
Hazardous area installations
D.4 Loop voltage versus loop resistance
SITRANS Probe LR with mA/HART
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Operating Instructions, 05/2019, A5E32337711-AC
D.4
Loop voltage versus loop resistance
D.5
IS safety barrier selection
Selecting a suitable barrier or power supply requires knowledge about Intrinsic Safety and
the application. It is the responsibility of the installer to ensure that the intrinsically safe
installation complies with both the apparatus approval requirements and the relevant national
code of practice.
How to select a passive barrier for SITRANS Probe LR
1.
Make sure that the barrier safety description is suitable for the SITRANS Probe LR
Intrinsically Safe (IS) input parameters.
2.
Determine the maximum end-to-end resistance of the barrier (Re-e) from the data sheet.
3.
Determine other loop resistance (Rloop): for example, sense resistance, displays, and/or
PLC inputs.
4.
Calculate Rworking = Re-e + Rloop.
5.
Determine any non-linear voltage drops due to the barrier (Vbarrier) from the barrier data
sheet (for example, voltage drops due to diodes).
6.
Calculate Vworking = Vsupply – Vbarrier.
7.
Using Vworking and Rworking, confirm that operation is within the shaded area of the
graph Loop voltage versus loop resistance (Page 100).