DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION,

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : N. YESU MARIAMMA
Designation : Senior Lecturer
Branch : Electronics & Instrumentation
Institute : Govt. Polytechnic for Minorities,
Guntur.
Year/Semester : IV - Semester
Subject : Process Instrumentation – II
Sub. Code : AEI - 405
Topic : Density Measurement
Duration : 100 min
Sub Topic : Capacitance type densitometer
Teaching Aids : Diagrams

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 Objectives

Upon completion of this topic the student will

be able to know

• The principle of operation of the capacitance type

densitometer

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 Capacitance type densitometer

INNER ELETRODE

OUTER ELETRODE

HOLES FOR
FLUID ENTRY
AND EXIT

A.C . EXITATION

Fig 1
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 Capacitance type densitometer

• It mainly consists of two concentric cylinders

• The sample whose density is to be measured is placed

between these two cylinders

• These cylinders acts as two parallel plates of a capacitor

and the sample acts as the dielectric between the plates

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• The two cylinders are connected to one arm of a bridge
circuit and the outer cylinder consists of holes for fluid
entry and exit

• The bridge circuit measures the capacitance between

the two cylinders

• The capacitance is proportional to dielectric constant

which is in turn is proportional to the density of the fluid

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 Summary

We have discussed about

• Principal of operation of the capacitance type

densitometer

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 Quiz

1. The capacitance is ___ to the density of the fluid

a) Inversely proportional

b) Directly proportional

c) Equals

d) none

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 Frequently Asked Questions

1. Explain the principle of operation of the capacitance

type of densitometers

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