Automatic Air Humidifier


Posted on Feb 6, 2014

The humidifier circuit is based on a special humidity sensor Type NH-3 from Figaro. Depending on the sensor output, the circuit drives a ventilator that is part of an air humidifying installation. The ventilator is switched on an off by a triac. So as to keep the circuit as simple as possible, the supply voltage and the test voltage are drawn dire


Automatic Air Humidifier
Click here to download the full size of the above Circuit.

ctly from the mains supply. The 240 V mains voltage is converted into an 8. 9 V pulsating direct potential by capacitor C1, resistor R1 and zener diode D1. The pulsating voltage is used to drive the sensor. It is also transformed to a 7. 5 V supply voltage by D2 and C2. The sensor needs an alternating drive voltage at a level not higher than 1. 5 V. This potential is obtained from the pulsating direct voltage by network R2-R3-C3-C4, which removes the direct voltage component and lowers the level to 1. 4 V. At the same time, the network functions as a 50 Hz bandpass filter. To ensure that the drive voltage for the sensor does not fall outside the common-mode range of op amp IC2, an offset potential of 3. 9 V is applied to the sensor as well as to the voltage reference source of the op amp. This potential is provided by zener diode D3. The reference level is set with P1. The op amp is given some hysteresis by R5. When the humidity of the ambient air rises above that corresponding to the level with P1, the output voltage of IC2 is about 6 V. This results in T1 being cut off by D4, whereupon the triac is also disabled. When the humidity drops below that corresponding to the level set with P1, a pulsating potential appears at the output of IC2. This voltage is used to charge capacitor C6. The charged capacitor thereupon provides a steady current to the triac. When T1 is cut off for some time, capacitor C6 is discharged via...




Leave Comment

characters left:

New Circuits

.

 


Popular Circuits

Analogue Pulse Counter Schematic
Tv modulator
Halogen-lamp-dimmer
mp3-player-booster-circuits.html
hv dc dc converter
Headphone Limiter
12V battery production controller



Top