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Determine the Instrument Calibration Error

Determine what kind of calibration error the instrument has (zero shift, span shift, hysteresis, and/or linearity).

Last updated: August 13, 2020 8:48 pm
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Suppose an electronic pressure transmitter has an input range of 0 to 100 PSI and an output range of 4 to 20 mA. When subjected to a 5-step up-and-down “As-Found” calibration test, it responds as such:

Transmitter input range of 0 to 100 PSI

Sketch this instrument’s ideal transfer function on the graph below, along with its actual transfer function graph based on the measured values recorded above. Then, determine what kind of calibration error it has (zero shift, span shift, hysteresis, and/or linearity):

Finally, identify how this calibration error might be corrected. What steps or procedures would you follow to rectify this problem?

How might the other three calibration errors appear when graphed?

What purpose is served by doing an up-and-down test? Why not just check the instrument’s response in one direction only?

Which constant in the y = mx + b linear equation represents zero, and which represents span?

Answer:

This instrument has a zero shift error, but not a span shift or linearity error.

Ideal transfer function:

Ideal transfer function of Transmitter

Actual transfer function: (zero error)

Actual transfer function (zero error)

A span error would look something like this (wrong slope):

A span error with wrong slope

A linearity error would look something like this (not a straight line):

A linearity error

A zero error is usually correctable by simply adjusting the “zero” screw on an analog instrument, without making any other adjustments.

Span errors, by contrast, usually require multiple adjustments of the “zero” and “span” screws while alternately applying 0% and 100% input range values to check for correspondence at both ends of the linear function.

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