Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations GregLocock on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Accurate temp. measurement

Status
Not open for further replies.

speeder

Industrial
Jun 20, 2003
5
Hello,
I need to measure 0-100C to an accuracy of 0.1C or better (4-20mA output) the electronics itself will be in 70C ambient. i want to use something like a PT100 and some sort of "hockey puck" style transmitter but I'm having trouble finding anything suitable. Anything that seems to be 0.1C accurate is bench type lab equipment. Anybody know of anything suitable?

Thanks
 
Replies continue below

Recommended for you

Have several sensors all measuring the same process. Put them into an algorithm that can work out which readings are sensible and then average them. This will provide a more reliable measurement and provide a degree of fault tolerance.
Francis
 
I strongly suggest Rosemount ( Their specs are 0.12 deg C, and something like 68% of them are better. Then, they can provide a "matched" RTD for higher accuracy.

You can also get them with a digital output (HART protocol).

From their literature, they seem committed to accurate industrial temperature measurement.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor