
11-1
Chapter 11
Calibration Procedure
In some instances the user may want to calibrate the bath to improve the
temperature set-point accuracy. Calibration is done by adjusting the controller
probe calibration constants D0 and DG so that the temperature of the bath as
measured with a standard thermometer agrees more closely with the bath set-
point. The thermometer used must be able to measure the bath fluid temperature
with higher accuracy than the desired accuracy of the bath. By using a good
thermometer and carefully following procedure the bath can be calibrated to an
accuracy of better than 0.1
°
C over a range of 50 degrees.
11.1 Calibration Points
In calibrating the bath D0 and DG are adjusted to minimize the set-point error at
each of two different bath temperatures. Any two reasonably separated bath
temperatures may be used for the calibration however best results will be
obtained when using bath temperatures which are just within the most useful
operating range of the bath. The farther apart the calibration temperatures the
larger will be the calibrated temperature range but the calibration error will also
be greater over the range. If for instance 20
°
C and 80
°
C are chosen as the
calibration temperatures then the bath may achieve an accuracy of say
±
0.2
°
C
over the range 20 to 80
°
C. Choosing 30
°
C and 70
°
C may allow the bath to
have a better accuracy of maybe
±
0.05
°
C over the range 30 to 70
°
C but outside
that range the accuracy may be only
±
0.5
°
C.
11.2 Measuring the Set-point Error
The first step in the calibration procedure is to measure the temperature errors
(including sign) at the two calibration temperatures. First set the bath to the lower
set point which we will call t
L
. Wait for the bath to reach the set-point and allow 15
minutes to stabilize at that temperature. Check the bath stability with the
thermometer. When both the bath and the thermometer have stabilized measure
the bath temperature with the thermometer and compute the temperature error
err
L
which is the actual bath temperature minus the set-point temperature. If for
example the bath is set for a lower set-point of t
L
=
20
°
C and the bath reaches a
measured temperature of 19.7
°
C then the error is
−
0.3
°
C.
Next, set the bath for the upper set-point t
H
and after stabilizing measure the bath
temperature and compute the error err
H
. For our example we will suppose the
bath was set for 80
°
C and the thermometer measured 80.1
°
C giving an error of
+
0.1
°
C.
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