A portable instrument with disposable cells for in-situ measurements of viscosity in liquids



Título del documento: A portable instrument with disposable cells for in-situ measurements of viscosity in liquids
Revista: Journal of applied research and technology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000427656
ISSN: 1665-6423
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universita di Bologna, Department of Electrical Energy and, Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi", Bolonia, Emilia Romaña. Italia
Año:
Periodo: Jun
Volumen: 16
Número: 3
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Aplicado, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés Viscosity is a very important propery of liquids and its measure is mandatory for quality analysis in different insdutrial fields, such as food, paints, petroleum based products and cosmetics. Different types of viscometers exist that can measure fluis´viscosity with higth accuracy exploiting different phisycal principles, however these instruments are generaly laboratory based and not suitable for quick in-situ measurements by untrained personnel. In this paper portable instrument for in-situ measumerent of liquids' viscosity is presented. The instrument is base don the falling ball principle and features a battery operated electronic board, an LCD display and a disposable cell for measurements on samples for which cleaning would be difficult and time consuming. The instrument has been successfully tested by measuring the viscosity of tap water in the temperature range 15° -45 ° C and the viscosity of metalworking fluids in order to estimate oil concentration
Disciplinas: Ingeniería
Palabras clave: Ingeniería de control,
Instrumentación,
Sistemas embebidos,
Microcontroladores,
Viscosidad
Keyword: Control engineering,
Instrumentation,
Viscosity,
Embedded systems,
Microcontrollers
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