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A project log for VISP - Ventilator Inline Sensor Package

Bidirectional flow (volume), pressure, and temperature sensing in a single inexpensive I2C/SPI package.

daren-schwenkeDaren Schwenke 05/02/2020 at 02:122 Comments

The venturi restriction plus the short tube going to the sensor was just the right geometry for a good whistle.  That was annoying.

I added another pickup tube in the venturi, and connected them.  I am thinking this will cancel the waves where they meet.  

As a last minute thought I made the geometry not symmetrical as well.  That might actually work against me now that I think about it.

Printing.

Edit: FFF version, the whistle was gone.  SLA version failed on first print due to low resin. It will be ready in the morning.

Discussions

chris wrote 05/04/2020 at 17:09 point

Why not just make an in-line barrier plate with some small holes to provide flow restriction?  Then just take the pressure difference from the two sensors across the barrier.  P2 - P1 = f(k) * flow rate  even if k is not linear it should still be a simple curve at these low pressures and low velocities.

Seems like all these venturis and pitot tubes and so forth are harder than they need to be...

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Daren Schwenke wrote 05/04/2020 at 17:35 point

Yes.  Supposedly you lose less energy to the restriction this way.

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