September 5, 2008 - Pepperl+Fuchs introduces the CorrTran Corrosion Data Logging System. This Division 2 / Zone 2 corrosion data logging system complements the CorrTran MV online corrosion monitoring transmitter, allowing users to access real-time corrosion data via Ethernet, USB, SD card, or locally via videographic chart recorder. The corrosion data logging system is packaged in a portable, stainless steel enclosure weighing less than 20 lbs.
The corrosion data logging system includes Pepperl+Fuchs’ new KFD2-HLC-EX1.D HART loop converter. This device receives HART data from the CorrTran MV corrosion monitor and delivers three distinct 4-20 mA outputs that represent general corrosion, localized corrosion, and conductance. These three variables can then be recorded and displayed on a paperless data recorder that features a full color touch screen display, up to 16 analog inputs, multiple types of media retrieval, and a Class I/Div 2, Zone 2 Ex-hazardous rating.
A Type 4X stainless steel enclosure allows for the most severe of installations. The lightweight construction also permits easy mobility for the system to be moved from one location to another, where a PLC/DCS might not be available.
“CorrTran MV represents a major advancement in internal corrosion monitoring by detecting and measuring, online and in real-time, the presence of general corrosion, as well as pitting corrosion and conductance. The transmitter outputs a 4-20 mA HART signal that is used to scale the corrosion rate in a PLC or DCS system. The key advantage here is that the rate of corrosion can now be evaluated with all other relevant process signals,” says Jason Norris, Product Manager. “It has always been known that specific process conditions will cause increased rates of corrosion but often this is known after-the-fact. Imagine controlling corrosion inhibitors, and thus, controlling costs, by viewing corrosion data online, and in real time. CorrTran MV makes it possible,” he says.
About Pepperl+Fuchs
Pepperl+Fuchs has nearly 4,000 employees in more than 30 countries and is a world leader in the design, manufacture, application and support of a broad range of automation solutions. Pepperl+Fuchs is the market leader for intrinsic safety interfaces and hazardous location equipment. Our FieldConnex fieldbus installation system for Profibus and FOUNDATION fieldbus provides maximum flexibility to modern process automation applications.
Additionally, P+F’s Bebco EPS purge & pressurization system provides rugged protection for any type of instrumentation. This comprehensive range of explosion protection systems and interface equipment is complemented by technologies such as EXTEC visualization & operation systems, as well as on-line corrosion monitoring transmitters and level sensing instruments.
