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Automatic Evaporative Air Cooler Circuit

Last Updated on March 20, 2019 by Swagatam Leave a Comment

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In this post we study a simple moisture sensor circuit which enables an evaporative air cooler to automatically restore the wetness level of its evaporative pad by detecting its moisture level and by activating the water pump accordingly. The idea was requested by Mr. Ankur shrivastava

Technical Specifications

sir could you please help me to know the designing a circuit that can control the switching on and off of the water pump according to the wetness of the evaporative pad of the air cooler?

is there any way to measure the amount of the water or the wetness level of the pads?

The Design

Evaporative air coolers depend on water evaporation technique for producing the cooling effect from its fan, and in order to implement this the fan air is forced through a wet evaporating pad, wherein the cooling procedure takes place and a much cooler air than the environment is experienced by the user.

The process of evaporation continuously depletes water from the evaporating pad which results in drying of the pad and consequently lower cooling effect.

This may become inconvenient for the user as the individual has to make sure the wetness of the pad is maintained optimally by pouring water in the water cooler periodically.

The proposed automatic air cooler circuit ensures that the water inside the evaporative pad is always kept at an optimal level by switching ON a water pump and supplying the optimal quantity of water into the evaporative pad whenever a low moisture content is sensed inside the pad.

Circuit Diagram

Automatic Evaporative Air Cooler Circuit

Referring to the above simple water sensor circuit we can see how the automatic evaporative air cooler operation is implemented with the help of a simple opamp comparator circuit.

How it Works

The opamp 741 is used here for comparing the voltage difference across its input pinouts pin#2 and pin#3.

pin#2 is referenced to fixed 4.7V via a zener clamp, while pin#3 is terminated to a copper etched PCB to ground through a 1M preset.

The etched copper PCB is attached firmly with the evaporative pad such that the water content in the pad comes in direct contact with the etched copper layout of the PCB.

The water content across the PCB allows current to pass through to the ground, and in turn causes the potential level of pin#3 to go below the reference level of pin#2, this can be of course determined by setting the 1M preset appropriately, so that the detection is achieved at the correct wetness level.

Therefore as long as the moisture level on the PCB is detected to be within the optimal range, pin#3 potential continues to be lower than the pin#2 reference potential, which cause a low logic to be held at the output pin#6 of the IC.

This is indicated by the illumination of the green LED, and this also keeps the transistor and the relay in the switched OFF position.

However, the moment a low moisture content is sensed over the PCB layout, pin#3 potential tends to go above the pin#2 potential consequently causing the output pin#6 to go high. The transistor and the relay responds to this and the pump motor is activated enabling an automatic water filling and drenching of the evaporative pad until its wetness level is optimally restored, which prompts the opamp to switch OFF the relay and the pump until the next cycle.

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