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 Posted: May 03, 2012 - 08:27 PM |
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Location: NAERBOE, Norway
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I am to build a capasitor:
3 strips of Al. 1.5mm x 22mm x 200mm.Monted at a distance of 1 mm. This should give 1000 pF in fre air.
Diesel, fuel, have an dielectric constant of 4, giving a cap. Of 4000 pF.
This oneI I will try to use as fuel level sensor: 1/5 – 2/5 – 3/5 – 4/5 – 5/5. (5/5 = 5 litre.)
I will try CD4047 as fre runing multi vibrator. -> TN15
I wil get challenges. He fuel are made to a conductor! I wil try to compensate by anodize or give it a thin stroke of paint.
I need warnings and good advice howto solve it.
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Posted: May 03, 2012 - 09:07 PM |
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Location: Tampere, Finland
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| Charge transfer (Qtouch) method would be easier than converting that capacitance to frequency with an oscillator. |
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Posted: May 03, 2012 - 09:19 PM |
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Diesel is pretty hard on organic coatings. And, you DO NOT want the coating to dissolve into the fuel, as it could damage the engine.
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Posted: May 03, 2012 - 09:53 PM |
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Jepael wrote:
Charge transfer (Qtouch) method would be easier than converting that capacitance to frequency with an oscillator.
Thanks (?).
Qtouch are a new word for me. Googel gave 2 hit; 1 suspected, 1 irelevant.
Would you explain?
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Posted: May 03, 2012 - 09:55 PM |
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ka7ehk wrote:
Diesel is pretty hard on organic coatings. And, you DO NOT want the coating to dissolve into the fuel, as it could damage the engine.
Jim
The diesel are for a heater, mot for a motor.
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Posted: May 03, 2012 - 10:22 PM |
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Posted: May 03, 2012 - 10:32 PM |
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krazatchu wrote:
How about some foil tape along a length of hose...
I do not se what callange it should solve. Explain?
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Posted: May 04, 2012 - 12:17 AM |
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mossige wrote:
Jepael wrote:
Charge transfer (Qtouch) method would be easier than converting that capacitance to frequency with an oscillator.
Thanks (?).
Qtouch are a new word for me. Googel gave 2 hit; 1 suspected, 1 irelevant.
Would you explain?
HM
First result on google: http://www.atmel.com/products/touchsolu ... fault.aspx |
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Posted: May 04, 2012 - 02:45 AM |
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Location: Melbourne,Australia
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Posted: May 04, 2012 - 03:45 PM |
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nleahcim wrote:
mossige wrote:
Jepael wrote:
Charge transfer (Qtouch) method would be easier than converting that capacitance to frequency with an oscillator.
Thanks (?).
Qtouch are a new word for me. Googel gave 2 hit; 1 suspected, 1 irelevant.
Would you explain?
HM
First result on google: http://www.atmel.com/products/touchsolu ... fault.aspx
Yja. I se(?)
You mean I should put some "Qtouch" into my capasitor. Of cauce you are right (?). I think I start with 1/10, ZIP-ed.
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Posted: May 04, 2012 - 04:51 PM |
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HM,
Is this a school project or real world? |
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Posted: May 04, 2012 - 05:55 PM |
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Chuck-Rowst wrote:
Is this a school project or real world?
It is real world. The CD4047 are ordered. Hope I get it at the end of next week.
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Posted: May 04, 2012 - 08:03 PM |
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HM,
Is this for a product to be mass produced and marketed? Or, is it for some kind of in-house/one-of-a-kind test equipment or process control system?
You are dealing here with a class of electronics which comes under the umbrella of "Intrinsic Safety". A place where electronics (and the possibility of sparks and incandescing objects) meets flammable liquids and explosive gases or vapors. There are all sorts of industrial and insurance regulations in the USA and in the EU which govern this domain.
You may recall that the 747 (Flight 800?) which exploded over Long Island, New York, in the mid-1990s was eventually attributed to a fuel tank explosion which was triggered by frayed wires associated with the fuel gauging probes in the tank walls. Jet fuel is essential kerosene ("paraffin" to you Brits)which is pretty hard to ignite in its liquified state, but combustible enough in its gaseous state which exists in the "empty" top part of the fuel tanks as the liquid fuel is consumed, that it can be set off by a relatively tiny electrical spark.
Anyway, you may want to keep these regulatory limitations in mind before you get too far into your project. There are plenty of ways to design Intrinsically Safe circuits, but they generally need to be incorporated into the core design at the start of the project, not as blow-out patches at the end of the project. |
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Posted: May 04, 2012 - 08:49 PM |
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Chuck-Rowst wrote:
HM,
Is this for a product to be mass produced and marketed?
No. I wil build only one
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Or, is it for some kind of in-house/one-of-a-kind test equipment or process control system?
It is for my eletric car, the heating system. My breath may colaps if I get cold aer into my lungs. Therefore, i can not go emty of fuel for the heater.
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You are dealing here with a class of electronics which comes under the umbrella of "Intrinsic Safety". A place where electronics (and the possibility of sparks and incandescing objects) meets flammable liquids and explosive gases or vapors. There are all sorts of industrial and insurance regulations in the USA and in the EU which govern this domain.
I know. My son are working on those problems in thr oil industri out in the North Sea daily.
HM
[/quote{
You may recall that the 747 (Flight 800?) which exploded over Long Island, New York, in the mid-1990s was eventually attributed to a fuel tank explosion which was triggered by frayed wires associated with the fuel gauging probes in the tank walls. Jet fuel is essential kerosene ("paraffin" to you Brits)which is pretty hard to ignite in its liquified state, but combustible enough in its gaseous state which exists in the "empty" top part of the fuel tanks as the liquid fuel is consumed, that it can be set off by a relatively tiny electrical spark.
Anyway, you may want to keep these regulatory limitations in mind before you get too far into your project. There are plenty of ways to design Intrinsically Safe circuits, but they generally need to be incorporated into the core design at the start of the project, not as blow-out patches at the end of the project.[/quote] |
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Posted: May 05, 2012 - 09:57 PM |
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Location: SF Bay area
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1.5mm x 22mm x 200mm.Monted at a distance of 1 mm. This should give 1000 pF in fre air.
The calculators I tried said 39pF... |
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Posted: May 05, 2012 - 10:42 PM |
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Location: Montreal, QC, CA
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| Diesel does not ignite from a spark at room temperature and pressure. That is why diesel engines don't have spark plugs, they work by compressing the diesel and air in the cylinder to ignition temperature. |
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Posted: May 06, 2012 - 12:49 AM |
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Location: Melbourne,Australia
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| Hugo, given the correct set of circumstances, diesel may ignite. Read my reference. In most countries there's mandated standards you must follow - for good reason. |
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Posted: May 06, 2012 - 11:01 AM |
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Location: New York State
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Diesel fuel, like most petroleum products, is impure. I think it's a safe bet it will contain some more volatile petroleum components.
Your nose will tell you of other impurities. The stink is from sulfur compounds known as mercaptans. |
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Posted: May 06, 2012 - 11:09 AM |
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My breath may colaps if I get cold aer into my lungs. Therefore, i can not go emty of fuel for the heater.
If this is about a project for a life-critical system, I would buy rather than build. |
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Posted: May 06, 2012 - 12:05 PM |
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Location: Melbourne,Australia
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| Why not the old method of a toroidal float with a magnet in it riding up and down a sealed tube with reed switches in it? |
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Posted: May 06, 2012 - 12:32 PM |
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Given that (a) petrol has far more low-temperature volatiles than diesel and (b) fuel gauges have been safely driven by direct current through an exposed resistive wire and a sliding contact for about a hundred years in cars... why reinvent the wheel?
I believe that aircraft use capacitive methods - a rod inside a tube with a small hole to vent will damp out splashing. |
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Posted: May 07, 2012 - 08:10 AM |
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Easy solution: Old fashion snowmobile fuel gauge, sensor is inserted to tube which is mounted to filling cap, also gauge needle is on top of filling cap. Can be inserted to small tank easily.
Insert magnet to needle, measure needle angle with magnetic encoder, for example http://www.austriamicrosystems.com/Prod ... c-Encoders |
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