Method and apparatus for determining a state of a measuring transducer integrated in a process container

A method for determining a state of a measuring transducer integrated in a process container, wherein in the process container one or more processes are being performed, and the measuring transducer registers at least one physical or chemical process parameter within the process container, comprising the steps of:

• identifying a process currently being performed in the process container;
• and
• ascertaining a deviation value as measure of a deviation of a measured value progression registered by the measuring transducer during the process currently being performed in the process container from a measured value progression expected for the identified process, wherein:
• the state of the measuring transducer and/or of the process is determined utilizing the deviation value.

An apparatus for performing a method for determining a state of a measuring transducer integrated in a process container, wherein in the process container one or more processes are being performed, and a measuring transducer registers at least one physical or chemical process parameter within the process container, the method comprising the steps of:

• identifying a process currently being performed in the process container;
• and ascertaining a deviation value as measure of a deviation of a measured value progression registered by the measuring transducer during the process currently being performed in the process container from a measured value progression expected for the identified process, wherein:
• the state of the measuring transducer and/or of the process is determined utilizing the deviation value, and the apparatus comprising:
• a process container;
• at least one measuring transducer integrated therein;
• and
• a data processing system comprising at least one processor and a program memory for performing a program furnished in the program memory for identifying a process currently being performed in the process container, for ascertaining a deviation value as measure of a deviation of a measured value progression registered by the measuring transducer during the process currently being performed in the process container from a measured value progression expected for the identified process, and for ascertaining the state of the measuring transducer based on the deviation value.