EP4427007A1 - Druckaufnehmer - Google Patents
DruckaufnehmerInfo
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- EP4427007A1 EP4427007A1 EP22790526.2A EP22790526A EP4427007A1 EP 4427007 A1 EP4427007 A1 EP 4427007A1 EP 22790526 A EP22790526 A EP 22790526A EP 4427007 A1 EP4427007 A1 EP 4427007A1
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- Prior art keywords
- pressure
- transmission
- hydraulic path
- diaphragm
- pressure sensor
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- HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Zinc Chemical compound [Zn] HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 3
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
- G01L19/00—Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluent medium insofar as such details or accessories are not special to particular types of pressure gauges
- G01L19/0007—Fluidic connecting means
- G01L19/0046—Fluidic connecting means using isolation membranes
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
- G01L19/00—Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluent medium insofar as such details or accessories are not special to particular types of pressure gauges
- G01L19/0007—Fluidic connecting means
- G01L19/0023—Fluidic connecting means for flowthrough systems having a flexible pressure transmitting element
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
- G01L19/00—Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluent medium insofar as such details or accessories are not special to particular types of pressure gauges
- G01L19/0007—Fluidic connecting means
- G01L19/0038—Fluidic connecting means being part of the housing
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
- G01L19/00—Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluent medium insofar as such details or accessories are not special to particular types of pressure gauges
- G01L19/04—Means for compensating for effects of changes of temperature, i.e. other than electric compensation
Definitions
- the invention relates to a pressure sensor, a method for operating such a pressure sensor and the use of such a pressure sensor in a measuring point of an automation system.
- Diaphragm seals with hydraulic pressure transmission usually have a hydraulic path that extends between a process diaphragm and a pressure measuring cell, where the process diaphragm is exposed to a process medium whose pressure is to be determined.
- Oils, in particular silicone oils, are currently used as the transmission fluid in such diaphragm seals.
- the transmission fluid often does not behave according to the vapor pressure curve for the pure and native state, because due to reactions with impurities or with the surfaces that limit the hydraulic path, the transmission fluid can contain volatile decomposition products that can no longer be dissolved after outgassing. In such cases, the decomposition products can develop such high pressures that the metal diaphragm ruptures and hydraulic fluid from the pressure sensor contaminates the process medium.
- the pressure sensor according to the invention includes a sensor module
- a sensor body which has a measuring cell chamber in which a pressure measuring cell is arranged, the pressure measuring cell being able to be pressurized via a first hydraulic path filled with a second transmission fluid, and
- transmission module for transmitting a pressure to the first hydraulic path, the transmission module having a second hydraulic path filled with a first transmission liquid that is different from the second, which hydraulic path extends from a process diaphragm through a transmission body to a transmission diaphragm,
- the transmission membrane is attached to the transmission body in a pressure-tight manner
- the sensor body is connected to the transmission body in a pressure-tight manner in such a way that the first hydraulic path communicates with the transmission membrane, so that the pressure of the second hydraulic path can be transmitted through the transmission membrane to the first hydraulic path, and
- the first transfer liquid has a higher density than the second transfer liquid.
- a pressure sensor or pressure transmitter in which the two hydraulic paths are filled with two transmission fluids with different densities, the first transmission fluid with the higher density being in the second hydraulic path, which serves as a separation between the process medium and the sensor module and the second transfer liquid with the lower density is located in the first hydraulic path, which further transmits the pressure transmitted by the second transmission fluid via the first hydraulic path to the pressure measuring cell.
- the first transmission liquid is a gallium-based alloy, in particular a eutectic alloy which, in addition to gallium, also has at least one further component and the mixing ratio between gallium and the at least one further component is selected in such a way that the alloy has a melting temperature below 20°C, in particular below 15°C.
- the configuration can provide that the alloy can have several other components and the mixing ratio between gallium and the several other components is selected such that the alloy has a melting point below 20°C, in particular below 15°C.
- a further advantageous embodiment of the pressure sensor according to the invention provides that the further component or the further components are selected from a metal with a melting point below 450°C, preferably with a melting point below 350°C.
- a further advantageous embodiment of the pressure sensor according to the invention provides that the further component or the further components are selected from indium, tin, zinc, lead, bismuth and/or mercury.
- a further advantageous embodiment of the pressure sensor according to the invention provides that the alloy has at least 50% by mass, preferably at least 60% by mass, of gallium.
- a further advantageous embodiment of the pressure sensor according to the invention provides that the second transmission liquid is a silicone oil.
- the invention also relates to a method for operating a pressure sensor according to one of the configurations described above in a measuring point of an automation system for determining a pressure of a process medium present at the process diaphragm, the pressure sensor being introduced into the measuring point in such a way that a hydrostatic pressure in the second hydraulic path located first transmission fluid acts on the transmission membrane and thus also on the second transmission fluid located in the first hydraulic path, so that the hydrostatic pressure of the first transmission fluid counteracts a process pressure applied to the process membrane of a medium.
- An advantageous embodiment of the method according to the invention provides that the pressure sensor is used to determine the pressure of the process medium present at the process diaphragm with a process pressure ⁇ 1 bar absolute at a process temperature ⁇ 400°C.
- the invention also relates to the use of a pressure sensor according to one of the configurations described above in a measuring point of an automation system for determining a pressure of a process medium present at the process membrane, which has a process pressure ⁇ 1 bar absolute and a process temperature ⁇ 400°C.
- An advantageous variant of the use provides that the pressure sensor is introduced into the measuring point in such a way that a hydrostatic pressure of the first transmission fluid located in the second hydraulic path acts on the transmission membrane and thus also on the second transmission fluid located in the first hydraulic path that the hydrostatic pressure of the first transmission fluid counteracts a process pressure of a medium applied to the process diaphragm.
- FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal section through a pressure transmitter designed according to the invention.
- This comprises a sensor module 1 and a transmission module 2 made of metal.
- the sensor module 1 comprises a sensor body 11 which can have cylindrical symmetry or some other axial symmetry at least in sections.
- Inside the sensor body 11 is a measuring cell chamber 15 with a pressure measuring cell 16 located therein, which is connected to a first end face of the sensor body 11 via a measuring cell channel 12 .
- the first end face 13 faces the transmission module 2 . It may also be bounded by an annular mounting wall 17 extending axially from the first face.
- the mounting wall 17 has a first mounting face 18 which, in a presently preferred embodiment, is planar.
- the first mounting face 18 is pressure-tightly connected to a matching second mounting face. Details of this are explained below following a description of the structure of the transmission module.
- the metallic transmission module 2 comprises a process body 21 and a transmission body 22, which can each have cylindrical symmetry or rotational symmetry at least in sections.
- the symmetries mentioned are not essential for the invention, but they arise when the components of the pressure transducer are manufactured as turned parts.
- a process pressure chamber 29 which communicates with the capillary line 23 is formed between the process diaphragm 24 and the process body 21 .
- a flexible transmission membrane 25 is fastened in a pressure-tight manner along its circumference to the end face of the transmission body 22 which faces away from the capillary line 23 .
- a transfer pressure chamber 28 is formed between the transfer membrane 25 and the transfer body 22 , which communicates with the capillary line 23 and thereby with the process pressure chamber 29 .
- the process pressure chamber 29, the capillary 23 and the transfer pressure chamber 28 are filled with a first transfer liquid and form a first hydraulic path.
- the process diaphragm 24 can thus be exposed to a process medium, and the pressure of the medium is transmitted to the transmission diaphragm 25 by means of the first transmission liquid.
- the sensor-side end face of the transmission body has the previously mentioned second mounting surface 26, to which the first mounting surface of the sensor module is welded in a pressure-tight manner.
- the measuring cell chamber 15 and the volume between this and the transmission membrane 25, ie the first hydraulic path, are filled with a second transmission liquid.
- a pressure applied to the transmission membrane is transmitted to the pressure measuring cell 16, so that it is subjected to a corresponding pressure for determining the pressure value.
- the filling usually takes place after the sensor body has been connected to the transmission body along the first and second mounting surfaces.
- filling channels for filling the first and second hydraulic path with transmission fluid can be provided in the sensor module and in the transmission module. Details on the design of the filling channel Closure are familiar to the person skilled in the art and do not require any further explanation.
- a liquid with a higher density than the density of a second transfer liquid is used as the first transfer liquid.
- a gallium-based alloy with at least 50 percent by mass, preferably at least 60 percent by mass, gallium can be used as the first transmission fluid, which in addition to gallium also has at least one other component and the mixing ratio between gallium and the at least one other component is selected in such a way that the alloy has a melting temperature below 20°C, in particular below 15°C.
- the alloy is preferably an eutectic alloy.
- metals with a melting point below 350° C. such as indium (157° C.), tin (232° C.), zinc (420° C.), lead (327° C.), bismuth, come as possible further component or components (271 °C) and/or mercury (-38.8 °C), whereby it should be noted that mercury can in principle be considered as an additional component, but should not be used due to its toxicity.
- a liquid with a density lower than the density of the first transfer liquid can be used as the second transfer liquid.
- standard transmission liquids such as the silicone oils mentioned at the outset, which are customary in today's diaphragm seals, can be used here.
- the hydrostatic pressure pHydro the fluid column of the hydraulic path that is filled with the transmission fluid with the higher density, can be increased.
- the pressure transmitter must be mounted in a measuring point 32 of an automation system 30 in such a way that the hydrostatic pressure pHydro resulting from the fluid column of the second hydraulic path is applied to the transmission membrane 25 and thus to the pressure in the sensor module 1 located first hydraulic path affects.
- This is shown as an example in FIG. 1 in such a way that the diaphragm seal is installed or mounted “upside down” in the measuring point, for example a measuring tube.
- the diaphragm seal does not have to be installed exactly vertically, as is shown in Fig. 1, but it is sufficient for the diaphragm seal to be inclined in relation to a "normal" installation position, which is rotated 180° to the installation position shown in Fig. 1 is.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| DE102021128733.2A DE102021128733A1 (de) | 2021-11-04 | 2021-11-04 | Druckaufnehmer |
| PCT/EP2022/076766 WO2023078615A1 (de) | 2021-11-04 | 2022-09-27 | Druckaufnehmer |
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| EP4427007A1 true EP4427007A1 (de) | 2024-09-11 |
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| EP22790526.2A Withdrawn EP4427007A1 (de) | 2021-11-04 | 2022-09-27 | Druckaufnehmer |
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| US (1) | US20250035501A1 (de) |
| EP (1) | EP4427007A1 (de) |
| CN (1) | CN118159819A (de) |
| DE (1) | DE102021128733A1 (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2023078615A1 (de) |
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| CN105671394B (zh) | 2016-01-22 | 2018-02-23 | 上海洛丁森工业自动化设备有限公司 | 镓液态金属材料及其在远传压力、差压变送器上的应用 |
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- 2022-09-27 EP EP22790526.2A patent/EP4427007A1/de not_active Withdrawn
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| DE102021128733A1 (de) | 2023-05-04 |
| US20250035501A1 (en) | 2025-01-30 |
| WO2023078615A1 (de) | 2023-05-11 |
| CN118159819A (zh) | 2024-06-07 |
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