Patent classifications
G01L27/00
SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR A MULTI-FUNCTION PRESSURE DEVICE USING PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS
A pressure measuring device configured as a multi-function device operable as a differential pressure switch (DPS), a differential pressure transducer (DPT), a pressure switch (PS), a pressure transducer (PT) providing readings of high and low pressure zones, a data recording logger, and a backwashing controller. The pressure measuring device may use at least two piezoelectric sensors operable to measure pressure attributes. The associated electronic hardware, processing unit, cables and pressure tubing are retrofittable and packaged in a molded case, with no moving parts with the electronic hardware fully coated to make the device reliable and resistant to extreme environmental conditions. The device is configured for remote access, enabling remote device configuration, maintenance and servicing. The device is further operable to communicate with various external devices: a tablet, a smartphone and the like as a user interface and further provides wired interface with a programmable logic controller (PLC) via RS-485 interface.
Systems and methods for sensor drift compensation
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides systems and methods of compensating sensor drift. In one example embodiment, a system may comprise a primary sensor having a primary full-scale range and configured to output a primary environmental condition signal indicative of an environmental condition; a reference sensor having a reference full-scale range and configured to output a reference environmental condition signal indicative of the environmental condition, wherein the reference full-scale range is less than the primary full-scale range; and a drift compensation system configured to determine a drift compensation signal using the primary environmental signal and the reference environmental condition signal responsive to the reference environmental conditional signal being in the reference full-scale range and compensate the primary environmental condition signal using the drift compensation signal.
AUTOMATIC PRESSURE CORRECTION FOR LEVEL GAUGES IN STORAGE TANKS
A level gauge system for mounting on a roof of a semi-closed storage tank includes an automatic tank level gauge for determining a level reading for a liquid including at least one liquid component in the tank. A processor includes a memory storing pressure correction factors or a pressure correction factor equation for correcting the level reading for a measured gas pressure above the liquid in the tank. The processor is programmed for implementing choosing a selected pressure correction factor from the pressure correction factors or the equation based on a received current gas pressure above, and applying the selected pressure correction factor for automatically correcting the level reading provided by the tank level gauge to generate a corrected level reading which compensates for the current gas pressure above effects on the roof and on the level gauge.
CORRECTION OF PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IN ENGINES
The present disclosure describes methods and systems for automatically detecting and calculating an offset of an engine-based pressure measurement transducer after engine shutdown, and applying a correction factor to subsequent pressure measurements of the transducer once the engine is in operation.
Self-calibrating mechanism and self-calibrating method for flow rate sensor, and diagnostic mechanism and diagnostic method for fluid sensor
A valve fully closing part; a calibrating volume calculation part that calculates a calibrating volume on the basis value of an integration of a flow rate measured value outputted from a flow rate sensor in a fluid parameter changing interval; and a calibration part that calibrates a flow rate on the basis of the calculated calibrating volume and a preset reference volume are provided.
Pressure Sensor, Differential Pressure Sensor, and Mass Flow Rate Control Device Using Same
The present invention makes it possible to, even when a stainless steel is adopted in a diaphragm: prevent the diaphragm and a strain sensor from exfoliating from each other; be hardly susceptible to the influence of temperature in an operating environment; not allow the sensitivity of a pressure sensor to be dominated only by the mechanical characteristic of a material constituting the diaphragm; and increase the degree of freedom in design of members constituting the pressure sensor. A pressure sensor according to the present invention is, in order to solve the above problems, characterized in that: the pressure sensor has a diaphragm deforming by the pressure of a fluid, an elastic body covering the whole surface of the diaphragm and joining to the diaphragm on one side, and a strain sensor being arranged by joining on the other side of the elastic body and on an end side apart from a position corresponding to the center of the diaphragm and detecting the deformation of the elastic body working together with the deformation of the diaphragm as a strain; and the elastic body is formed of a material having a linear expansion coefficient close to the linear expansion coefficient of a material constituting the strain sensor.
VACUUM GAUGE STATE DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM
A state determination unit compares an output value obtained by a measuring unit with a reference characteristic value that serves as a reference, counts the number of times an excessive pressure application state occurs in which the output value is determined to be equal to or larger than the reference characteristic value, and determines whether the number of times reaches an upper limit that is set. An alarm output unit outputs an alarm when the state determination unit determines that the number of times the output value is equal to or larger than the reference characteristic value reaches the set upper limit.
Common calibration system and corresponding method
The invention relates to a system (1) comprising a deformable surface (2) and a first and a second sensor (C1, C2) designed to provide a first and a second measurement signal (S1, S2) intended to be collected by a processing circuit (12), said system (1) comprising first and second measurement paths (V1, V2) for collecting the first and second measurement signals (S1, S2), said system (1) being characterized in that it comprises a common calibration member (20) for simultaneously injecting into the first and second measurement paths (V1, V2) a calibration signal (S.sub.E), said common calibration member (20) being designed so that the image signals (S′1, S′2, S′n) restored via said measurement paths (V1, V2, Vn) are independent of said movable surface (2). Deformable movable surface systems, of the deformable mirror type.
PRESSURE MEASURING METHOD AND PRESSURE MEASURING APPARATUS
A pressure measuring method, applied to a pressure measuring apparatus, comprising: measuring a first pressure sensing value of the pressure measuring apparatus, which corresponds to a first pressure in a test mode; measuring a second pressure sensing value of the pressure measuring apparatus, which corresponds to a second pressure in the test mode; generating a first corresponding function according to the first pressure, the second pressure, the first pressure sensing value and the second pressure sensing value; sensing a third pressure sensing value via the pressure measuring apparatus in a normal mode; and generating a third pressure according to the third pressure sensing value via the first corresponding function; wherein the pressure measuring apparatus operates at a first scan frequency. By this way, the pressure sensing value can be calibrated, to solve the issue that the pressure sensing values are affected by scan frequencies.
Calibration technique, apparatus and system for pulsed phase-lock loop ultrasound intracranial pressure measurement systems
A calibration system for a pulsed phase-lock loop ultrasound measurement system comprising an apparatus having a compartment for holding a pressure sensitive liquid. The compartment has an opening by which a flow of the pressure sensitive liquid may be controlled. A sensor arranged relative to the compartment to receive ultrasonic signals that reflect off one or more inner surfaces of the compartment. The system includes a processing device for receiving an integrated error signal output by the sensor based on pressure changes of the pressure sensitive liquid responsive to a change in flow of pressure sensitive liquid between the source and the compartment.