UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST – MANILA

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

EXPERIMENT # 2

CALIBRATION OF PRESSURE GAUGE

USING DEAD WEIGHT TESTER

GUIMBAOLIBOT, TYRON C. DATE PERFORMED: JULY 21, 2018

20141129693 DATE SUBMITTED: AUGUST 4, 2018

NME 412 – ME1

ENGR. JOSELITO H. RECIO

INSTRUCTOR
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EXPERIMENT NO. 2: CALIBRATION OF PRESSURE GAUGE USING DEAD

WEIGHT TESTER

I. OBJECTIVES

1. To perform a pressure gage calibration using dead weight tester

2. To determine the indicated pressure reading (for loading and unloading

sequences) and the corrected pressure based on gravity and buoyancy.

3. To analyze the data using Excel program

 To plot the variations of pressure reading vs. corrected value
 To calculate the hysteresis error
 To perform curve fit to find the calibration curve between P avg.
 To find the uncertainty for the curve fit
 To determine whether the %errors are significant enough to affect the
accuracy of measurement (use Excel stat function)
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II. APPARATUS AND MATERIALS

1. Dead weight pressure gages tester.
2. Set of standard weight

FIGURE 2.1: Set of Standard weight

FIGURE 2.2: Dead weight pressure gages tester

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III. PROCEDURE
1. Mount the pressure gage to be calibrated in its place.

FIGURE 3.1: Mounted pressure gage

2. Remove the cylinder tap and read the pressure gage for zero value.
3. Place the piston into cylinder and read the pressure gage for the
pressure which is written on the piston.
4. Add the first mass block on the cylinder and read the pressure gage.
You need to advance the plunger as the weights are increased in order to
insure free movement and rotation of the piston inside the cylinder

FIGURE 3.2: First mass block and rotating piston

5. Repeat step 4 until all mass blocks are added (loading)
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FIGURE 3.3: Second mass block reading FIGURE 3.4: Third mass block reading

FIGURE 3.5: Fourth mass block reading FIGURE 3.6: Fifth mass block reading

FIGURE 3.7: Sixth mass block reading FIGURE 3.8: Seventh mass block reading
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FIGURE 3.9: Eighth mass block reading FIGURE 3.10: Ninth mass block reading

FIGURE 3.11: Tenth mass block reading FIGURE 3.12: Eleventh mass block reading
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FIGURE 3.13: Twelfth mass block reading

6. Tabulate the following data: a. Experiment number, b. The pressure
gage readout, pg,l.

FIGURE 3.14: Data Tabulated from trials

7. Remove the mass block which is lastly added and read t he pressure
gage (unloading)
8. Repeat step 7 until all mass blocks are removed
9. Tabulate the following data: a. The pressure gage readout, P gl.
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TABLE 3.1: Experimental Results

Gage Gage
Standard Gage Pressure Pressure Pressure Percentage Hysteresis
Trials
Weights Reading(Loading) Reading Reading Error (%) Error
(Unloading) Average
1 10 14 18 16 60 4
2 20 23 25 24 20 2
3 30 32 37 34.5 15 5
4 40 43 44 43.5 8.75 1
5 50 51 54 52.5 5 3
6 60 63 65 64 6.666666667 2
7 70 77 79 78 11.42857143 2
8 80 82 83 82.5 3.125 1
9 90 96 96 96 6.666666667 0
10 100 108 107 107.5 7.5 1
11 110 116 116 116 5.454545455 0
12 120 127 126 126.5 5.416666667 1
These are the values we got from performing the procedures for pressure gauge
calibration. There are some inconsistencies to our values.

IV. DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF RESULTS

True Pressure or Corrected Pressure due to buoyancy.

0.002
TRUE PRESSURE=Pi + ( 20−Ti ) x x Pi
100
NOTE: Ti is the temperature inside the ME Laboratory (25 degrees Celsius)

Pi is the Gage Pressure Reading Average

TABLE 4.2: True pressure corrected due to change in density due to temperature
True Pressure
Gage Pressure Gage Pressure
Standard Gage Pressure (Change in density
Trials Reading Reading
Weights Reading(Loading) due to
(Unloading) Average
temperature)
1 10 14 18 16 15.9984
2 20 23 25 24 23.9976
3 30 32 37 34.5 34.49655
4 40 43 44 43.5 43.49565
5 50 51 54 52.5 52.49475
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6 60 63 65 64 63.9936
7 70 77 79 78 77.9922
8 80 82 83 82.5 82.49175
9 90 96 96 96 95.9904
10 100 108 107 107.5 107.48925
11 110 116 116 116 115.9884
12 120 127 126 126.5 126.48735

True Pressure corrected due to the change in density due to temperature. These
values determine the accuracies of dead-weight tester. Temperature and Air
density are less significant than gravity. Variations should be corrected for when
maximum accuracy is required.

True Pressure by virtue of gravity.

TRUE PRESSURE= ( 981.235

980.665 )
XP i NOTE: Deadweight Tester Calibrated gravity

= 980.665 cm/s 2
2
Gravity at site = 981.235 cm /s

TABLE 4.3: True pressure corrected due to gravity.

Gage Pressure Gage Pressure

Standard Gage Pressure True Pressure (Due
Trials Reading Reading
Weights Reading(Loading) to Gravity)
(Unloading) Average

1 10 14 18 16 16.00929981
2 20 23 25 24 24.01394972
3 30 32 37 34.5 34.52005272
4 40 43 44 43.5 43.52528386
5 50 51 54 52.5 52.53051501
6 60 63 65 64 64.03719925
7 70 77 79 78 78.04533658
8 80 82 83 82.5 82.54795215
9 90 96 96 96 96.05579887
10 100 108 107 107.5 107.5624831
11 110 116 116 116 116.0674236
12 120 127 126 126.5 126.5735266
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Gravity varies greatly with geographic location, and so will the deadweight tester
reading. Due to significant change in gravity throughout the world, ensure that the tester
in your possession has been manufactured with the specification of your local gravity;
otherwise you may have to apply the correction for the calibrated gravity

PRESSURE READING
140

120

100
STANDARD WEIGHT

80

60

40

20

0
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4 Trial 5 Trial 6 Trial 7 Trial 8 Trial 9 Trial 10 Trial 11 Trial 12

TABLE 4.4: Pressure Reading Chart

The pressure reading chart (Shown in Table 4.4) shows how the readings for unloading,
loading, corrected pressure and average spreads out. And give us clue about the
accuracy of the dead-weight tester.
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CORRECTED PRESSURE
140

120

100
STANDARD WEIGHT

80

60

40

20

0
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4 Trial 5 Trial 6 Trial 7 Trial 8 Trial 9 Trial 10 Trial 11 Trial 12

TABLE 4.5: Corrected Pressure

TABLE 4.6: Hysteresis error Graph/chart

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HYSTERESIS ERROR
140

120

100
STANDARD WEIGHT

80

60

40

20

TABLE 4.6: Hysteresis Error Chart

The hysteresis error chart (Shown in Table 4.6) of a pressure gauge is the maximum
difference in output at any measurement value within the gauger's specified range when
approaching the point first with increasing and then with decreasing pressure.
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V. CONCLUSION

The overall experimental results obtained a percentage error in the calibrated reading
was compared to the standard values. Also, not all the values that came from the pressure
gauge are the exact values because it estimated measures and there may be some points
differential or not accurate values compare to the digital if that is used in the experiment. As a
result of this, the pressure gauge on the decreasing pressure may not appropriate for very low
pressure levels, especially when the supplied air pressure is low & incapable of lifting the
applied load. And we are able to determine the hysteresis error of it. The result of a calibration
allows for the determination of corrections to be made with regards to the indicated values.

VI. REFERENCE

Stein, P.K. (1969) The engineering of measurement systems, Jour of Metals.

Behar, M.F.(1941) On classification of Pressure instruments, Pressure: Its
Measurement and Control in Science and Industry, Reinhold Pub. Co.,New
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Control in Science and Industry, Reinhold Pub. Co.,New York.
McGee, T.D. (1988) Principles and Methods of Pressure gage Measurement, John
Wiley and Sons, New York.
Rusby, R.L, (1987) The basis of Dead-weight tester Meas. And Cont.
McQueen, L.G,(1976) The calibration of dead-weight tester pressure gauge.,
California.