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Instrumentation, calibration, pressure, level, well-testing and metering calculators with the formula and measurement basis kept visible.

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Instrumentation & Calibration

Signal scaling, calibration checks and field verification for instrumentation work.

16 tools
4–20 mA Signal Scaling

Convert loop current to percentage of span and engineering units, or calculate the expected mA from a process value.

3–15 psi Pneumatic Signal

Convert a standard pneumatic control signal between psi and percentage output without hiding underrange or overrange conditions.

Five-Point Calibration Check

Evaluate 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% points against a defined tolerance in percentage of calibrated span.

Calibration Error

Calculate signed error in engineering units and percentage of span, with a clear pass/fail result against tolerance.

Pt100 / IEC 60751

Convert Pt100 temperature and resistance on the IEC 60751 nominal curve, with AA/A/B/C tolerance context and construction-specific validity.

4–20 mA Loop Load / Voltage Check

Check supply voltage, external loop resistance, transmitter terminal voltage and compliance margin for a two-wire current loop.

Range / Span / Rangedown

Check sensor limits, configured LRV/URV, span and current rangedown/turndown against an optional manufacturer minimum span.

Pt100 Lead-Wire Error

Estimate 2-wire lead-resistance temperature error or the residual error caused by unequal leads in an idealized 3-wire Pt100 measurement.

Thermocouple Reference / ITS-90

Convert NIST ITS-90 reference temperature and EMF for Types J, K, T and N, including practical cold-junction compensation.

I/P 4–20 mA ↔ 3–15 psi

Convert the conventional electro-pneumatic I/P signal between 4–20 mA and 3–15 psi while preserving useful underrange/overrange information.

Control Valve Signal / Travel Check

Map a 4–20 mA or 3–15 psi command to expected valve travel for an explicitly stated increasing-signal action and compare actual travel when available.

Control Valve Stroke Calibration

Evaluate five-point upscale/downscale valve travel, positioner error and directional travel difference against user- or OEM-defined acceptance limits.

Control Valve Deadband / Reversal Check

Estimate command-signal deadband from a controlled direction-reversal test without confusing deadband with static hysteresis or valve fail action.

Transmitter Zero / Span Error Check

Compare measured 4 mA and 20 mA endpoints, quantify zero offset, output-span error and endpoint error without prescribing the wrong trim operation.

DP Square-Root Calibration Points

Generate defensible DP, ideal-flow and 4–20 mA five-point references depending on whether square-root extraction is performed in the transmitter or the control system.

Loop Source vs Readback Error

Compare a sourced 4–20 mA signal with measured loop current or HMI/DCS/PLC engineering-unit readback and report signed error in percentage of span.

Pressure, Level & Process

Core pressure, level, differential-pressure and process conversions.

10 tools
Pressure Unit Converter

Convert common oil-and-gas pressure units through an SI pascal basis while keeping the pressure datum unchanged.

Hydrostatic Level / DP

Convert liquid head and specific gravity to hydrostatic pressure, or pressure back to equivalent level.

Closed-Vessel DP Range

Calculate LRV, URV and span for conventional dry-leg or wet-leg DP level installations.

DP Square-Root Flow Scaling

Scale differential pressure to flow, or flow back to DP, for an already-defined DP primary-element range.

Pipe Flow / Velocity

Convert actual volumetric flow and average velocity from circular-pipe internal diameter using Q = vA, with gas line-condition limitations stated explicitly.

Reynolds Number / Flow Regime

Calculate Reynolds number and screen laminar, transitional or turbulent internal pipe flow from velocity, diameter and fluid viscosity.

Darcy Friction Factor

Calculate the Darcy/Moody friction factor using 64/Re for laminar flow or iterative Colebrook-White for turbulent flow, with transitional flow left explicit.

Straight-Pipe Pressure Drop

Estimate major friction pressure loss in a straight circular pipe using Darcy-Weisbach, actual flow, fluid properties and explicit roughness input.

Minor Loss / K Coefficient

Calculate local pressure loss from a supplied total loss coefficient, or infer an effective K-value from a known pressure loss and actual flow.

Equivalent Length / K Conversion

Convert between a Darcy-based local loss coefficient and equivalent straight-pipe length using an explicit friction factor and pipe ID.

Well Testing & Production

Field calculations for oil, water, gas and production-test reporting.

7 tools

Metering

Meter factors, pulse scaling and petroleum measurement properties with the calculation basis stated explicitly.

3 tools