1 are reached and write down, for each level value, the
corresponding voltage value.
13. Turn OFF the main switch.
14. Remove all the connections.
15. Represent the characteristic of the level sensor in Fig. 1.3.
V. TABULATED DATA AND RESULTS:
Level
14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4
(cm)
Voltage 10.0 9.1 8.0 7.0 5.8 4.8 3.7 3.0 2.0 1.1 0.1
TABLE 1.1
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Connection Diagram
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Level (cm)
Voltage
(V)
Fig. 1.3
Level vs Voltage Characteristic Curve
VI. COMPUTATIONS AND ANALYSIS:
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VII. OBSERVATIONS AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS:
VIII. CONCLUSION:
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