DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : A.Vinay Kumar
Designation : H.O.D
Institute : Q.Q.GPT
Branch : AEIE
Subject : Process Instrumentation – II
Semester : IV
Code No : AEI-405
Major Topic : Pressure
Duration : 50 Mins.
Sub Topic : Force-Balance transducer
Teaching Aids : PPT, Animations, diagrams
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 Objectives

Upon completion of this topic you will be able to

know about

Force-Balance pressure transducer

• Introduction
• Description
• Principle
• Operation

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 Recap

In last class we have learnt about the

• Thin film pressure Transducer

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 Force-Balance transducer

KD
KA
i

LVDT
A
Lf
LD Out
B Servo put
LM
R
Beam amplifier
S N S
Bellows
Force coil
assembly
Kf

Magnet

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 Introduction

• Performance of Pressure transducers is based on the

measurement of deflection of elastic element

• The material characteristics of hysteresis and creep can

degrade the accuracy

• For higher sensitivity these elements must have low

stiffness and /or large area

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 Introduction…
• It makes the transducer bulky which is affected by
vibration
• Feedback principle employing balance of forces have
been applied to overcome the problem
• They employ electro dynamic devices or electric static
force generators to balance the forces produced by the
elastic elements which is subjected to the pressure

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 Description

It consists of

• Bellows

• Fulcrum

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• Beam

• Displacement transducer

• Amplifier

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• Electro magnetic coil

• Resistor

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 Operation

• It uses the electro dynamic force balance principle

• Pressure difference between inside and out side of the
bellows gives rise to a force at the point ‘A’
• The resultant displacement of the balancing beam is
detected by a displacement transducer like LVDT
• It is located at point ‘B’

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 Operation…

• The electrical output of transducer is amplified

• It causes a current ‘I’ to flow through the balancing coil

• Which is attached to the beam

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 Operation…

At balancing position
• The electro dynamic force exerted by the coil opposes
the force exerted by the bellows

• The current required to get such a balance is taken as a

measure of the unknown pressure ‘P’ acting on the
bellows

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 Advantages

• High loop gain

• Small deflections can be measured

• Good linearity

• High accuracy

• Good sensitivity

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 Disadvantages

• It is heavy because of magnet and coil assembly

• Low frequency response limited to 100 Hz

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 Uses

• It can be used as secondary standard

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 Summary

In this class we have learnt about

Force-balance pressure transducer

• Operation
• Advantages
• Limitations

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 Quiz

1. Force- balance pressure transducer can be

used as
a) Primary standard
b) Secondary standard
c) International standard
d) None

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 Frequently Asked Questions

1) Explain the principle of operation of Force balance

transducer?

3) Draw the block diagram of Force balance transducer?

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