Temperature Sensor: "It Is Time To Turn Up The Heat But First You Must Learn How To Measure It"
Temperature Sensor: "It Is Time To Turn Up The Heat But First You Must Learn How To Measure It"
Temperature Sensor: "It Is Time To Turn Up The Heat But First You Must Learn How To Measure It"
1. Thermocouples
2. Thermistors
3. Electrical resistance change (RTD)
4. Expansion of materials
5. Pyrometers
Thermocouples
Seebeck Effect:
The generation of
current in a circuit
comprising of two wires
of dissimilar metals in
the presence of
temperature difference
Thermocouple Types
Chromel = Nickel-chromium
Alumel = Nickel-aluminum
Constantan = Copper-nickel
Thermocouple Tables
Advantages:
Small sizes and fast response
Low cost
Suitability for narrow spans
Disadvantages:
More susceptible to permanent decalibration at
high temperatures.
Use is limited to a few hundred degrees Celsius.
Respond quickly to temperature changes, thus,
especially susceptible to self-heating errors.
Very fragile
Electrical Resistance Change (RTD)
Resistance vs temperature
characteristics are stable and
reproducible
Other RTDs
Bimetallic Thermometer
(Expansion of solids)
Bulb
Capillary tube
Pressure element
Scale
Spiral Type
Bourdon Tube
Expansion Thermometers
5. Manometer method
Elastic Pressure Transducers
3. Bellows
Bourdon Tube Pressure Gauge
Potentiometer pressure
transducers
Strain Gauge Pressure Transducer