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SSC UNIT - II Lecture 3
SSC UNIT - II Lecture 3
• In RTD devices Copper, Nickel and Platinum are widely used metals.
These three metals are having different resistance variations with
respective to the temperature variations. That is called resistance-
temperature characteristics
Construction
Operations of RTD
RTD Wiring Arrangements
• Advantages
3. Good Interchangeability
•
3. Sometimes expensive
1. With a temperature range up to 850°C, RTDs can be used in all but the highest-temperature
industrial processes.
4. RTDs are used in sensing Air, gas and liquid temperatures in pipes and ducts