Field device configuration system

A system to configure a field device of the type used to calculate a flow of a process fluid, the system comprising:

• a flow repository comprising:
• a list of process fluids with which the field device can be used;
• fluid equation data which provides information related to fluid equations for calculating fluid parameters of the process fluid;
• a list of primary elements which are adapted to interact with the process fluid and used to determine flow of the process fluid
• and associated primary element equation data which provides information related to primary element equations for calculating primary element parameters;
• and
• a flow application adapted to retrieve data from the flow repository and to receive user data including user-selectable options related to the retrieved data, the user-selectable options including at least one option to select a particular primary element and a particular process fluid, the flow application responsive to the user data to configure the field device through an interface based upon a selected fluid and corresponding fluid equation data and a selected primary element and corresponding primary element equation data;
• wherein the flow application further comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) generator to generate a GUI including the user selectable options accessible by a user to configure the field device through the interface, the user selectable options related to the list of primary elements and list of the process fluids, from the flow repository.