ro[ecL Synopsls

Alr llow ueLecLor

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Abhlnav Sharma (09403)
Ashlsh uadhwal (09419)
ulvyansh !agoLa (09430)
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An Cverv|ew of 1he ro[ect
1hls clrculL glves a vlsual lndlcaLlon of Lhe raLe of alr flow lL can be also used Lo check wheLher
Lhere ls alr flow ln a glven space
1he fllamenL of an lncandescenL bulb ls Lhe senslng parL of Lhe clrculL When Lhere ls no alr flow
Lhe reslsLance of Lhe fllamenL wlll be low When Lhere ls alr flow Lhe reslsLance drops because
Lhe movlng alr wlll remove some of Lhe heaL generaLed ln Lhe fllamenL 1hls varlaLlon ln Lhe
reslsLance wlll produce varlaLlon of volLage across Lhe fllamenL 1hese varlaLlons wlll be plcked
up by Lhe opamp (LM339) and Lhe brlghLness of Lhe LLu aL lLs ouLpuL wlll be varled
proporLlonally Lo Lhe alrflow
1he lC 7803 forms a consLanL currenL source feedlng Lhe fllamenL 1he volLage drop across lL ls
compared by Lhe comparaLor lC and Lhe ouLpuL ls produced normally cold bulb fllamenL
reslsLance ls low (a poslLlve LemperaLure coefflclenL maLerlal) as lL geLs heaLed up Lhe drop
across Lhe fllamenL lncreases due Lo whlch Lhe LLu goes on when Lhe fllamenL senses alr flow
Lhe heaL ls removed hence Lhe reslsLance falls down due Lo whlch Lhe LLu goes off lf you wanL
Lhe operaLlon oLher way le Lo deLecL alr more Lhan a parLlcular flow lndlcaLed by LLu golng on
lnLerchange comparaLor lCs lnverLlng and nonlnverLlng porL (4 3)
Components]Mater|a| Used
O LLu1 LLu 3mm
O lC1 volL regulaLor LM7803
O olar CapaclLor C1 47 l/13v
O 8eslsLor 81 100
O 8eslsLor 82 470
O 8eslsLor 83 10k
O oLenLlomeLer 84 100k
O 8eslsLor 83 1k
O lC2 opamp LM339
O 8ulb fllamenL (40W)
O ower supply/baLLery 12v

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C|rcu|t D|agram
App||cat|ons
O ln boller furnace alr flow measuremenL wlll enable LoLal combusLlon of oll coal or gas
O Alr flow measuremenL Lhrough any alr ducL
O lor LemperaLure and pressure measuremenL we have Lo add sulLable sensors llke 81u
pressure Lransducer eLc
O AL alrporLs aL a larger parameLer scale for alr veloclLy measuremenL Lo ensure safer
fllghLs
O MeLeorologlcal appllcaLlons