Differential pressure transmitter for industrial process fluids, provided with compensation of static pressure change effects

• US 4,559,829 A
• Filed: 06/25/1984
• Issued: 12/24/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kent-Tieghi SPA
• Original Assignee: Kent-Tieghi SPA
• Inventors: Borelli, Riccardo, Pierpaoli, Piero, Bianchi, Gianfranco
• Primary Examiner(s): WOODIEL, DONALD
• Application Number:
  US06/624,514
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• Field of Search: 73/708, 73/719, 73/717, 73/718, 73/720, 73/721, 73/722, 338/4, 338/42
• US Class Current: 73/708
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 13/025 using diaphragms
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 9/0002 using variations in ohmic resistance G01L9/0051 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 9/007 using variations in inductance

Abstract

A differential pressure transmitter for process fluids is of the kind having a measuring transducer with a closed cell containing a filling liquid and a measuring diaphragm on both sides of which are arranged resistive, capacitive or inductive elements which are capable of converting a diaphragm deflection induced by differential pressure applied to the cell into electrical quantity changes. Inside the cell is provided at least one pressure sensitive component which is subjected to the pressure (s) of the filling liquid and is capable of providing an electrical output in accordance with the pressure values. This component is preferably a pasted carbon resistor, which permits output processed signal compensations in an electronic processing circuit to be made so as to minimize the effects of static pressure changes.

Claims

1. In a differential pressure transmitter of the type including a closed cell, a diaphragm dividing said cell into separate chambers, a liquid filling said chambers, means for applying different pressures to said liquid in said chambers and thereby causing a deflection of said diaphragm, and means in said chambers for converting said diaphragm deflection into an electrical output representative of the difference between said pressures, the improvement of means for compensating for static pressure changes of said different pressures, said compensating means comprising:

pressure sensitive means, located in at least one said chamber and separate from and independent of said converting means, for generating an electrical output as a function of changes in static pressure in said one chamber.

2. The improvement claimed in claim 1, wherein said pressure sensitive means comprises a pressure sensitive electrical resistor.

3. The improvement claimed in claim 2, wherein said resistor is of the pasted carbon type.

4. The improvement claimed in claim 2, comprising two said resistors, one in each said chamber.