Differential pressure sensor and method of differential pressure measurement

Abstract

A differential pressure sensor, for determining the differential pressure between two measuring points, comprises a pressure vessel which is filled with a transfer fluid; a measuring cell which is arranged in the pressure vessel and is surrounded by the transfer fluid, with two half-cells; a diaphragm-like deforming body which separates the two half-cells from each other in a pressuretight manner; two pressure supply lines, which respectively feed the pressure from one of the two measuring points outside the pressure vessel to one of the two half-cells; and at least one pressure accumulator, the pressure of which acts on the transfer fluid in the vessel. Elastic or compressible bodies with a linear or degressive characteristic are suitable as the pressure accumulator. The pressure accumulator compensates for changes in volume of the transfer fluid on account of temperature fluctuations.

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