Conductivity probe to sense water level?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:59 pm
Hi - new to this site and to electronic control systems in general - learning.
I have an old low pressure steam generator (Market Forge) that would profit by a better control system. One key is sensing the water level in a rather harsh environment - 220-240/10 psi.
To do that I was thinking perhaps I might use three conductivity sensors - a low, operating and high level sensor, with the system programmed to lock out if the low is not conducting (not sensing water), to fill to the high, and then to refill to high when the operating sensor did not conduct (does not sense water), and then shut off the input pump when the high senses conductivity from liquid water. The unit has a sight glass that would allow manual calibration. Building a manifold to hold the sensors is trivial.
After some web research, I located a probe that looks robust enough at Dwyer - http://www.dwyer-inst.com/Product/Level ... LP#related
Dwyer sells a related switch that indicates the conductivity probe operates at 100Kohms. http://www.dwyer-inst.com/PDF_files/T_20_TSWB.pdf
Will the probe work with the BCS to monitory conductivty as an on-off state, and then to control the necessary relays?
Or - is there a better way to do this?
Thanks - and sorry if this a dumb request - any thoughts or advice are much appreciated.
Best regards,
Jason
I have an old low pressure steam generator (Market Forge) that would profit by a better control system. One key is sensing the water level in a rather harsh environment - 220-240/10 psi.
To do that I was thinking perhaps I might use three conductivity sensors - a low, operating and high level sensor, with the system programmed to lock out if the low is not conducting (not sensing water), to fill to the high, and then to refill to high when the operating sensor did not conduct (does not sense water), and then shut off the input pump when the high senses conductivity from liquid water. The unit has a sight glass that would allow manual calibration. Building a manifold to hold the sensors is trivial.
After some web research, I located a probe that looks robust enough at Dwyer - http://www.dwyer-inst.com/Product/Level ... LP#related
Dwyer sells a related switch that indicates the conductivity probe operates at 100Kohms. http://www.dwyer-inst.com/PDF_files/T_20_TSWB.pdf
Will the probe work with the BCS to monitory conductivty as an on-off state, and then to control the necessary relays?
Or - is there a better way to do this?
Thanks - and sorry if this a dumb request - any thoughts or advice are much appreciated.
Best regards,
Jason