Temperature control circuit

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Temperature control circuit.

This is a very accurate temperature control circuit with very low hysteresis, reacting to changes of less than one degree C. Use a 24Vac plug pack transformer for the power supply. Valve is a cheap irrigation solenoid valve, available with the power supply from irrigation shops. The AD590 is a current sending IC temperature sensor, 1uA/degree k. This is converted to a voltage across the 75k resistor, so make sure this is an accurate, stable, metal film resistor. The MOC3021 is an opto isolator designed to directly drive the BT137(or SC141) SCR for switching the a.c. to the control valve. A relay with driver transistor could be used instead but because of the accuracy of this design you may find the constant switching of the contacts will lead to unreliability. Connection between the AD590 temperature sensor and the circuit should be made using 2 core shielded cable. Connect the shield to the metal case of the AD590. The length of cable is not critical as this is a current sending device and is not affected by voltage drop over long cable runs. Components: 4 x 1N4001 rectifier diodes OR a bridge rectifier 7812 12V, 1A voltage regulator LM324 single supply, quad op-amp MOC3021 Opto isolator with SCR driver BT137 SCR or use SC141 AD590 Current temperature sensor LED Any light emitting diode (optional) 100uF/50V Electrolytic capacitor 10uF/16V Tantalum capacitor 0.01uF Ceramic capacitor 0.022uF Ceramic capacitor

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Temperature control circuit

http://www.shortcircuit.com.au/EVCA/tcc.htm

5k 10 turn pot Variable resistor, 10 turn 75k 0.25W high precision 1% metal film resistor 1k 0.25W resistor 470R 0.25W resistor (optional) 100R 0.25W resistor 560R 0.25W resistor Power supply 24Va.c. 1A plug pack Valve 24Va.c. solenoid valve 13mm, 18mm or 25mm Circuit board A bit of perforated circuit board approx 75mm x 30mm Box A small plastic box to fit the circuit board Wire 2 core coaxial, about 1m Sensor: The AD590 comes in a metal TO72 case. This can be soldered into a small brass tube which can be fitted into the still at the appropriate position. Alternatively the sensor could be attached to the body of the still using a small metal clamp such as a flag heatsink designed for the TO72 case. With the sensor attached to the outside of the still body it would be necessary to apply some form of insulation around the still at this point such as fibre-glass or rockwool. Alterations: The LM324 still has 3 OP-AMPs on board which are unused. The circuit could be duplicated excluding the 12V supply section (from the 5k 10 turn POT onwards) to allow a multistage setup. Each valve could be set to turn on at different temperatures, say 76, 77 and 78 degrees C, each supplying more flow to the cooling coil. The BT137 SCR will handle up to 600Va.c. at 4A so it can be used to control mains voltage devices. I originally designed this circuit to control a heater in an egg incubator but it could equally be used to control temperature in any process, heating or cooling. If it is to be used to turn on a heater when a temperature goes too low, pin 1 on the LM324 (OP-AMP output) should be connected to pin 1 of the MOC3021 and the 1k resistor on pin 2 of the MOC3021 connected to ground. Buy one? I reckon that with my favourable currency exchange rate (for export anyway) I can supply all the parts and build the thing ready to go for US$50. Because of their weight and bulk, this would exclude the power supply and solenoid valve. I dont know what the parts cost in other parts of the world or whether this is a viable thing for you. I am not sure of the freight charges from Australia yet, it weighs about 100g. Let me know if you are interested. Andrew Graham evoz@hotmail.com Western Australia

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