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Design and performance of a cylindrical capacitive sensor to monitor the electrical properties

Golnabi, H ; Sharif University of Technology | 2008

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.1699.1705
  3. Publisher: 2008
  4. Abstract:
  5. In this study, design and operation of a cylindrical capacitive sensor based on the dielectric and reactance capacitance changes of the gap medium is reported. The proposed system was used to determine the electrical properties of different water liquids as a result of the capacitance variations. For capacitance measurement, the cylindrical gap can be filled up by water liquids under study, the electrical characteristics of different water liquids, mixture of ethanol and water, mixture of methanol and water, mixture of petroleum and water and other liquid mixtures were studied. In this research a big difference about 16200 nF was noticed in the measured capacitance of the corresponding liquids. It must be pointed out that the measuring capacitance of the sensor is different from that of the liquid capacitance, but the liquid electrical characteristics can be compared relatively with each other. The experimental results are promising for water liquids and verify the successful operation of such device as a liquid sensor and is a useful method for checking the electrical quality of the water mixture that is required for different applications. © 2008 Asian Network for Scientific Information
  6. Keywords:
  7. Capacitance change ; Capacitance variation ; Design and operations ; Electrical characteristic ; Electrical quality ; Liquid mixture ; Liquid sensors ; Water mixture ; Capacitance ; Capacitance measurement ; Capacitive sensors ; Electric properties ; Mixtures ; Sensors ; Liquids
  8. Source: Journal of Applied Sciences ; Volume 8, Issue 9 , 2008 , Pages 1699-1705 ; 18125654 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2008.1699.1705