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[The following are responses to a question about emergency shutdown in LPG tanks from our Ask the Experts column and posted on LinkedIn (for the original question).]
From Younes Lahliti: When you say level transmitters do you actually mean level switches (high/low)? It's a little bit confusing when I read the article. Those level switches should be used as "endswitches" for safety reasons. An "analog transmitter" should be used, as far as I know. But when you're under the low level switch-> stops the pump/close the outlet valve. When you're above the high level switch-> close the inlet valve.
From our chief ATE expert, Béla Lipták: A transmitter is an analog device generating a 0-100% output signal as the level in the tank rises from 0-100%. When the transmitter signal rises, say to 95%, one can stop the inlet pump, and when it drops to say 5%, one can stop the outlet pump or close the outlet valve. If one already has a transmitter, it's not necessary to install separate high and low level switches on the tank. In fact, it's better to use the transmitter because that way the high and low settings are adjustable, while the nozzle positions of the switches are fixed."
