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Application Notes

Applications for Capacitive Pressure Sensors

Capacitive pressure transducers have earned a reputation for consistently high accuracy and unmatched long-term stability. These sensors find broad application in areas where characteristics rate from important to vital. A few of these include:

Setra Test & Measurement Applications, Engine TestingSetra Industrial Applications - Compressors, pumps, water treatmentSetra Refrigeration ApplicationSetra Semiconductor applicationSetra Energy Applications, Solar

Test & Measurement

Industrial & Military


  • Turbo-jet/turbo-fan aircraft engine test stands

  • Wind tunnels

  • Dynamometers

  • Stack gas monitoring & analysis

  • Hydraulic and Pitot static aircraft test systems

  • Laser interferometers, porosimetry instruments, particle measuring systems, automated sorption analyzers, etc.

  • General R&D and Metrology Laboratories



  • High-speed compressors

  • Process control systems

  • Industrial refrigeration systems

  • Canning/bottling systems

  • Off-road vehicles

  • Dairies - breweries

  • Tank level measurement systems

  • Helicopter missile-launch control systems

  • Military surveillance equipment

  • Semiconductor processing equipment

  • Natural gas lines

  • Off-shore drilling equipment

  • Freeze drying equipment

  • Renewable energy development - Solar


HVAC/R Building AutomationSetra medical & critical care applications, operating room & equipmentSetra Pharmaceutical Application - Test dropperSetra meteorology application, barometric

Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning (HVAC)

Barometric applications


  • HVAC and VAV control systems

  • Energy management systems

  • Clean room control

  • Filter condition monitoring

  • Fume hood control

  • Pump speed control

  • Hospital isolation wards



  • Remote land & sea weather stations

  • Airports as part of AWOS (Automated Weather Observing Systems) and ASOS (Automated Surface Observation Systems), for automatic barometric pressure reporting

  • Local weather stations

  • Transfer pressure standards

  • Altimeter recertification


For more information on the markets and applications that use capacitive pressure transducers, please contact us.