High-temperature gas pressure measuring method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9983080-B2
Application number	US-201514955073-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2015
Priority date	Dec 1, 2015
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

A high-temperature gas pressure measuring method includes a pressure measuring gas housing dividing step for dividing a pressure measuring gas housing into a pressure measuring room and a pressure referring room by a metal diaphragm; a gas introducing step for introducing high temperature gas into the pressure measuring room and introducing a reference pressure gas into the pressure referring room; a displacement measuring step for measuring a displacement of the metal diaphragm, wherein the displacement is caused by pressure difference between the two rooms in pressure measuring gas housing; and a pressure determining step for measuring the pressure of a high-temperature and/or corrosive to-measure pressure gas. The method dispenses with any corrosion-resistant and heat-resistant pressure sensing component and thus cuts costs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high-temperature gas pressure measuring method, the method comprising:
a pressure measuring gas housing dividing step for dividing a pressure measuring gas housing into a pressure measuring room and a pressure referring room by a metal diaphragm;
a gas introducing step for introducing the high temperature gas into the pressure measuring room and introducing a reference pressure gas into the pressure referring room;
a displacement measuring step for measuring a displacement of the metal diaphragm with a non-contact displacement sensor disposed in the pressure referring room, converting the displacement into an electrical signal, sending the signal, wherein the displacement occurs because of a difference in gas pressure between the pressure measuring room and the pressure referring room; and
a pressure determining step for adjusting the gas pressure in the pressure referring room with a gas regulation module connected to the pressure referring room and controlled by a controller according to the displacement to equalize the adjusted gas pressure in the pressure referring room with the gas pressure in the pressure measuring room and measuring the adjusted gas pressure in the pressure referring room.

2. The high-temperature gas pressure measuring method of claim 1 , wherein the gas regulation module comprises:
a reference pressure gas supply source for supplying the reference pressure gas to the pressure referring room;
a vacuum pump for providing a back pressure; and
a needle valve having an end connected to the pressure referring room and another end connected to the vacuum pump and the flow rate passing through is adjustable with the controller.

3. The high-temperature gas pressure measuring method of claim 2 , wherein, in the pressure determining step, the reference pressure gas supply source supplies the reference pressure gas continuously and steadily in a manner to free the reference pressure gas from thermal expansion and contraction.

4. The high-temperature gas pressure measuring method of claim 2 , wherein, in the pressure determining step, the controller corrects the displacement signal by a preloaded temperature-displacement correction data base to thereby adjust the flow rate passing through the needle valve and change a net gas flow rate of the pressure referring room.

5. The high-temperature gas pressure measuring method of claim 1 , wherein the high temperature gas operates at 350° C. through 680° C.

6. The high-temperature gas pressure measuring method of claim 1 , wherein the reference pressure gas is one of an inert gas, nitrogen gas, and dry air.

7. The high-temperature gas pressure measuring method of claim 1 , wherein the pressure referring room further has therein a swirl-reducing baffle for reducing influence on the metal diaphragm by the gas flowing in the pressure referring room.

8. The high-temperature gas pressure measuring method of claim 1 , wherein the metal diaphragm is made of a corrosion-resistant heat-resistant material, thin, and having ripple shape.

9. The high-temperature gas pressure measuring method of claim 8 , wherein the high temperature gas is corrosive.

Assignees

• Nat Chung Shan Inst Science & Tech

Inventors

• Wang Yih-Hsing
• Pan Wen-Chueh
• Lin Ming-June
• Li Jen-Chieh
• Wu Tien-Fu
• Chen Tsan-Tung

Classifications

• G01L11/006 Primary

  hydraulic or pneumatic counterbalancing forces · CPC title

• G01L27/002

  Calibrating, i.e. establishing true relation between transducer output value and value to be measured, zeroing, linearising or span error determination · CPC title

• G01L9/007 Primary

  using variations in inductance · CPC title

• G01L9/0076

  using photoelectric means · CPC title

• G01L19/04

  Means for compensating for effects of changes of temperature {, i.e. other than electric compensation} · CPC title