Ton Duc Thang University

Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Process control: 403047

CHAPTER 6: MEASUREMENT
OF PRESSURE

Dung Nguyen Quang, MSc.

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 OBJECTIVES

Students will understand:

• Principles of pressure measurement.
• Classification of pressure sensor.
• Application of pressure sensors.

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 CONTENTS OF CHAPTER 6

6.1. Principles of measurement of pressure

6.2. Classifications of pressure sensor.
6.3. Application of pressure sensors.

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 INTRODUCTION

•Pressure
  - the amount of force that is applied
to an area where the force is distributed.
Unit of pressure is the pascal (Pa) which
translates to newtons per square meter.
Pressure formula:

where: F – force,
S – area.

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 INTRODUCTION

Conversion table for common unit of pressure:

atm kPa PSI mmBar mm Hg mm H2O

1 atm 1 101.325 14.70 1013.25 760.000 406.795

1 kPa 1 0.145 10.000 7.500 4.01475
1 PSI 6.895 1 68.947 51.715 27.681
1 mmBar 0.100 0.0145 1 0.750 0.4015
0
1 mm Hg 0.1333 0.0193 1.333 1 0.535
1 mm 0.0098 0.0014 9.8*10-8 0.0736 1
H2O 2

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 CLASSIFICATION OF PRESSURE

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 CLASSIFICATION OF PRESSURE

Absolute pressure is the difference the

pressure at a given point and the absolute
zero of pressure or perfect vacuum
Gage pressure is a measure of the
difference between the absolute pressure
and the local atmospheric pressure.
Differential pressure is a measure of
unknown pressure with reference to another
unknown pressure.
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 CLASSIFICATION OF
MEASUREMENT OF PRESSURE

The most common pressure-measuring system

as follows:
1. Gravitational type
2. Eleastic type
3. Piezoelectric
4. Capacitive

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 MANOMETERS

•Piezometer
  is a simple
manometer.
Pressure is defined by:

where
w - specific weight of the
fluid
h - height of column of
fluid of specific gravity s2
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 MANOMETERS

U-tube manometer
 

where
h1 - height of column of
manometer liquid of specific gravity
s1,
h2 - height of column of fluid of
specific gravity s2,
w - specific weight of the fluid.

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 DIFFERENTIAL MANOMETERS

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 DIFFERENTIAL MANOMETERS

•The
  differential pressure between A and B (fig. 12.8a)
given by

The differential pressure between A and B (fig. 12.8b)

given by

where: PA, PB - pressure at A, B

x – height of manometric liquid from C to D
y – height of manometric liquid from D to B
z – height of manometric liquid from B to A.
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 PRESSURE GAGE

Bourdon tube pressure gage

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 PRESSURE GAGE

Diaphram pressure gage

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 APPLICATIONS

Diaphram pressure gage

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 APPLICATIONS
Pressure in tank

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 SUMMARY

In this chapter we have learnt:

• Principle of measurement of pressure.
• Classifications of pressure sensors.
• Application of pressure sensors.

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 ASSIGNMENTS

• Reading [1]: 177-197.

• Doing [1]: review questions 1-18.
• Doing [1]: objective type questions 1-12.

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