Interaction between Flow Damping and Added Damping
In some circumstances, both Flow Damping and Added Damping are applied to the reported
mass flow value.
Flow Damping controls the rate of change in flow process variables. Added Damping controls
the rate of change reported via the mA output. If mA Output Process Variable is set to Mass
Flow Rate, and both Flow Damping and Added Damping are set to non-zero values, flow
damping is applied first, and the added damping calculation is applied to the result of the
first calculation.
4.1.3 Configure Mass Flow Cutoff
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ProLink II ProLink > Configuration > Flow > Mass Flow Cutoff
Field Communicator Configure > Manual Setup > Measurements > Flow > Mass Flow Cutoff
Overview
Mass Flow Cutoff specifies the lowest mass flow rate that will be reported as measured. All
mass flow rates below this cutoff will be reported as 0.
Procedure
Set Mass Flow Cutoff to the value you want to use.
The default value for Mass Flow Cutoff is 0.0 g/sec or a sensor-specific value set at the
factory. The recommended setting is 0.05% of the sensor's rated maximum flow rate or a
value below the highest expected flow rate. Do not set Mass Flow Cutoff to 0.0 g/sec.
Effect of Mass Flow Cutoff on volume measurement
Mass Flow Cutoff does not affect volume measurement. Volume data is calculated from the
actual mass data rather than the reported value.
Interaction between Mass Flow Cutoff and AO Cutoff
Mass Flow Cutoff defines the lowest mass flow value that the transmitter will report as
measured. AO Cutoff defines the lowest flow rate that will be reported via the mA output. If
mA Output Process Variable is set to Mass Flow Rate, the mass flow rate reported via the mA
output is controlled by the higher of the two cutoff values.
Mass Flow Cutoff affects all reported values and values used in other transmitter behavior
(e.g., events defined on mass flow).
AO Cutoff affects only mass flow values reported via the mA output.
Configure process measurement
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