Valve positioner with pressure feedback, dynamic correction and

Details Valve positioner with pressure feedback, dynamic correction and Valve positioner with pressure feedback, dynamic correction and

1995-06-07

1996-09-24

Lee, Kevin

Fluid handling

Pressure modulating relays or followers

With counter-balancing pressure feedback to the modulating...

137486, 1374875, F16K 3700

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055581153

ABSTRACT:
In this invention, a valve positioner receives a setpoint from a master and provides a control pressure to a valve actuator for controlling a valve. A sensing circuit in the positioner senses the position of the valve and the control pressure, and a control circuit in the positioner uses both the sensed pressure and position to provide a command output to a pneumatic section which produces the control pressure. In another embodiment of the invention, a positioner receives a setpoint from a master and provides a control pressure to a valve actuator for controlling a valve. A sensing circuit in the positioner senses the valve position and pneumatics in the positioner provide the control pressure as a function of the sensed position and an output from a control circuit within the positioner. The positioner includes a diagnostic circuit which stores a valve attribute and provides a diagnostic output as a function of the stored valve characteristic and a selected one of the sensed variables. In another embodiment of the invention, a positioner includes a correction circuit for storing a valve attribute affected by one of a set of physical parameters and for receiving a selected one of the set of sensed physical parameters. The correction means compensates a command output from a control circuit as a function of the sensed physical parameter and the stored valve characteristic. In another embodiment, the positioner includes a benchset control circuit which ramps the control pressure between an initial control pressure and a final control pressure and back to the initial control pressure, while sampling specific control pressures and their corresponding positions, in order to provide an output indicating the proper spring preload force on an actuator spring.

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