Sensors and actuators chủ đề temperature sensors

So, the temperature change is directly proportional to the resistance of the diode.The measurement of resistance across the terminals of the diode can be done and to change the readable

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MÔN HỌC: SENSORS AND ACTUATORS

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TEMPERATURE SENSORS

SVTH: BÙI QUANG NGHI-21146030 NGUYỄN THÁI HUÂN-21146

TP Hồ Chí Minh, tháng 4 năm 2023

1.What is a temperature sensors?

A sensor that is used to measure or maintain a fixed temperature in any device is known as a temperature sensor This kind of sensor plays a key role in different applications Physical measurement like temperature is the most common one in industrial-based applications A temperature sensor provides temperature measurement within a clear form using an electrical signal

These kinds of sensors are available in various forms, which are utilized for various temperature management techniques The temperature sensor working mainly depends on the voltage across the terminals of the diode So, the temperature change is directly proportional to the resistance of the diode

The measurement of resistance across the terminals of the diode can be done and to change the readable temperature units like Celsius,

Fahrenheit, Centigrade & exhibited in the form of numeric over readout units In the field of geotechnical monitoring, temperature sensors are utilized to calculate the inner temperature of different structures such as buildings, dams, bridges, power plants, etc

2.Temperature Sensor Circuit:

The circuit diagram of the relay switch using the temperature sensor is shown below Once the circuit gets the heat then the relay will trigger the load Any voltage can be applied to this relay like 110V AC or 220V

AC or DC appliance so that we can control it routinely on the preferred temperature This circuit is simple and cheap to build For electronics beginners, it is a perfect circuit

The required components to make this temperature sensor circuit are 9V input DC supply DC, 10KΩ thermistor, transistor BC547B, 6V relay, 1N4007 diode & 20KΩ variable resistor The operating of this circuit can be done with a 9V battery, an adapter, or a transformer This circuit includes 2- BC547B transistors like a Darlington pair So the circuit sensitivity, as well as gain, can be increased through these transistors The required range of heat can be adjusted using a variable resistor at which you desire to activate your relay In this circuit, a thermistor plays

a key role because it detects heat This circuit working is quite simple Once the thermistor gets heat then its resistance will be reduced and it allows the flow of current to activate the transistors

Once both the transistors are triggered then they allow the voltage toward the relay to activate So now, the load which is connected to this relay will be activated This circuit is very useful like operating the fan

at the preferred temperature It activates an alarm in emergencies where you don’t want to overheat

3 Types of temperature sensors and working principles of each types:

For all types of temperature sensors, there are two factors that directly affect the accuracy, which is the ambient temperature to be measured and the sensor's perceived temperature That means the heat transfer from the environment to the tip The less the temperature sensor's measurement loss, the more accurate the sensor is This depends largely

on the material that makes up the sensor element (expensive or cheap temperature sensor is also determined by this reason) A principle is given when using a thermal sensor that is: must always ensure the heat exchange between the medium to be measured and the sensing element

In terms of general construction, thermal sensors come in many forms, however, the most popular type of sensor in commercial and industrial applications is usually housed in a stainless steel frame, connected to a measuring element position, with connectors for measuring devices Some types of sensors are being used quite commonly on the market, such as:

+Resistance Temperature Detector

+Thermocouple

+Thermistor

+Semiconducting

+Firemeter and radiation thermometer

+There is also non-contact, infrared, laser thermal measurement

3.1.Resistance Temperature Detector(RTD)

- Structure: RTD can be made up of platinum, copper, nickel,

semiconductor wire wrapped on an insulated core placed in a metal case with the end connected outward

RTD can use any measuring circuit to measure resistance, but usually used unbalanced bridge circuit, the indicator is the magnetic logommeter electric or equilibrium automatic bridge, where one branch is a

resistance temperature detector

- Classification: metal resistors, semiconductor resistors and thermistors -Principle: the resistance of a conductor changes with temperature:

[m]

cross-section [m2]

Ρ : resistivity [Ωm]

The dependence of resistance on temperature is almost linear represented by the equation

This expression is for huge range of temperature For small range of temperature, the expression can be,

a, b, α : Metal-dependent constant

R(t): resistance at the temperature to be measured T [°K]

R(o): resistance at temperature To[°K]

-Effects of self-heating :

δ : power dissipation factor [mW/ °C]

PD : power dissipation [mW]

-Sensitivity [Ω/ °C]

If the temperature increases, the resistance increases

●Advantages: Durable, high temperature measurement

●Disadvantages: Many influencing factors make the error Not very sensitive

●Commonly used: Heat furnace, harsh environment, compressor viscosity heat measurement, Range measurement: -100 D.C <1400 D.C

3.2.Thermocouples

The method of measuring temperature with a stochastic thermocouple is one of the methods the most popular and favorable

*Structure and principle of operation of thermocouple thermometer: consists of two wires welded together at point 1 and threaded into tube 2

to be able to measure high temperature With a lower temperature, the thermometer housing can be made of stainless steel To insulate between two wires, one of the two wires is nested into a small porcelain tube 3.If the shell doesmetal both wires are placed in porcelain tube

- The output of the thermocouple is connected to the terminal box 4 The measuring circuit of the thermocouple thermometer is milliVolmeters or

a small resistance potentiometer with a measuring range from 0÷100mV

- If measuring the thermoelectric power in millivoltmeters, it will cause errors because the temperature of the measuring circuit changes The current flowing through the indicator at that time is:

Where:

E - Electromotive force;

Rd - line resistance;

RT - thermocouple resistance;

Rdc - resistance of millivolts

- The voltage drop per millivoltmeter is:

Usually R + R is calibrated to about 5 , while the resistance ofd T

milliVolmeters is many times larger (40÷50 times), so the error is mainly due to electricity resistance of millivoltmeter R changes.dc

- Measuring the electromotive force with a potentiometer will eliminate the above error due to currentconsumption is zero when we take the measurement

When two metals with different work functions come together, a voltage

is created at the junction This voltage is proportional to the temperature, and this junction is referred to as a “thermocouple.”

The thermocouple operates on three effects including the “Seebeck effect”, the “Peltier effect”, and the “Thomson effect”

3.2.1.Seebeck effect:

A physicist named “Thomas Seebeck” discovered in 1821 that when two distinct metal wires are linked in a circuit at both ends of a junction, the temperature applied to the junction equals the current flowing through the circuit It is referred to as the electromagnetic field (EMF) The energy produced by this circuit is referred to as the Seebeck effect The quantity of induced EMF varies with metal combination and is related to the temperature differential between the junctions This is the fundamental functioning principle of a thermocouple In a nutshell, it is

a phenomenon in which the temperature differential between two metals causes potential differences between them

3.2.2.Peltier effect:

The Peltier effect is an important part of the thermocouple’s operation This effect is the polar opposite of the See beck effect The Peltier effect demonstrates that by introducing a potential difference between two distinct types of conductors, a temperature differential may be generated The thermocouple circuit is made up of two metals that are linked together to produce two temperature junctions The difference in temperatures between the circuit’s two junctions generates a Peltier EMF The total EMF within the circuit may be calculated using the junction temperature and the characteristics of the metals employed in the circuit A body with an unknown temperature is attached to one of the circuit’s connections, known as the hot junction Another body with

a known temperature is linked to the other connection, which is known

as the cold or reference junction To directly measure the voltage or current output from the thermocouple circuit, a voltmeter is attached to the thermocouple circuit

3.2.3.Thomson effect:

As the temperature of the junction varies, so does the voltage, which may be monitored using an electronic controller’s input circuits The

voltage output is related to the temperature difference between the junction and the free ends This is known as the Thompson effect According to this effect, when two dissimilar metals are linked together

to form two junctions, a potential occurs inside the circuit owing to a temperature gradient throughout the whole length of the conductors within the circuit In most situations, the EMF predicted by the Thomson effect is relatively tiny and may be ignored by carefully selecting metals

●Advantages: + Durable

+ Can measure high temperature

+ Easy to use

●Disadvantages: + Many factors affect the error

+ Sensitivity is not high

Application: + Heat furnace●

+ Harsh environment

+ Measure compressor oil temperature

+ Measuring range: -100DC < 1400DC

3.3.Thermistor

-Construction:A thermistor is made of oxides of metals such as Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt, Copper, Uranium etc It is available in a variety of shapes and sizes Commonly used for configurations are Disk type, Bead type and Rod type

The disc type thermistor and rod type thermistor is used when greater power dissipation is required The rod type thermistor has high power handling capacity

The smallest thermistor in these configurations is the bead type thermistor its diameter is low as 0.15 mm The measurement element is typically encapsulated in a glass probe It is commonly used for measuring the temperature of liquids

*Working principle of Thermistor:The resistance of the thermistor changes with change in thermistor body temperature The resistance of

the thermistor does not vary linearly with change in temperature The thermistor has non-linear resistance temperature curve The resistance of the thermistor can be measured using resistance meter(Ohm-meter) By knowing the exact relationship between the change in the resistance with temperature,the temperature can be derived by measuring the resistance

of thermistor at particular temperature The change in the thermistor resistance with temperature depends on the type of material used for thermistor construction The plot between temperature and resistance of

a thermistor is as given below

From above graph we can measure the temperature by measuring the resistance of the thermistor The procedure of temperature measurement

is as follows

●Measure the resistance of the thermistor by Ohm-meter

●Draw a vertical line across from the resistance on the y-axis and drawing a vertical line down from where this horizontal line intersects with the graph, we can hence derive the temperature

-Types of thermistor:

The thermistors are classified according to increase or decrease in thermistor resistance with variation in temperature There are two types

of thermistors

+Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) Thermistor

+Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) Thermistor

3.3.1.NTC Thermistor

NTC thermistor has negative temperature coefficient and the resistance

of the thermistor decrease with an increase in the temperaure and, the thermistor resiatnce increase when temperature decrease Thus, the resistance and temperature are inversely proportional in NTC thermistor The electric current flow tthrough the NTC thermistor increase with increase in temperature

With increase in temperature, a large number of charge carriers or free electron collides with valence electron of other atom.The valence electrons which gains sufficient energy will breaks the bonding with the parent atom and moves freely from one place to another place The electrons that move freely from one place to another place are called free electrons Thus, the free electrons increase due to rapid collision of the free electrons with the atom.The small increase in temperature produce millions of free electrons The more free electrons cause rapid increase

in electric current Thus, the small increase in temperature cause rapid decrease in the temperature and allows a large current flow through the thermistor

The resistance of NTC thermistor decrease with an increase in temperature The relationship between the temperature and resistance is governed in NTC thermistor by the following mathematical expression

The equation of the thermistor is highly non linear A standard NTC thermistor usually exhibits a negative thermal resistance temperature coefficient of about 0.0045/oK

The Beta (β) value of a thermistor is an indicator of the slope of the resistance-temperature curve characteristic

The Beta (β) value of a thermistor is an indicator of the slope of the resistance-temperature curve characteristic

The higher value β shows good relationship between the resistance and temperature For small increase in temperature will cause more decrease

in the resistance if value of β is high Thus higher sensitivity and more accuracy can be achieved if the value of β is high

From equation (1) the temperature coefficient of the thermistor can be given as;

The equation (2) shows that the thermistor has negative temperature coefficient

If β= 4000 K and T = 298 K, then the αT = 0.0045/ K temperature∘ coefficient The temperature coefficient of the thermistor is much higher than the sensitivity of the platinum RTD

3.3.2.PTC Thermistor:

The resistance of the PTC thermistor increase with increase in

temperature The PTC thermistors are made from doped polycrystalline ceramic Thermistors with Positive Temperature Co-efficient (PTC) are also called posistors The plot between resistance and temperaure of PTC thermistor is as given below