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Why instrument transmission is via 4-20 ma not 0-20ma or 0-16ma?

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تم إضافة السؤال من قبل Faseem Abdulla Kattil Veedu , Lead Instrumentation Engineer/Procurement Engineer , Sinopec Branch Of International Petroleum Coorporation
تاريخ النشر: 2016/02/22
Shilpa Joshi
من قبل Shilpa Joshi , Instrumentation and Control Engineer , Thermax

The 4-20 mA signal is used instead of 0-20 mA oR 0-16 mA for reasons as below:

1. For a 2 wire transmitter the device itselg requires some power for operation which is equal to 3.98 mA.

2. The 4-20 mA current signal helps to differentiate between live zero (Process parameter at 0) when Transmitter reading is 4 mA & Dead Zero ( Transmitter Fault Or Circuit faul) when transmitter readiing is less than 4 mA 

Francis Alarcon
من قبل Francis Alarcon , Manufacturing Technican , Honeywell Aerospace Avionics Malaysia Sdn Bhd

One possible answer is that if a wire is broken the current drops down and the control electronics can detect the error, it knows that this is an error and not the value of a measurement which is equal to zero.  

Romeo Manguilimotan
من قبل Romeo Manguilimotan , General Electronics Engineer , Emirates Calibration Services

because you cannot determine if the line is cut if you start with zero. And 4ma is what we called a livezero, because at that ampere rating is where the current is stable.

RAJESH IYER
من قبل RAJESH IYER , Senior Engineer , ADNOC Onshore

Instrument transmission is via 4-20 ma not 0-20mA or 0-16mA in order to distinguish between dead signal and live ZERO. The signal is also linear in this range.

Prabakaran Kubendiran
من قبل Prabakaran Kubendiran , instrumentation engineer , chennai petroleum corporation ltd

instrument transmission 4-20 ma is correct...

starting 4ma is transimission without dead

starting 0ma is transimission dead condication so using 4-20 ma.

sameh abbas
من قبل sameh abbas , Department Manager of Instrumentation , Telecom & Control , PETROJET Company

beacuse in case of cable cut thier is no signal will be sent to teh control system - as in case of open signal if we use 0-20 ma or 0-16 ma- so it will make wrong indication

Adnan Ahmad
من قبل Adnan Ahmad , Senior Electrical Engineer , Engro Polymer and Chemicals ( Petrochemical Plant)

A good answer is already added by shipla joshi.

othman fawzy
من قبل othman fawzy , Instrumentation and Control Engineer , cairo electericity production company (CEPC)

because of the live zero, where the standard voltage for electronics is 1v, 5v

4ma*250ohm=1v

20ma*250ohm=5v

Roland Felix
من قبل Roland Felix , Supervisor Electrical & Instrumentation , GCC-Gulf Consolidated Contractors Company LTD

the standard measurement of instrument 4-20mA which is 4mA equal to 0% and 20mA equal to 100% is used of 3 wire sinal cable 2 wire connected terminal  to +/- 24vdc and 1 wire connected to 4-20mA terminal which fadeback to the HMI

Islam abd Elrhman Hussein
من قبل Islam abd Elrhman Hussein , Instrumentation Engineer PMT , WOOD PLC

because in case of 4-20 mA  Zero output indicating an open loop condition(error condition). but for 0-20 mA  we cannot identify  actual zero output from open loop (line cute) condition.  also  20 mA is used as maximum value( URV ) because the human heart can withstand up-to 30 mA of current only. so,as a safety point of view 20 mA is chosen  

Leonid Zuev
من قبل Leonid Zuev , Principal Instrumentation Engineer , Gazprom Linde Engineering

To ensure loop monitoring in case of cable failure. Also there NAMUR range to monitor connected device.

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