5 QUESTION (DIAPHRAGMS PRESSURE SENSOR)

1. What is mean by diaphragms?

A metal plate approximately 3-mm thick that separates the fill fluid from the process material
It serves either as a barrier between two chambers, moving slightly up into one chamber or down
into the other depending on differences in pressure, or as a device that vibrates when certain
frequencies are applied to it.

2. Diaphragms Valve and Diaphragms Seal, is it similar or not? If not, state the reasons?

Not.
Diaphragms Valve
A valve is a mechanical device by which the flow of a liquid or gas may be started, stopped, or
regulated by a movable part that opens, closes, or partially obstructs one or more passageways.
Valves come in scores of types and sizes for specific applications. A diaphragm valve is one well-
known type of valve. The primary working part of a diaphragm valve is the diaphragm, a flexible
membrane that will bulge under pressure to actuate the movement of a valve.

Diaphragms Seal
The primary working part of a diaphragm seal is also a diaphragm, but in this case, the flexible
membrane transmits a pressure effect from a process media through a fill fluid to a pressure gauge
or sensor where it is measured. A diaphragm seal is used to physically separate a pressure
measuring instrument from a potentially damaging process medium (i.e., extremely hot, cold or
corrosive media). Diaphragm seals made of special alloys can dramatically extend the useful life
of pressure gauges and transmitters in the refining and chemical processing industries where
corrosive media are common.

3. State the diaphragms design purpose?

A device that uses a diaphragm with a known pressure to measure pressure in a fluid. It has many
different uses, such as monitoring the pressure of a canister of gas, measuring atmospheric pressure,
or recording the strength of the vacuum in a vacuum pump.
4. Explain the working operation of Diaphragms Seal.

The diaphragm (a dividing membrane or thin partition) acts as a barrier to isolate and protect the
sensing element of a pressure instrument from potentially destructive process media.
Without such a barrier, the process media might clog or corrode the pressure instrument, causing
failure or inaccurate response.
The sensing element of the pressure instrument, as well as the space above the diaphragm of the
seal, is evacuated and then filled with an incompressible liquid.
When force (process media) is applied to the diaphragm seal, the internal diaphragm will flex and
the displaced liquid fill will then transmit the force to the sensing element of the pressure instrument,
resulting in a pressure measurement.

5. List of Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages
cost is moderate.
possesses high over range characteristics.
adaptable to absolute and differential pressure measurement.
has good linearity.
is small in size.

Disadvantages
lack good vibration and shock resistance
are difficult to repair.
is limited to relatively low pressures