Measuring and testing – Fluid pressure gauge – With pressure and/or temperature compensation
Patent
1991-06-24
1992-03-24
Woodiel, Donald O.
Measuring and testing
Fluid pressure gauge
With pressure and/or temperature compensation
73718, 361283, 374143, G01L 1904
Patent
active
050977121
ABSTRACT:
The differential pressure measuring apparatus comprises a single chamber differential pressure sensor filled with a fluid and having two measuring capacitors whose capacitances vary in opposite senses in response to the differential pressure to be measured and in the same sense in response to the temperature said capacitances being transformed by means of associated capacitance measuring circuits into measurement signals which are supplied to a calculation circuit for calculating the temperature and the differential pressure. A temperature measuring means which comprises a temperature sensor mounted on the differential pressure sensor and a temperature measuring circuit connected to the temperature sensor measures directly the temperature of the single chamber differential pressure sensor. A comparison means compares the temperature calculated from the capacitances of the measuring capacitors with the measured temperature and delivers a signal indicating the occurrence of a failure when the difference between the compared temperatures exceeds a predetermined threshold. By this self-monitoring, perturbations and other causes of failure which would result in an erroneous measurement can be recognized and indicated with great safety.
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Gerst Peter
Springhart Wulf
Endress u. Hauser GmbH u. Co.
Woodiel Donald O.
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