Methods and systems are presented for diagnosing operation of a fuel tank pressure sensor. The methods and systems may include releasing fuel vapors from a fuel tank to an engine when an engine is rotating in a fuel cut out mode while a catalyst temperature is greater than a threshold temperature to determine whether or not the fuel tank pressure sensor is degraded.

Fiber-optic equipment is often deployed in various locations, and performance of fiber-optic transmissions may be monitored as a gauge of equipment status to prevent costly and inconvenient communication outages. Events that damage equipment that eventually result in outage and may be desirable to address proactively, but the occurrence of such events may be difficult to detect only through equipment performance. Presented herein are techniques for monitoring and maintaining fiber-optic equipment performance via enclosure sensors that measure physical properties within a fiber-optic equipment enclosure, such as temperature, pressure, light, motion, vibration, and moisture, which are often diagnostic and predictive of causes of eventual communication outages, such as temperature-induced cable loss (TICL), incomplete flash-testing during installation, exposure to hazardous environmental conditions, and tampering. An enclosure sensor package transmits the physical measurements to a monitoring station, and automatic determination of enclosure-related events may enable triaging and transmission of repair alerts to maintenance personnel.

A method for recognizing deposits and/or adhesions on the outside of a measurement membrane of a pressure measuring device within a process facility is disclosed. The pressure measuring device includes a pressure measuring cell comprising a measurement membrane to detect pressure of a medium in a container. The outside of the measurement membrane is at least partially in contact with the medium its second side facing away from the medium includes means for detecting deflection of the measurement membrane. The pressure measuring device detects a micropulsation superimposed on the static pressure as an actual value. Micropulsations result from specific operating states of the process facility. Micropulsation conditions typical of specific operating states have been stored beforehand as setpoint values in an equalization procedure. The detected actual values are compared to the specified setpoint values, and an alarm signal is generated if they exceed and/or fall below the specified values.

A respiratory apparatus evaluates accuracy of a pressure sensor, such as when only a single pressure sensor is provided. The accuracy of the pressure sensor may be assessed based on pressure measurement obtained from the pressure sensor and a subordinate or secondary characteristic of the respiratory device such as altitude or atmospheric pressure. A controller or processor may calculate the altitude of the respiratory device based in part on the pressure measurement. In some embodiments, the assessment of the pressure sensor may involve an evaluation of the calculated altitude. In some cases, the assessment of the pressure sensor may involve determining an estimated pressure based on a calculated altitude, and comparing the pressure measurement obtained from the pressure sensor with the estimated pressure.

The invention relates to a method and a device for pressure sensor diagnosis in a tank venting system of a motor vehicle operated by an internal combustion engine, wherein the tank venting system comprises an activated carbon filter, a purge line arranged between the activated carbon filter and an intake tract of the motor vehicle, a tank venting valve arranged in the purge line and a pressure sensor arranged in the purge line, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: measuring a pressure prevailing in the purge line by means of the pressure sensor to determine a starting pressure, classifying the starting pressure into one of a plurality of pressure ranges depending on the amplitude of the starting pressure, carrying out a pressure sensor diagnosis using a diagnosis algorithm which is associated with the pressure range in which the starting pressure lies.

A pressure sensor (100) includes a pressure measuring device (120) including: a circuit board (121); and a processing unit (122) and a detection unit, both provided on the circuit board (121); the detection unit includes first, second and third MEMS sensing elements (123, 124, 125); the first MEMS sensing element (123) is configured to sense a first pressure (P1) at a first target position; the second MEMS sensing element (124) is configured to sense a second pressure (P2) at a second target position, and the third MEMS sensing element (125) is configured to sense a pressure difference (ΔP) between the first and second target positions; the processing unit (122) is configured to determine whether the three MEMS sensing elements (123, 124, 125) are abnormal based on the first and second pressures and on the pressure difference; if it is determined that at least one of the three MEMS sensing elements is abnormal, the processing unit (122) outputs abnormal diagnostic information; if it is determined that none of the three MEMS sensing elements is abnormal, the processing unit (122) outputs information about the pressure(s) at the first and/or second target position(s) and the pressure difference; thus rationality diagnosis of the pressure signals is achieved, resulting in increased reliability and accuracy in pressure measurement.

A method for monitoring a pressure sensor in a direct injection system including at least one common rail, a high-pressure fuel pump, a hydraulic circuit connecting the high-pressure pump to the common rail, a passive pressure-limiting valve connected to the hydraulic circuit, configured to open once the pressure in the hydraulic circuit is greater than a threshold pressure, so as to discharge the fuel, including the steps of detecting the opening of the pressure-limiting valve, measuring the pressure P.sub.MES corresponding to the time of opening of the pressure-limiting valve and comparing the measured pressure P.sub.MES to the threshold pressure P.sub.1 in order to detect a drift in the pressure sensor.

A calibration system for calibrating pressure sensor comprises communication pipe, base, inlet valve, outlet valve, pump, inlet pipe, heater and reference pressure sensor. The communication pipe has first and second openings. The base comprises chamber body and outlet being disposed at the chamber body. The inlet valve is disposed at the first opening. The chamber body is connected to the second opening so as to define a space between the inlet valve and the outlet valve. The heater is to heat a fluid in the space. The reference pressure sensor is configured to measure a pressure of the fluid. The at least one target pressure sensor is detachably mounted on the chamber body via the base so as to measure the pressure of the fluid in the space.

An aircraft pressure measurement device includes a pressure sensor, a pressure measurement path, a valve, and a fluid port. The pressure measurement path extends between an aircraft skin and the pressure sensor, and the valve is positioned within the pressure measurement path between the aircraft skin and the pressure sensor. The valve is configured to regulate airflow through the pressure measurement path, and the fluid port is configured to allow a pressurized fluid into the pressure measurement path to clear the pressure measurement path of debris. The improved pressure measurement device allows the aircraft to automatically clear debris from the pressure measurement path both during flight and while on the ground, removing the need for manual cleaning processes.

A self-sufficient measuring device, for level, limit level or pressure measurement of a process vessel over a longer period of time, which has sensor and evaluation circuitry configured to determine a first measured value and/or a first diagnostic value, and a display device, which has switching circuitry and is configured to display the first measured value and/or the first diagnostic value of the sensor and evaluation circuitry. The switching circuitry is arranged to locally activate the display of the first measured value and/or the first diagnostic value on the display device.