PROTRAC: Radiation-based process instrumentation

Reliable instrumentation for extreme process conditions Whether level, limit level, density, interface or mass flow: ProTrac delivers precise measuring results in industrial production and handling processes, and that even under the most difficult operating conditions. Reliable measuring results Flexibility through detector variety Extreme temperatures, high vessel pressures, The big plus of the ProTrac instrument series: you can concussions, aggressive media or problematic physical chose between different types of detectors. ProTrac product characteristics – those are some of the can thus be...

“With ProTrac you get well-engineered radiometric instrumentation that has everything right. The experience and knowledge from 60 years of practical application are embedded in ProTrac. For you this means: high operational reliability, accurate measuring results and long-term process continuity.” PROTRAC: All advantages at a glance • Simple mounting and operation • Integrated safety features • Self-monitoring and diagnosis • Developed acc. to IEC 61508 • Qualified up to SIL2 3

PROTRAC in the plics® system Electronics 4 … 20 mA/ HART Profibus PA Foundation Fieldbus Aluminium double chamber Stainless steel double chamber PLICSCOM VEGACONNECT Flexible plastic scintillator NaI scintillator Housings Indicating and adjustment module Detector PVT scintillator 4

Trend-setting measurement technology orientates itself around the people who use it. That’s why we developed plics® – the world’s first modular product system for instrumentation. Every one of our sensors is custom built from plics® components and thus optimally fulfils the requirements of every industry and its specific applications. Simpler planning with plics® Being able to freely select and combine sensor, process connection, electronics and housing greatly simplifies instrument selection and engineering for applications in machines and systems. Cost reduction with plics thus ® The plics®...

Innovative technology How it works The basic element of radiometric (also known as nucleonic) measurement is a radioactive preparation that emits gamma rays. A Cesium-137 or a Cobalt-60 isotope is usually used as the radiation source. A special detector mounted on the opposite side of the tank picks up the radiation. This scintillator is able to convert the radiation recieved into flashes of light that are counted and evaluated. Because gamma rays are attenuated by changes to the process medium this technology can calculate the level, the limit level, the density or mass flow from the intensity...

Application diversity through flexibility Until now, multiple rod detectors had to be connected in series for level measurement in round and conical vessels. Now there is FiberTrac, a sensor with flexible plastic fibres. The flexible detector can be up to 7 m long and very simply contoured to the vessel shape. So today, one single instrument often suffices where several were previously required. To allow for extremely long measuring ranges, FiberTrac can also be cascaded. For measurement in straight sided vessels there is SoliTrac, which has a classic PVT rod detector. With its crystal scintillator...

Versatile in use Radiometric gauges are used for point level detection as well as continuous level, density and interface measurement. This non-contact measurement technology lends itself well for measuring liquids, suspensions and muds as well as all kinds of bulk solids. Radiometry is used everywhere that measuring conditions are extreme or out of the ordinary: in extreme heat or cold; for corrosive, abrasive or hazardous products; under conditions of strong foam or dust generation; in vessels under vacuum or high pressure. Measurement with rotation and heat Continuous measurement of buildup...

Lime milk density measurement Mass flow measurement of solids Flue gas desulfurization with lime suspension Clinker conveyor belt To lower their emission values, coal-fired power The red-hot clinker is transported on conveyor belts stations operate flue gas desulfurization systems. In to a temporary storage area. To control the production such systems, the density of the lime milk used for processes, the feed rate must be accurately measured. desulfurization must be continuously measured. Process conditions Process conditions The hot clinker has a temperature of about +200° C. Lime milk is extremely...

Setup and adjustment “ProTrac speaks the language of your automation equipment and can be simply integrated into any process control system. Setting up a radiometric measurement is now simpler than ever before: you can set the parameters of normal level or density applications with the on-site adjustment module PLICSCOM directly on the instrument. For more complex measurement setups, the powerful and highly effective DTMs and EDDs take over this task.” 10

For remote parameterization of ProTrac both a DTM and an EDD are available. Quick and reliable setup and commissioning is guaranteed through simple selection of the desired application in the adjustment software. Out on the plant, the setup process can be carried out either with the help of the adjustment module PLICSCOM or a HART Handheld 375. If adjustment is not possible directly at the measuring point, the remote indicating and adjustment unit VEGADIS 61 can be used. PLICSCOM – the multifunction talent PC adjustment with VEGACONNECT The indicating and adjustment module PLICSCOM Versatility...

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