Pulsed thermistor technique for measuring very low liquid flow rates
作者:
M. Briggs‐Smith,
S. Piscitelli,
A. Livrea,
期刊:
Review of Scientific Instruments
(AIP Available online 1981)
卷期:
Volume 52,
issue 10
页码: 1565-1568
ISSN:0034-6748
年代: 1981
DOI:10.1063/1.1136469
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
In order to monitor perfusion during certain surgical operations a simple instrument for measuring the rate of flow of a liquid in the range 2–20 ml/min was developed and has proved useful in the laboratory. A miniature thermistor is used as the measuring probe and a pulse technique to reduce heat dissipation in the liquid. The circuit described is self‐oscillating and its frequency is proportional to the liquid flow. A frequency‐to‐voltage converter allows a recorder to be driven directly but the response is not linear, the sensitivity being much higher for the lower rates of flow (i.e., recorder scale expanded at the lower end). The dimensions of the measuring cell and methods of temperature compensation are discussed. Calibration curves are shown as well as a typical flow recording. The same circuit may be adapted to measure flow in a gas.
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