how to mount RTD to 12' dia vessel?
how to mount RTD to 12' dia vessel?
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Have to figure out how to mount the attached RTD to a 12' diameter stainless tank. It conditions biogas and currently is doing so. Best suggestion so far is large stainless hose clamp. Don't know where to get one that big though. Any other suggestions? I thought about welding it to the tank but not safe with the biogas in it and will also be getting 4" of insulation on top of that - so changing in the future is going to be tricky no matter what unless there is a good solution





RE: how to mount RTD to 12' dia vessel?
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Some thermal compound to improve thermal conductivity is probably in order
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RE: how to mount RTD to 12' dia vessel?
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Mike
RE: how to mount RTD to 12' dia vessel?
clamps are not suitable, someone is pulling your leg with that one
RE: how to mount RTD to 12' dia vessel?
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RE: how to mount RTD to 12' dia vessel?
I tried "strap on temperature sensor" into MR google and plenty came up. (Make sure you add the "temperature sensor" bit or you get some different results....) Plenty of those have straps - hell my hot water tank has one very much like that...
My motto: Learn something new every day
Also: There's usually a good reason why everyone does it that way
RE: how to mount RTD to 12' dia vessel?
http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/120/296/=qmwfju
I would guess the supplier that suggested it was accustomed to mounting stuff on pipes.
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RE: how to mount RTD to 12' dia vessel?
RE: how to mount RTD to 12' dia vessel?
Once installed, they look like hose clamps; the sales engineer might have seen them installed somewhere.
McMaster-Carr carries them. See 5422K28 and related items.
They also carry a no-special-tool equivalent 5540K11 that looks interesting, but with which I have no experience.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: how to mount RTD to 12' dia vessel?
12' is a LONG way to go round with a clamp. I'd suggest pallet banding rather than trying to string together hose clamps into a 12' diameter loop. You can attach an RTD to that easily enough.