1. TRANSDUCERS: VARIABLE RESISTIVE/CAPACITIVE/ INDUCTIVE
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2. Introduction Of Transducers
“ENERGY CAN NEITHER BE CREATED NOR BE DESTROYED, IT CAN ONLY BE TRANSFORMED FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER”
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3. Introduction Of Transducers
Transducer is a device, usually electrical, electronic, or electromechanical, that converts one type of energy to another for various purposes including measurement or information transfer.
It must produce the output which depends on some way on the input quantity/measurand.
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4. Introduction Of Transducers
Its output will depends on its input if it processes upon the actual input.
So transducer extracts some energy from the measured medium.
Some energy is required to convert the in input to output.
This energy can be supplied from outside or by the measurand only.
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5. Introduction Of Transducers
Transducers are divided into two types:
Active Transducer
Passive Transducer
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6. Active Transducers
An active transducer does not require an external power supply to provide an output signal.
These transducers usually rely upon magnetic inductance or piezoelectric effects to produce their output signals.
Ex. Piezoelectric crystal used for acceleration measurement.
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7. Active Transducers
Measurand is converted into output without any other form of energy requirements.
They are also called self generating type transducers.
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8. Passive Transducers
Passive transducers need an external power supply in order to amplifies the input and generate an output signal.
All passive transducers change one of, or a combination of, the three general circuit parameters; resistance, inductance, or capacitance.
Ex. Potentiometer is used for measurement of pressure, displacement and position.
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9. Basic Requirements Of Transducer
Linearity: Linearity of any transducer is the prime requirement. A transducer having linear input output characteristics is a big plus.
Repeatability: A transducer having this quality produces the same result again and again when the same input signal is applied repeatedly under same environmental conditions ex. Temperature, pressure, humidity etc.
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10. Basic Requirements Of Transducer
Ruggedness: A transducer should be robust in construction. It should be mechanically rugged, so that is capable of withstanding overload.
High Signal To Noise Ratio: The quality of output signal of transducer should be good; it should be free from the internal and external noise.
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11. Basic Requirements Of Transducer
Highly Reliable: Output of the transducer should be highly reliable and stable it should be precise. It should give minimum error in measurement for temperature variations, humidity vibrations.
Good Dynamic Response: A transducer may be called upon to respond to either slowly varying or dynamic signals. Its output should be faithful to input when taken as a function of time.
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12. Basic Requirements Of Transducer
No Hysteresis: A good transducer is free from hysteresis. It should not introduce any hysteresis during measurement while input signal is varied from its low value to high value and vice versa.
Residual Deformation: There should be no deformation of testing material after the removal of any pressure after long period of application.
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13. Variable Resistance Type Transducer
The variable resistance transducers are one of the most commonly used types of transducers. The variable resistance transducers are also called as resistive transducers or resistive sensors.
They can be used for measuring various physical quantities like temperature, pressure, displacement, force, vibrations etc.
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14. Variable Resistance Type Transducer
These transducers are usually used as the secondary transducers, where the output from the primary mechanical transducer acts as the input for the variable resistance transducer.
The output obtained from it is calibrated against the input quantity and it directly gives the value of the input.
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15. Principle Of Working Of Variable Resistance Type Transducer
The variable resistance transducer elements work on the principle that the resistance of the conductor is directly proportional to the length of the conductor and inversely proportional to the area of the conductor. Thus if L is the length of the conductor (in m) and A is its area (in m square), its resistance (in ohms) is given by: R = ρ L/A.
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16. Principle Of Working Of Variable Resistance Type Transducer
L is the length ,A is cross sectional area and p is resistivity of the resistance material.
So resistance can be changed if any of these value p ,L or A is changed.
Measurand is connected to the resistance in such a way that it varies any one of its parameters.
A change in the value or R is proportional to the measurand.
Thus the measurand can be measured by measuring the change in resistance.
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17. Principle Of Working Of Variable Resistance Type Transducer
Where ρ is called as resistivity of the material and it is constant for he materials and is measured in ohm-m.
The resistance of some materials also changes with the change in their temperature. This principle is primarily used for the measurement of temperature.
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18. Variable Resistance Type Transducer
Some of the variable resistive transducers are:
Sliding wire(potentiometer)
Strain gauge
Load cell
RTD
Thermistor
Hot wire anemometer
Carbon microphone
Humidity sensor
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19. Potentiometer
A potentiometer informally, a pot, is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider. If only two terminals are used (one side and the wiper), it acts as a variable resistor or rheostat.
Potentiometers are commonly used to control electrical devices such as volume controls on audio equipment.
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20. Potentiometer The potentiometer is a displacement transducer.
This is a passive transducer.
It consists of resistive material whose resistance is proportional to its length.
Slider displacement x is proportional to the output voltage.
The most common problem is dirt under the slider.
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21. Potentiometer One end of conductor is fixed.
The position of the other end is decided by the slider/brush.
This contact can move along the whole length of the conductor.
When the body moves the slider also moves along the conductor so its effective length changes.
Due to which its resistance also changes.
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22. Potentiometer
The effective resistance value is measured between the fixed position of the conductor and the position of the slider.
The resistance is calibrated against the input quantity, whose value can be measured directly.
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23. Potentiometer
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24. Potentiometer
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25. Potentiometer
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26. Thermistor
Thermistors are thermally sensitive resistors, generally composed of semiconductor materials. All resistors vary with temperature, but thermistors are constructed of semiconductor material with a resistivity that is especially sensitive to temperature. This resistance changes predictably with temperature.
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27. Thermistor
Although Positive Temperature Coefficient(PTC) units are available, most thermistors have a Negative Temperature Coefficient(NTC); that is, their resistance decreases with increasing temperature.
The thermistor is an extremely non-linear device.
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28. Thermistor
The price we pay for this increased sensitivity is loss of linearity.
These are usually connected to an electronic circuit that reads out temprature digitally.
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29. Thermistor
The resistance temperature relation is generally of the form:
R = R0 exp[β(1/T – 1/T0)]
R = Resistance at temp. T, Ω
R0= Resistance at temp. T0, Ω
β = Constant, Characterstics of material
T, T0 Absolute tempratures, K
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30. Thermistor
NTC thermistors operates over a range of -200ºC to +1000ºC.NTCs should be chosen when a continuous change of resistance is required over a wide temperature range. They offer mechanical, thermal and electrical stability, together with a high degree of sensitivity.
PTC thermistors are temp dependent resistors manufactured from Barium Titanate and should be chosen when a drastic change in resistance is required at a specific temperature or current level.
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31. Thermistor
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32. Advantages Of Thermistor
Inexpensive
Rugged
Reliable
Respond Quickly
Highly Sensitive
Manufactured in a wide range of shapes, sizes and values.
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33. Humidity Measurement
Humidity is the amount of water vapour in the air and Humidity Measurement is a measure of relative amount of water vapour present in the air or a gas.
The humidity can be expressed in different ways:
Absolute Humidity
Relative Humidity
Dew Point
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34. Humidity Measurement
Devices that indirectly measure humidity by sensing changes in physical or electrical properties in materials due to their moisture content are called hygrometers.
The three major instruments used for measuring humidity in industry are:
The Electrical Hygrometer
The Psychrometer
The Dew Point Meter
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35. Humidity Measurement
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36. Resistance Hygrometer
This is an electrical hygrometer.
It is an active transducer.
These instruments are suitable for measuring moisture levels between 15% and 95%.
It has typical measurement uncertainty of 3%.
Atmospheric contaminates and operation in saturation conditions both cause characteristics drift.
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37. Principle Of Resistance Hygrometer
Some Hygroscopic Salts exhibit a change in resistivity with humidity. Resistive hygrometer humidity sensors use the change in resistance of a hygroscopic material between two electrodes on an insulating substrate.
The hygroscopic salt is deposited between two electrodes. The resistance of the element changes when it is exposed to variations in humidity.
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38. Resistance Hygrometer
The Resistance Hygrometer should not be exposed to conditions of 100% humidity as the resulting condensation may damage the device.
These are accurate to within ± 2.5 % or ± 1.5 % in some cases.
Response times are typically of the order of a few seconds.
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39. APPLICATIONS
Humidity sensors can be used not only to measure the humidity in an atmosphere but also to automatically control:
-> Humidifiers
-> Dehumidifiers
-> Air conditioners for adjustment.
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40. Strain Gauge Pressure Transducer
When the tension is applied to the electrical conductor, its length increases while the cross section area decreases.
So its resistance changes.
This change can be measured to measured.
Used for the measurement of force, stress and strain.
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41. Strain Gauge Pressure Transducer
A strain gauge is a passive type resistance pressure transducer whose electrical resistance changes when it is stretched or compressed
A pressure transducer contains a diaphragm which is deformed by the pressure which can cause a strain gauge to stretch or compress. This deformation of the strain gauge causes the variation in length and cross sectional area due to which its resistance changes.
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42. Strain Gauge Pressure Transducer
The wire filament is attached to a structure under strain and the resistance in the strained wire is measured.
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43. Strain Gauge Pressure Transducer
Construction and Working
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44. Strain Gauge Pressure Transducer
Construction and Working
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45. Strain Gauge Pressure Transducer
Strain gauge pressure transducers are used for narrow pressure span and for differential pressure measurments
Available for pressure ranges as low as 3 inches of water to as high as 200,000 psig
Inaccuracy ranges from 0.1 % of span to 0.25 % of full scale
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46. RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE DETECTOR (RTD)
Resistance temperature detector (RTD) devices are conductors used for temperature sensing.
They can be used in bridge method as well as ohmmeter method to take the output.
The change in resistance of material per unit change in temperature should be as large as possible.
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47. RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE DETECTOR (RTD)
The material should have high value of resistivity to get required value in less space.
Resistance and temperature relation should be continuous and stable.
Platinum, nickel and copper are the most commonly used.
Tungsten and nickel alloy are also used.
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48. APPLICATIONS OF RTD
They can be used in average and differential temp. measurement.
Differential temp. sensing to an accuracy of 0.05º have been accomplished in a nuclear reactor coolant heat rise application.
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