1.0INTRODUCTION

The SIERRA INSTRUMENTS Innova-Switch™Switch is the state-of-the-art in gaseous and liquid flow switching or liquid level control. Flow or level detection is accomplished by using a high resolution thermal differential technique. The sensor wetted parts are of durable 316L series stainless steel, all welded construction with no moving parts. The switch is easy to install and adjust, giving reliable, low maintenance performance in the most demanding applications.

2.0DESCRIPTION

The Innova-Switch™uses a thermal differential technique to sense changes in the heat transfer characteristics of a media. Figures 1A and 1B show the outline of the Innova-Switch™. The sensor consists of a pair of matched Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTD's) encased in twin 316L series stainless steel tubes. One RTD is self-heated using a constant DC current. The other RTD is unheated to provide an accurate process temperature reference. The thermal differential created between the heated and reference RTD pair is a function of the density and/or velocity of the media with which the sensor is in contact. Other physical properties may have a secondary effect as well. The differential is greatest at a no flow (or dry) condition and decreases as the rate of flow increases (or as a liquid quenches the sensor/wet condition).

The SIERRA INSTRUMENTS sensor excitation method relies on constant current to the heated and reference sensors. Thus power to the heated sensor is not constant but changes linearly with temperature as the sensor resistance changes. Temperature compensation is accomplished by using the amplified reference sensor voltage that also changes linearly with temperature, as a dynamic reference. During calibration dry/no flow and wet/full flow conditions are impressed across the trip point potentiometer. Since this reference is not fixed but is set with respect to the reference sensor voltage, as temperature changes the trip point potentiometer voltage changes with temperature exactly the same as that of the heated sensor voltage with which it is being compared. Thus full temperature compensation is achieved with non-constant power.

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